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re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition
Posted on 9/9/17 at 12:41 am to TideSaint
Posted on 9/9/17 at 12:41 am to TideSaint
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I haven't seen any stats for Harold Joiner yet.
Joiner had 131 yards on 21 carries.
His backup had 120 yards on 9 carries.
Sounds like Mountain Brook had some success running the ball.
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Posted on 9/9/17 at 1:33 am to Evolved Simian
According to multiple people on the Rant and LSURb, Terrace Marshall suffered either a broken leg or ankle tonight.
That seriously sucks. I hope he has a full recovery.
That seriously sucks. I hope he has a full recovery.
Posted on 9/9/17 at 7:38 am to TideSaint
Marshall had surgery last night. Idk if it was an ankle or Tib/fib. They had a cast on it on the field and carted him off on a stretcher. Just sickening to see. They had a 5 star WR and a 4 star QB to start the year and both are done after 2 weeks. 
Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:11 am to JJ27
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JJ27
Damn.
Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:22 am to TideSaint
The Auburn SEC Country mod CB'd Justyn Ross to Clemson.
Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:25 am to TideSaint
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Jordan Ingram ran for three touchdowns and Swift Lyle passed for three as Class 5A No. 2 St. Paul's rolled to a 44-0 win over Wilcox Central on Friday night.
Ingram scored on runs of 49, 5 and 50 yards. He finished the night with 134 yards on just five carries.
Lyle threw TD passes of 12 yards to Peyton Henderson, 24 to Alabama commit Jalyn Armour-Davis and 10 to Wilson Kraus. He finished the night 6-of-12 for 92 yards.
Wilson Beaverstock kicked a 38-yard field goal for St. Paul's other points.
A.J. Finley rushed for 74 yards on seven carries.
St. Paul's plays Williamson at Ladd-Peebles Stadium next Friday.
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Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:28 am to TideSaint
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Thompson (2-0) defeated Tuscaloosa County on Friday night, as first-year quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa completed 18-of-25 passes for 367 yards and two touchdowns.
Thompson receiver Ahmad Harris-Edwards caught 14 passes for 223 yards and touchdowns of 34, 49 and 5 yards.
Tuscaloosa County jumped on top 7-0 on Fred Evans’ 74-yard touchdown run, and Thompson replied with Joseph Ford’s 64-yard TD run to tie the game at 7-all.
Thompson’s offense rolled in the first half and build a 49-22 halftime elead.
Play of the game: Harris-Edwards caught the second-half kickoff and lateralled to Michael Pettway, who raced to the end zone for a touchdown.
Key sequence: Thompson defense shut down Tuscaloosa County’s offense the entire second half, as the Wildcats earned just three first downs after halftime and struggled to get going offensively.
Stat sheet: Jo-Jo Ford rushed for 89 yards as running back with only three touches. … Thompson's Shadrick Byrd rushed for 46 yard and two TDs. … Tuscaloosa County’s Evans rushed for 108 yards and one touchdown.
Coachspeak: “Our offensive line looked a whole lot better tonight and we had lots of opportunites to score because of that. It’s taken a while for us to get here but now that we’re here it’s a lot of fun.” – Thompson coach Mark Freeman
Next week: Thompson stays at home next Friday and will welcome the Mountain Brook. Tuscaloosa County returns home against Huffman.
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Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:36 am to TideSaint
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Class 7A, No. 4 Hewitt-Trussville held off a second-half Gadsden City rally to win 38-24 on Friday night.
Titans’ quarterback Ryan Sparks fumbled on the first play of the drive in the third quarter, and Hewitt-Trussville scored two plays later on Elliott McElwain's touchdown run to go up 28-3.
But Gadsden City kept fighting.
Jamontavious Woods scored on a 66-yard touchdown run for the Titans on their next drive to trim their deficit to 17 points. Gadsden City then forced the Huskies to punt on their next drive, and Calvin Williams blocked it. Justin Price scooped the ball up and ran it in for a touchdown.
