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AHSAA lowers the boom on three Alabama high school football teams

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1 year ago

November 3, 2024

AHSAA lowers the boom on three Alabama high school football teams

Three Alabama schools, including a 2023 state runner-up, have been fined and forced to forfeit a number of games for playing an ineligible player during the 2024 season. All three will miss the playoffs as a result.

Coosa Christian, located about an hour northeast of Birmingham, lost its shot at another state championship berth after the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) discovered that the school did not fully report how many games an ineligible player competed in, according to a story by The Gadsden Times.

The AHSAA previously forced the private school to forfeit a victory against Cleveland High for violating the Coaching Outside the School Year rule. Now, the Conquerors must forfeit additional wins against Susan Moore, Falkville, Southeastern and Cold Springs as the ineligible player was found to have competed in at least five contests.

The five forfeitures are a huge blow to Coosa Christian, whose final regular-season record drops from 9-1 to 4-6. More damaging, however, was the forfeits dropped the Conquerors from 6-0 in Class 2A, Region 6 to 1-5. Coose Christian last season finished as Class 1A state runner-up and was a favorite for the Class 2A state title this year.

Only the top four teams in each region in AHSAA football advance to the state playoffs. Coosa Christian slipped from first to sixth with the forfeits. The top four schools in the region now are Southeastern, Falkville, Susan Moore and Cold Springs.

The AHSAA announced that the school has been placed on restrictive probation through the end of the 2025 season, meaning the school may miss next year’s playoffs as well if it does not meet certain conditions.

In Birmingham, Fultondale High School has been forced to forfeit three regional games by the AHSAA after playing ineligible players in violation of the association’s transfer rule, according to a report by WBRC Channel 6 News.

The forfeitures against Class 4A, Region 5 opponents Hamilton, Fayette County, and Cordova drops the Wildcats to 3-6 overall, 2-5 in the region. Fultondale is in fifth place in the region currently and will miss the 2024 playoffs.

The top four schools in the region now are Good Hope, Dora, Hamilton and Fayette County.

Further south in Troy, Charles Henderson High School has been forced to forfeit five games and placed on probation for one year by the AHSAA for violating an AHSAA transfer rule, per a story by .

An eligible player was found to have competed in Class 5A, Region 2 wins against Andalusia, Eufaula, Greenville, Carroll and Headland. The forfeitures drop Charles Henderson from 5-1 to 0-6 in the region, knocking the Trojans out of the playoffs.

The top four schools in the region are Montgomery Catholic, Andalusia, Eufaula, and Greenville.

Earlier this season, Pike Liberal Arts was forced to forfeit six wins by the AHSAA for violating the transfer rule, knocking the Patriots out of the playoffs, per a story by . An ineligible player competed in all six contests, per a story by the Tuscaloosa News.

Three of the six forfeitures were Class 2A, Region 3 games, dropping the Patriots to 0-9 overall, 0-6 in the region. Pike Liberal Arts then fell to Loachapoka, 40-17, to finish the year at 0-10.

Pike Liberal Arts made its debut in the AHSAA this season after competing in the Independent classification the last two years.

— Jeff Gardenour | jgardenour1962@gmail.com | @JMarkG1962

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Deputies: Alabama teen arrested for threatening to kill student in Walton County

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7 hours ago

April 12, 2026

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Deputies: Alabama teen arrested for threatening to kill student in Walton County

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. — A 16-year-old from Florala, Alabama, was arrested after making threats to kill another student on social media.

On Friday morning, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said the student posted a picture of a gun online.

It was captioned with a targeted threat involving a student at Paxton School. The 16-year-old who attends the school made the threat.

They were taken into custody before school started.

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By The Numbers, Alabama A-Day 2026

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19 hours ago

April 12, 2026

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama football scrimmaged inside Bryant-Denny Stadium for its annual A-Day spring football finale on Saturday. The Crimson Tide spent two hours with the offense and defense fighting for dominance in the April sun.

The afternoon wasn’t exactly a game, but looked more like real football than the 2025 A-Day and therefore gave fans and pundits quality content to evaluate.

