12 Unbeaten Teams In Field For AHSAA State Football Playoffs
Bob Jones hosts a first round playoff game for the fifth straight season
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Twelve unbeaten teams and all six defending state champions are in the 192-team first-round field as the Alabama High School Athletic Association 2013 State football Playoffs get underway Friday, Nov. 8. All games are scheduled for 7 p.m.
Hoover (10-0), Spanish Fort (10-0) and Madison Academy (10-0), the 2012 Class 6A, 5A and 3A state champions, respectively, are among the dozen teams that emerged though the rugged regular season with unblemished records.
Hoover, the only unbeaten team in Class 6A this season, currently owns a 25-game winning streak with the Bucs’ last loss coming in the 2011 Super 6 finals to Prattville 35-34. Spanish Fort owns a 19-game win streak with the last setback a 31-21 decision to St. Paul’s in the 2012 regular season. Madison Academy is riding a 20-game win streak dating back to 2012. Its last loss was to Class 5A Cullman 42-21 in last season.
Other unbeaten teams include: Class 1A: Maplesville (10-0) and Pickens County (10-0); Class 2A: Lanett (9-0); Class 3A: Dale County (10-0), T.R. Miller (10-0), Saks (10-0) and Madison Academy (10-0); Class 4A: Charles Henderson (10-0); and Class 5A: Jackson (10-0) and Southside-Gadsden (10-0).
Other defending state champions in the field are Class 1A Brantley (8-2), Class 2A Tanner (8-1) and Class 4A UMS-Wright 8-2).
Bob Jones hosts Hewitt-Trussville Friday night at Madison City School Stadium. Senior night activities will take place before the game. Bob Jones hosted Hewitt-Trussville in a first round game in 2009 and won 35-14.
Ninety-six games are set for Friday with 16 in each of the AHSAA’s six classifications. The 48th annual state playoffs began with four teams competing for one state championship in what was then Class 4A in 1966. Championship play for all schools was implemented the following year in 1967 with four divisions. The current six-class system began in 1984.
Second-round playoff games are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 15, followed by the quarterfinals on Nov. 22, the semifinals Nov. 29, and the Super 6 state finals will be Dec. 5-6 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
AHSAA State Football Playoffs
FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS North Bracket shown
Class 1A
North
Collinsville (7-3) at Hubbertville (8-2)
Shoals Christian (4-6) at Falkville (8-1)
Berry (5-5) at Donoho (7-2), Anniston
Appalachian (5-3) at R.A. Hubbard (7-3), Courtland
Phillips (5-5) at Addison (8-1)
Gaylesville (6-4) at Pickens County (10-0), Reform
Ragland (8-1) at Hackleburg (7-3), at Phil Campbell HS Stadium
Brilliant (6-4) at Valley Head (9-1)
Class 2A
Sand Rock (7-3) at Montgomery Academy (9-1)
Sheffield (4-6) at Ranburne (9-1)
Reeltown (7-3) at North Sand Mountain (8-2), Higdon
Woodland (6-4) at Tanner (8-1)
Lexington (7-3) at Fultondale (9-1)
Gaston (7-3) at Lanett (9-0), Morgan-Washburn Stadium
Walter Wellborn (7-3) at Red Bay (8-2)
Isabella (7-3) at Fyffe (9-1)
Class 3A
North
Winfield (6-4) at Piedmont (9-1)
Deshler (7-3) at New Hope (8-2)
Weaver (4-6) at Hamilton (8-2)
J.B. Pennington (3-7) at Madison Academy (10-0), Madison
Lauderdale County (8-2) at Geraldine (8-2)
Good Hope (7-3) at Saks (10-0), Anniston
Plainview (7-3) at Colbert County (9-1), Leighton
Glencoe at Hanceville (9-1)
Class 4A
DAR (6-4) at Jacksonville (7-3)
West Limestone (7-3) at Oneonta (9-1)
Cleburne County (6-4) at Madison County (8-2), Gurley
St. Clair County (5-5) at Central-Florence (8-2)
Brooks (6-4) at Guntersville (9-1)
Ardmore (6-4) at Munford (9-1)
Fairview (5-5) at Haleyville (9-1)
Lincoln (4-6) at J.O. Johnson (9-1), Huntsville
Class 5A
Etowah (7-3) at Pleasant Grove (9-1)
Athens (7-3) at Center Point (9-1)
Parker (7-3) at Scottsboro (7-3)
Mortimer Jordan (4-6) at Muscle Shoals (9-1)
Hartselle (8-2) at Pinson Valley (6-4)
Fort Payne (6-4) at McAdory (8-2), McCalla
Moody (6-4) at Cullman (7-3)
Wenonah (5-5) at Southside-Gadsden (10-0)
Class 6A
North
Gadsden City (5-5) at Bessemer City (9-1)
Decatur (5-5) at Vestavia Hills (8-2)
Tuscaloosa County (7-3) at Oxford (8-2)
Hewitt-Trussville (5-5) at Bob Jones (9-1), Madison City Stadium
Buckhorn (6-4) at Shades Valley (9-1), Irondale
Huntsville (6-4) at Hoover (10-0)
Mountain Brook (7-3) at Florence (7-3), Braly Stadium
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (5-5) at Clay-Chalkville (9-1)
