re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

Seth Williams had 9 receptions for 233 yards a TD in a 22-19 loss against Minor. I know a lot of you are higher on him than Justyn Ross.

Jalyn Armour Davis returned a punt 52 yards for a touchdown and had 4 receptions for 18 yards.

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Slade played likely the best team he will see in the regular season, John Ehret of Nola. He threw for 200+ and 2 TDs. Ran for 100+ and 3 TDs. WM wins 47-32.

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He'll be a Top 200 player in the final rankings.

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Bo Nix went 12 of 27 for 149 yards and 33 yards rushing. He had 2 TD passes and a rushing TD in a win against defending 6A champs Ramsay.

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That's not very accurate.

From Hank South regarding Vernon Jackson:

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Still no word on whether Vernon Jackson will go through with announcing his commitment today at 1 p.m. CT as expected. He postponed the announcement from last Saturday with Hurricane Harvey about to come ashore. His school has been closed this week, and will be closed next week as well, so I would venture to say it's not going to happen today, but there's been no word from his camp. Jackson has tweeted that he's ok, but his town got a pretty bad chunk of the flooding. Just stay tuned around 1 if he does decide to do it.

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Paul Tyson threw four touchdown passes, three to Logan Pitts, as Hewitt-Trussville won a track meet over visiting Callaway (Miss.) 65-28.

Tyson, a junior making his first career varsity start in an official game, threw an interception on his first drive, but bounced back and completed 19 of 24 passes for 285 yards.

“Really, just had to get that play behind me,” Tyson said. “You can’t let one play affect the whole game. Next drive, just come out and not think about it.”

Tyson threw touchdown passes of 31, 20 and 11 yards to Pitts and 29 yards to Dazalin Worsham.

“I thought Paul did really well,” Hewitt-Trussville coach Josh Floyd said. “I think he had a big game. He made a lot of big throws. He threw it to the other team once and that was my fault, a terrible play call. He made some throws that were really impressive.”

Antonio Reed had 85 yards rushing and two short touchdown runs. Elliott McElwain rushed for 78 yards and scored on runs of 16 and 13 yards. Cameron Bledsoe added 68 yards and a rushing score.

Myles Mason, a four-star athlete who transferred from Pleasant Grove to Hewitt-Trussville in May, did not play and was in street clothes. He played last week in the Champions Challenge jamboree win over Pell City.

“Just stuff,” said Floyd, who didn't comment more. “We’re hopeful he’s going to be back next week.”

The Huskies, ranked No. 4 in Class 7A, are 1-0. Callaway dropped to 1-2.

Game ball: Credit the Hewitt-Trussville offensive line, anchored by Alabama commit Pierce Quick at right tackle, for protecting Tyson all night and opening up big holes for the offense.

Play of the night: After a wild second quarter where Hewitt-Trussville outscored the Chargers 31-22 and took a 44-28 lead into halftime, Malachi Moore intercepted the second pass of the third quarter. Hewitt-Trussville scored on the drive and shut out Callaway in the second half.

“They’re trying to throw it to their 6-4 receiver (Mississippi State commit Malik Heath), who is a heck of a player but Malachi was all over him and intercepted it and almost took it back for six,” Floyd said.

Just a sophomore, Moore also has some FBS offers.

By the numbers: Heath caught three passes for 85 yards, scoring on touchdowns of seven and 65 yards. … Hewitt-Trussville junior defensive end Tyler Antkowiak had eight tackles and an interception … Callaway’s LaKenith Thompson, a 5-foot-11, 215-pound three-star running back in the class of 2019, had 15 carries for 118 yards.

Coachspeak

“I think we’re fortunate to have some really good backs. It’s by committee. Everybody knows about Elliott McElwain. He’s a big time player. He’s special, but you’ve got Antonio Reed and Cameron Bledsoe who are big-time players and showed it tonight.” - Floyd

“They made some plays. That receiver is the No. 1 player in Mississippi for a reason. He’s tough to handle in a 1-on-1 situation.” - Floyd

They said it

“It’s crazy how we can come out here and develop running backs like this and how easy it is to be a running back in our system.” - Hewitt-Trussville’s McElwain, an Army commit

“That was awesome right there. We were trying to run the clock a little bit, but to get a shutout in the second half with an offense like ours, that’s big-time.” - Quick on the Huskies’ defensive effort in the second half

Next week: Hewitt-Trussville opens Class 7A, Region 4 play on Friday at home against Gadsden City.

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West Monroe needed a long drive to toll the victory bell.

Scoring all of its touchdowns on quick strikes and special teams all night, the Rebels churned out their longest possession of the game, taking 3:53 off the clock on an 8-play, 60-yard drive capped by a two-yard gash off tackle from senior quarterback Slade Bolden to give his team a comfortable, 40-32, with 8:12 remaining. 

Two possessions later, Bolden carried the ball five straight plays and notched the game's final score, skirting through and rumbling for a 33-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-1, putting the punctuation on the Rebels, 47-32, season-opening win at the new Don Shows Field at Rebel Stadium Friday.

Bolden, the Alabama commit, finished the night with 121 yards on the ground to go along with 232 pass yards and five total touchdowns. The senior connected with senior wide receiver Jairus Henry for a score 1:23 and four plays into the game on a 24-yard touchdown pass. Henry ended his monster night with 219 yards on six catches.

John Ehret answered with a nine-play, 80-yard drive with junior running back Terrell Brown scoring the first of his three rushing touchdowns on the night from seven yards out, cutting into West Monroe's lead, 13-7, with 5:17 left in the first quarter.

West Monroe's next two scoring drives were four plays, ending with an 8-yard touchdown run from Bolden and a one play, a 81-yard pitch-and-catch from Bolden to Henry to extended the team's lead to 33-13 with less than 9:00 remaining in the half.

Special performance from special teams 

Special teams showed up huge for West Monroe in the opener. A host of Rebs blocked a Pats punt inside their own 15-yard line and Chandler Conrad fell on the loose ball in the end zone for West Monroe's second score.

After a John Ehret touchdown, Max Hunter took the ensuing kickoff back 95 yards for a touchdown, putting West Monroe back up, 19-7, at the 5:02 first-quarter mark.

Bad Man Brown

Pats junior running back Terrell Brown ignited his team's comeback after they got down, 25-7, eight minutes into the contest. The 6-foot, 185-pound back powered his way to two touchdowns over the course of the rest of the half, the second of which pulling his within 8 points, 33-25. 

Brown finished with 97 yards on 17 rushes. 

Turning Point

With their defense winded, the Rebels' offense, clinging to a 1-point lead, put together its longest drive to open the final period. 

John Ehret was still within one score, then Bolden took matters into his own hands, toting the ball five straight plays for 62 yards, clinching the win with a 33-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1 with 1:39 to go to gave the Rebels a two-touchdown advantage.

What's next: West Monroe will travel to the Independence Bowl to face off against Booker T. Washington (Tulsa) in the Battle of the Border, kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Just looked up AHS football classifications and assumed 7A was like some huge schools because in NC we only go up to 4A but after looking up the numbers break down every 4A and many of the 3A in NC would be classified as 7A in AL. I do like the break down better in AL as 1A & 2A in NC are usually combined here in the NC which compared to AL it would include 1A all the way to 5A. But it does make for Hoosier type of moments in NC when the some of the smaller schools that have under 200 win it all.

Not bad. Still needs work on the Bama-bangs if he is dead set on staying white and contributing at UA.