Suddenly, the Titans were down by 11 with just over eight minutes left in the third quarter.
The Huskies answered with a 34-yard field goal on their next drive, but Jaelyn Fleming returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards to trim the Titans deficit to 31-24 with under three minutes left in the third.
Gadsden City had a chance to tie the game after its defense forced the Huskies to turn the ball over on downs, but the Titans were unable to score again.
Game ball: McElwain ran for 170 yards on 25 carries and added 45 yards receiving on four receptions. He ran in all of Hewitt-Trussville’s first four touchdowns from 19, 2, 5 and 4 yards.
Play of the game: Reed’s touchdown run of 10 yards in the final quarter to give the Huskies a 14-point lead with just over seven minutes left. It came after the Hewitt-Trussville defense forced the Titans to punt. Had Gadsden City managed to get the ball into the end zone with a successful extra point, the Titans would’ve tied the game.
Stat sheet: Hewitt-Trussville’s Paul Tyson finished 15-of-21 passing for 129 yards. … Gadsden City’s Sparks was 5-of-11 passing for 44 yards. Four of the incompletions were drops, including a potential touchdown pass late in the first half. … Woods had his third-straight 100 yard rushing game. He finished with 155 yards on 19 carries. … Fleming had six carries for 23 yards for the Titans.
By the numbers: 8 – The number of wins Hewitt-Trussville has against Gadsden City. The Huskies lead the series 8-6 after Friday’s win. … 2 – The Huskies had two players rush over 100 yards (McElwain and Antonio Reed, who ran for 102 yards on 14 carries). … 4 – Gadsden City forced four turnovers, two of which were on special teams. 10 – The amount of points the Titans scored off the Hewitt-Trussville turnovers.
Coachspeak: “It’s not like I was shocked or anything (on Gadsden City’s comeback). I knew these guys weren’t going to go away. I know coach Sessions is a heck of a football coach. There is a lot of tradition at Gadsden City. It’s not like I thought they were going to go away. But the special teams were really disappointing to me.” – Hewitt-Trussville coach Josh Floyd
He said it: “I couldn’t be more proud of our kids. They did the things we talked about all week; they took it to heart. They came out here and played with such poise, such class and such effort. … We went blow-for-blow with them throughout the entire game, I thought. … I’m proud of our kids and we are getting there. We took a giant leap forward this week.” – Gadsden City coach Bart Sessions
Next week: Gadsden City (0-3) gets its first home game of the season against region foe James Clemens. Hewitt-Trussville (2-0) visits Grissom in a region contest.
Not a great night for the lil Bear
Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:39 am to TideSaint
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When a play needed to be made, the defending Class 7A champions rose to the challenge.
Hoover held off Mountain Brook 31-21 in a top 10 matchup and both teams’ Region 3 opener. Twice in the fourth quarter, Mountain Brook forced Hoover turnovers while down just three, but Hoover got stops each time.
Eventually, Vonte Brackett’s 11-yard touchdown run with 4:20 left put Hoover up by its final margin and iced the game.
The No. 2 Buccaneers improved to 2-1, 1-0 in region play while the No. 9 Spartans dropped to 2-1, 0-1.
Brackett’s touchdown run capped off a 64-yard drive that began after Hoover forced a punt. Larry McCammon had two big carries on the drive and Jalen Parker hit Auburn commits George Pickens and Shedrick Jackson on the drive once each.
“I thought when we had to get the score in the end, we mixed it up a little bit,” Hoover coach Josh Niblett said. “We got a stop when we needed to get a stop and we got a score when we needed to get a score.”
Mountain Brook has high hopes for this season and got 100-yard rushing games each from senior four-star running back Harold Joiner (131 yards on 21 carries) and junior A.J. Gates (120 yards and two touchdowns off nine carries).
But playing Hoover, coach Chris Yeager said, shows the good but exposes the bad. And Friday showed that Mountain Brook needs to make the big plays when it counts.