“I thought the guys competed again,” Kalen DeBoer said. “It’s a unique situation with our practices, two of them still being next week, so we’re not done yet. Get back to work Tuesday and Thursday, still got a lot of opportunities to get better, a lot of situational that we can get to. But it was a good back and forth, much like many of the other scrimmages; you can see how we orchestrate it with the ball where we spot it. There’s some advantages the offense gets towards the end. We’ve got to get that red zone work in, but there’s a lot of things to learn, a lot of situational stuff that we can get better at.”

Disclaimer: These statistics were taken by hand and therefore not official

Passing

Keelon Russell: 21-33, 242 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Austin Mack: 6-12, 101 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Jett Thomalla: 4-5, 44 yards
Tayden-Evan Kaawaa: 4-5, 37 yards

Rushing

Kevin Riley: 10 carries, 12 yards
Daniel Hill: 10 carries, 31 yards
AK Dear: 4 carries, 2 yards
Trae’Shawn Brown: 6 carries, 19 yards
Khalifa Keith: 1 carry

Receiving

Derek Meadows: 9 Targets, 5 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD
Cederian Morgan: 3 targets, 3 receptions, 76 yards, 1 TD
Ryan Williams: 3 targets, 3 receptions 60 yards
Trae’Shawn Brown: 6 targets, 5 receptions, 50 yards
Lotzeir Brooks: 4 targets, 3 receptions, 15 yards, 2 TDs
Marshall Pritchett: 2 targets, 2 receptions, 8 yards, 1 TD
Tyler Henderson: 3 targets, 3 receptions, 38 yards
Rico Scott: 3 targets, 2 receptions, 30 yards
Jay Lindsey: 2 targets, 1 reception, 5 yards
AK Dear: 2 targets, 2 receptions, 16 yards
Kevin Riley: 1 target, 1 reception, 5 yards
Kaleb Edwards: 2 targets, 2 receptions, 27 yards
Maurice Mathis Jr.: 1 target, 1 reception, 5 yards
Mack Sutter: 1 target, 1 reception, 10 yards
Daniel Hill: 1 target, 1 reception, 10 yards
Noah Rogers: 2 targets
Josh Ford: 1 target

Defense

Ivan Taylor: 6 tackles
Luke Metz: 4 tackles, sack, 2 TFL
Red Morgan: 4 tackles, 1 PBU
Caleb Woodson: 4 tackles
Justin Hill: 4 tackles, 2 TFL
Carmelo O’Neal: 4 tackles
Cayden Jones: 3 tackles
Jorden Edmunds: 3 tackles, 2 PBU
Keon Sabb: 3 tackles
Dijon Lee: 3 tackles, 1 INT
Zavier Mincey: 3 tackles
Duke Johnson: 3 tackles, 1 TFL
Jireh Edwards: 2 tackles, 1 PBU
Kendrick Bingley-Jones: 2 tackles, 2 TFL
Mahri Johnson: 2 tackles, sack
Abduall Sanders: 2 tackles
Terrence Green: 2 tackles, 1 PBU
Brody McCutcheon: 2 tackles, sack
Jake Ivie: 2 tackles
Yhonzae Pierre: 1 tackle
Devan Thompkins: 1 tackle
Xavier Griffin: 1 tackle
Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.: 1 tackle, 1 INT
Walter Sansing: 1 tackle
Zay Hall: 1 tackle
Jamarion Matthews: 1 tackle
Grant Johnson: 1 tackle
Griffin Hanson: 1 tackle

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Alabama’s Willy Wilcox returns to Masters in new role after overcoming addiction

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April 11, 2026

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Alabama’s Willy Wilcox returns to Masters in new role after overcoming addiction

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The story of Willy Wilcox begins with his mom. Kim Wilcox won over 50 tournaments as a junior golfer, was a four-year letter winner at Auburn, and finished runner-up in the 1988 Alabama State Women’s Amateur Championship. She had aspirations of joining the LPGA Tour, but life intervened. In the late 1980s, she had Willy, and by 1991, she became the club manager and golf pro at the now-defunct Pine Harbor Golf and Racquet Club in Pell City, Alabama.

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