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Hoover Football Team History

Hoover Buccaneers

Hoover High School

1000 Bucaneer Dr. Hoover, AL 35244
Stadium: Regions Park
Colors: Orange, Black & White
Coach: Wade Waldrop
Region: 7A-R3

1963 <-- 2021 <- 2022 -> 2023 --> 2024

2022 Season Highlights

Wade Waldrop enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Hoover.

The Buccaneers won the Class 7A Region 3 Championship.

2022 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Aug. 19	Auburn	14	17	L
Fri., Aug. 26	vs. Bartlett TN	56	7	W
Fri., Sep. 2	vs. Spain Park *	24	10	W
Thu., Sep. 8	vs. Vestavia Hills *	20	14	W
Fri., Sep. 16	@ Hewitt-Trussville *	17	7	W
Fri., Sep. 23	@ Mountain Brook	26	14	W
Fri., Sep. 30	@ Oak Mountain *	40	0	W
Fri., Oct. 7	vs. Tuscaloosa County *	31	13	W
Fri., Oct. 14	vs. Chelsea *	38	0	W
Fri., Oct. 21	@ Thompson *	9	0	W
Fri., Oct. 28	OPEN
Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 4	vs. Bob Jones	45	19	W	1st Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 11	vs. Hewitt-Trussville	28	11	W	2nd Round Playoffs
Fri., Nov. 18	vs. Thompson	10	40	L	Semi-finals Playoffs

2022 Season Totals
Record	11-2
Points Scored	358
Scoring Average	27.5
Points Allowed	152
Defense Average	11.7
Opponents Record	87-57
Region Record	7-0
Home Record	7-1
Away Record	4-0

2022 Class 7A Rankings
Date	Week	Rank	Record	Votes	Source
8/7/2022	PS	5	(12-1)	140	ASWA
8/23/2022	1	5	(0-1)	109	ASWA
8/30/2022	2	4	(1-1)	130	ASWA
9/6/2022	3	4	(2-1)	126	ASWA
9/13/2022	4	6	(3-1)	119	ASWA
9/20/2022	5	4	(4-1)	145	ASWA
9/27/2022	6	4	(5-1)	154	ASWA
10/4/2022	7	3	(6-1)	163	ASWA
10/11/2022	8	3	(7-1)	155	ASWA
10/18/2022	9	2	(8-1)	169	ASWA
10/25/2022	10	1	(9-1)	225	ASWA
11/1/2022	Final	1	(9-1)	225	ASWA

2022 Class 7A Region 3 Standings
	Regular Season			Playoffs			Region/Area Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Hoover	11-2	358	152	2-1	83	70	7-0	179	44	Wade Waldrop
Thompson	11-3	413	181	4-0	144	46	6-1	231	59	Mark Freeman
Hewitt-Trussville	8-4	410	223	1-1	49	48	5-2	227	113	Josh Floyd
Vestavia Hills	7-5	411	234	1-1	64	31	4-3	254	155	Robert Evans
Tuscaloosa County	6-4	251	295				3-4	159	274	Adam Winegarden
Spain Park	3-7	177	245				1-6	107	198	Tim Vakakes
Chelsea	1-9	150	340				1-6	110	267	Todd Cassity
Oak Mountain	3-7	140	304				1-6	82	239	Tyler Crane

2022 Player Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Andrew Franklin	OL	Sr.	6-3	240	All-Star Game
Braxton Urquhart	DB	Sr.	6-2	180	All-Star Game
Peyton Argent	K/P	Sr.			AL-MS Game

2022 All State Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Bradley Shaw	LB	Jr.	6-1	210	1st	ASWA
DJ Estes	DB	Sr.	5-10	175	2nd	ASWA
Ethan Hubbard	OL	Sr.	6-6	285	2nd	ASWA
Jay Avery	DB	Sr.	6-1	165	2nd	ASWA
Jordan Norman	DL	Sr.	6-3	235	2nd	ASWA
Kaleb Jackson	LB	Sr.	5-10	210	1st	ASWA
Peyton Argent	PK	Sr.	6-0	175	1st	ASWA

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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.