“I’m not satisfied,” Yeager said. “I’m really not. If we’re satisfied with that, we have the ingredients to be a very good football team. If we’re satisfied with that, we won’t make enough corrections.”
Hoover took a 24-7 first-half lead. Parker threw touchdown passes of five yards to Jackson and 12 to Nick Davis. McCammon scored on a 5-yard run just 92 seconds into the game on the first drive.
Gates’ 26-yard scoring run was Mountain Brook’s only touchdown. Hoover had a long touchdown called back because of a penalty, and Nebraska commit Barret Pickering hit a 23-yard field goal to end the second quarter.
PLAY OF THE GAME: The first key stop by the Hoover defense came after Mountain Brook forced a fumble on the kickoff that Reed Manley recovered.
Gates scored his second touchdown of the game on a 54-yard run before that kickoff with 11 minutes left.
On fourth and 3 at the Hoover 26, quarterback Hamp Sisson faked a handoff to Joiner, who was in motion in an empty backfield set. He scored on a 28-yard run on a similar fourth down play late in the third to cut Hoover’s lead to 24-14.
This time, Hoover read it. Greg Russell blew up the play and Nick Curtis helped finish it off. Hoover stopped Mountain Brook when it needed to the most.
“Formation recognition, strategy situation, that’s what defensive football is,” Niblett said. “Motion got our eyes flowing. They got a pin and a pull. He hit the crease, but down here we were able to be better gap sound and we were able to make a stop and make a play. That was huge.”
BY THE NUMBERS: Hoover’s Parker completed 16 of 24 passes for 174 yards and didn’t turn the ball over. Both of Hoover’s Auburn receiver commits had big games, as Jackson caught eight passes for 100 yards and Pickens caught four for 56.
GAME BALLS: Yeager believes that his two running backs are the best duo in the state, and they showed it in front of college coaches. Alabama, LSU and Auburn had coaches watching the game.
“(Joiner) played gritty and so did A.J.,” Yeager said. “I think it’s the best back tandem in the state. I believe that. The two best backs together in the state, A.J. and Harold.”
COACHSPEAK
“We’ve always got a target on our chest and we’re going to get everybody’s A-Game. I think our kids understand that even more.” - Niblett
“One thing about momentum, you’ve got to figure a way to snatch it back by making plays or methodically driving down the field where we take over the line of scrimmage.” - Niblett
“Championship teams, they capitalize on that. We did not. That’s the thing we’ve got to develop and we’ve got to work on.” - Yeager on the missed fourth quarter opportunities.
THEY SAID IT
“I felt like overall we played well. We scored a few touchdowns and made a few big plays.” - Jackson
UP NEXT: Mountain Brook is at Thompson and Hoover is at Spain Park as both continue region play.
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Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:42 am to TideSaint
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Bo Nix completed 12 of his 16 passes for 267 yards and a pair of touchdowns and also rushed for 88 yards and a score on four carries as Class 6A No. 3 Pinson Valley crushed visiting Minor 48-8.
Pinson Valley (3-0, 1-0 Region 6) had just three offensive plays in the first quarter, yet led 14-0. Nix hooked up with Demarion Holloman for a 56-yard gain on the first play from scrimmage, then Dilan Henderson scored on the next Indians snap with a 20-yard run. After Minor’s subsequent drive stalled, Nix called his own number and raced 64 yards for a touchdown with 2:09 left in the first quarter.
The Tigers (2-1, 0-1) tried to rally. Dequarius Leonard scored on a short run set up by Justin McConnico’s 61-yard pass to Delonte’ Evans, and a 2-point conversion pass to Ja’Cori Goodwin cut the lead to 14-8. But Pinson Valley responded with 27 consecutive points to end the half, including a 41-yard fumble return by defensive lineman Desmond Scott on the final play.
Nix, who added touchdown throws to Holloman and Orion Morris, left following the opening series of the third quarter after the Indians scored on their sixth straight offensive possession. Henderson had 42 rushing yards on three touches, scoring twice, and Khymel Chaverst also ran for a touchdown.
Star of the game: Nix, one of the state’s top quarterback prospects, was close to perfect. He had eight completions of 10 yards or more, including six for 21-plus yards.
Key sequence: The Pinson Valley first-string offense never slowed down. The Indians scored six straight times, driving 76 yards in two plays, 64 yards (one play), 49 yards (seven plays), 81 yards, 64 yards and 46 yards (five plays apiece).
Stat sheet: Pinson Valley ran the ball only seven times for 125 yards in the first half, finishing with 185 yards on 25 attempts … The Indians finished with 452 total yards … Dailey had three catches for 74 yards while Holloman had two catches for 81 yards … Morris had four catches for 79 yards … Minor’s McConnico was 10-of-13 passing for 115 yards before injuring his shoulder at the end of the half.
By the numbers: 3 - Pinson Valley is ranked No. 3 in the latest poll, equalling its best ranking ever from the 2012 preseason; 1 - the Indians snapped a three-game losing streak to Minor and now stand 1-3 in the overall series.
Coachspeak: "I expected us to play well. We went out and executed and played very well. We made it tough on our defense in the first half, scoring in one and two plays. ... Our philosophy is going to be the same every game, every practice – play hard, play with speed and play with effort." - Pinson Valley coach Patrick Nix
He Said It …: "I was as surprised as anyone. The defensive end sacked the quarterback and the ball was just layng there. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it. I kept running, and running and running." - Scott
Next week: Minor travels to Center Point while Pinson Valley visits Clay-Chalkville.
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Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:47 am to TideSaint
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SHREVEPORT – The West Monroe Rebels, without their head coach, crept into Independence Stadium Friday night and were able to get past BTW of Tulsa 30-21 in front of a largely Rebels contingent of fans.
“We have some things to clean up, but BTW didn’t have any quit in them and neither did we,” West Monroe defensive coordinator Tony Osborne said. “You have to give a lot of credit to the Tulsa staff. We like playing good competition and this was certainly it.”
Rebels’ offense has the Wright stuff
The West Monroe offense with Slade Bolden under center for most of the snaps, wasn’t the well-oiled machine it’s been in the past. The Hornets did a good job of keeping the Alabama commit in check for most of the evening, although he did pile up 124 rushing yards.
“We started slow, but there were some open players and we didn’t execute,” Bolden said. “BTW has a lot of speed and our offensive line did a good job keeping them away from me.”
But the Oklahoma visitors didn’t keep Cameron Wright in check. The junior scored twice and his 4-yard run with 10 minutes left in the game sealed the deal for the Rebels. He piled up 117 yards on 19 carries.
An earlier 8-yard run by Wright and a 60-yard punt return by Max Hunter staked the Rebels (2-0) to a 13-0 lead before Bolden hit Wright for a 22-yard score with 21 seconds remaining in the first half.
The final West Monroe points came on a 20-yard field goal by Carson Jones with less than 4 minutes remaining.
Rebels move to plus side of ledger
West Monroe now has a winning record during its visits to Shreveport to compete in the Battle on the Border. The Rebels lost 27-13 last year to John Curtis and had previously split with Calvary Baptist in two meetings at Independence Stadium.
The Rebels defeated Lufkin 44-36 in the 2015 BOB.
West Monroe coach Jerry Arledge (45-9-1), who finished the second of his four LHSSA game suspension Friday night, likes to play the early game on Friday. He is allowed to be at team practices during the week, but cannot coach from the sidelines on game day.
West Monroe defense
BTW’s bad passing attack combined with a stout West Monroe defense made the first half all-Rebels despite the relatively close score of 20-3.
That defensive play continued early in the second half when the Rebels got their second pick of the game -- this one from Brooks Miller. West Monroe did give up an 87-yard pass play with about 10 minutes remaining to keep the game close.
The Hornets went through a 12-pass-play series midway through the first half where they completed just one forward pass, were sacked twice and gave up an interception in the end zone. The recipient of that pick was Ayinde Robinson, who played the ball in front of the intended receiver.
BTW started three drives in West Monroe territory, but the Rebels only allowed a score on the Hornets’ next-to-last drive of the half when they started at the WM 31 and needed eight plays to get a 22-yard touchdown throw from Phillip Wheatley to Machel Johnson.
Maybe JJ can post Slade's highlights from last night
Posted on 9/9/17 at 9:57 am to TideSaint
Didn't get home until midnight so I didn't get to see any highlights. I don't think we had a TV station in attendance either. I'll see what I can find.
Posted on 9/9/17 at 11:43 am to JJ27
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See how members of the AL.com A-List performed in the third week of Alabama high school football.
1. Justyn Ross, WR, Central-Phenix City - Ross had five catches for 52 yards, two rushes for 16 yards and two punt returns for 24 yards. The Red Devils beat Auburn 34-28.
2. Jalyn Armour-Davis, ATH, St. Paul's - Alabama commit Jalyn Armour-Davis caught a 24-yard TD pass and his defense helped St. Paul's shut out Wilcox Central in a 44-0 win on Friday night.
3. Coynis Miller, DL, Jackson-Olin - Miller and the Mustangs were off.
4. Asa Martin, RB, Austin - The Auburn commit had 188 yards rushing and two scores as Austin hammered Decatur 49-0.
5. Seth Williams, WR, Paul Bryant - Williams had three catches for 112 yards and a score as the Stampede beat Brookwood 45-26.
6. Harold Joiner, RB, Mountain Brook - Joiner ran 21 times for 131 yards in a 31-21 loss to Hoover. He caught two passes for 10 yards.
7. Jack West, QB, Saraland - The Stanford commit West went a perfect 15-for-15 in the second half and finished 25-of-30 overall for 192 yards and a touchdown in a loss to Daphne. He was intercepted once.
8. Andres Fox, DL, Mobile Christian - Fox helped Class 3A No. 1 Mobile Christian shut out Excel 27-0 and limit the home team to 221 total yards on 58 plays - an average of 3.8 yards per play
9. Shedrick Jackson, WR, Hoover - The Auburn commit caught eight passes for 100 yards, including a five-yard score in a 31-21 win over Mountain Brook.
10. Tank Jenkins, OL, Park Crossing - The offensive lineman helped the Thunderbirds beat Stanhope Elmore 39-14.
11. James Foster, QB, Sidney Lanier - The Missouri commit hit 24 of 31 passes for 262 yards, throwing touchdown passes of 2, 9 and 26 yards and running for a 12-yard score as Sidney Lanier beat Northview 26-6.
12. Myles Mason, DB, Hewitt-Trussville - Mason was held out for the second straight game as Hewitt-Trussville beat Gadsden City 38-24.
13. Tae Provens, RB, Madison County - Madison County beat Hatton 45-6. Provens sat out with an ankle injury.
14. Allen Love, DL, Huffman - The Ole Miss commit had six tackles as Huffman lost 31-0 at Oak Mountain.
15. Cam Taylor, QB/ATH, Park Crossing - The Missouri commit ran for a touchdown and threw a touchdown pass in a 39-14 win over Stanhope Elmore.
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Posted on 9/9/17 at 11:57 am to TideSaint
Posted on 9/9/17 at 12:11 pm to JJ27
Posted on 9/9/17 at 12:13 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 9/9/17 at 5:13 pm to TideSaint
Also, Slade went to CB the last 2 drives last night and shut down half the field. Gave up one catch underneath playing 7 off and backing up. Just trying to bleed slow, but immediately tackled the receiver when he caught it.
Posted on 9/9/17 at 5:14 pm to JJ27
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Posted on 9/10/17 at 12:04 am to JJ27
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Just a few throws.
Nice touch on both of those long throws.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 12:29 pm to Evolved Simian
Keith Niebuhr, Steve Wiltfong, Chris Nee and an Ohio State mod CB'd Justyn Ross to Clemson.
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