August 20, 2014 Football Preview

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August 20 - 26, 2014 | The Trussville Tribune
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2014 Hewitt-Trussville High School
Varsity Football Team
2014 Hewitt-Trussville High School Varsity Football Roster
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Josiah McCarty
Deontay Wilson
Josh Nelson
Devin Reed
Blake Osborn
Jarrion Street
Andy Chappell
Patrick DePew
JaRon Godbolt
Jarrett Nelson
Markel Jones
T.J. McGettigan
Zac Thomas
Blaine Cardwell
Jordan Pannell
Jacob Stotser
Jordan Long
Grayson Cash
Cyle Moore
Neiman Thomas
Seth Keahey
Christian Madison
David Acfalle
David Ladner
Cole Head
Will Ormond
Josh Lipscomb
Will Gunter
Nathan Helms
Chandler Stubbs
Nick Campbell
Nicholas Jackson
Dalton Meadows
Dylan Cook
Tucker Horn
Trevian Jenkins
Chandler Hyatt
Christian Stewart
Irie Reed
Blake Gaiser
Heath Williamson
Gus Hill
Micah Black
Tanner Harwell
Nathan Vaughn
Drew Williams
Bailey McElwain
Cole Compton
Brandt Selesky
Josh Bailey
Jaison Williams
Bobby Ferguson
Jalen Williams
Logan Baird
Cole Parks
Austin Jones
Ryne Markstrom
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Tyler McIlwain
Cody Wilcox
Garrett Terwilleger
Chipper Lartigue
Kyle Miskelley
Cory Woods
Bronson Clifton
Zachary Moode
Glenn Horsley
Kaleb Martin
Bailey Perry
Skyler Pike
Chris Easterling
Brae Gallien
Gavin Craig
Kirk Robison
Garrison Garner
Noah Igbinoghene
Connor Stewart
Austin Cruce
Josh Chapman
Andrew Holt
Josh Morgan
Doston Nichols
Jacob Campbell
K.J. Presley
Alex Plant
Austin Browning
Peyton Horn
Jeremy Griffin
Vance Thigpen
Hunter Songer
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C o a c h i n g S t a f f
Head coach / quarterbacks: Josh Floyd
Offensive coordinator / wide receivers: Austin Tucker
Defensive coordinator / safeties / outside linebackers: Adam Caine
Offensive line: Caleb Perry
Defensive line: Rudy Griffin
Linebackers: Chad Dahlke
Running backs: Jeremiah Millington
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Effort every play the goal for Hewitt-Trussville defense
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
They don’t want to slow down.
The goal for this year’s HewittTrussville defensive players is to
play fast, to play with effort every single down. Defenders see
that out of the offense in practice
every day.
Head coach Josh Floyd said
first-year defensive coordinator
Adam Caine is a “real intense,
real aggressive kind of coach.”
He has a high energy level, and
he knows when to get after players, and when to joke with them.
“He’s got a way with communicating with them, obviously,”
Floyd said.
Junior middle linebacker Bailey McElwain said Caine is the
best defensive coordinator in the
state.
Hewitt-Trussville junior linebacker
Tanner Harwell
“We’re looking good,” McElwain said.
The defense lost four of its top
five tacklers from a season ago
due to graduation. The total experience lost is significant.
“I haven’t even thought about
that,” McElwain said. “I look at
our guys and I feel so much confidence in our guys.”
Deontay Wilson was the leading tackler from a season ago -123 tackles -- and he returns this
season to the secondary. Junior
Jaison Williams made 18 tackles
last season and is looking good
at defensive end. The linebacker
corps of McElwain, junior Jalen
Williams and junior Tanner Harwell is also looking good. Senior
Devin Reed, in addition to running back, should see time at defensive back because of his athleticism.
“Everybody has gotten faster
and a lot stronger,” McElwain
Hewitt-Trussville junior linebacker
Jalen Williams
said.
This year’s defense will have
Huskies kicker striving for perfect season
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
T.J. McGettigan’s lone
miss a season ago came in
Hewitt-Trussville’s sixth
game.
It wasn’t without controversy.
From 39 yards out, McGettigan’s kick sailed over
the right upright. The referee under that side called
it good. The referee to the
other side disagreed. The
dissenting man in white
and black stripes won out.
No good.
That’s an irritating call
for a kicker who made
good on his other seven
field goal attempts. You
can call it McGettigan’s
Hewitt-Trussville senior kicker T.J. McGettigan kicks field
goals during practice last month.
motivation for 2014, a senior who also scored 10
goals and had six assists
for the Hewitt-Trussville
varsity soccer team in the
spring.
“My ultimate goal this
year is to achieve scholarships in either football or
soccer and to one day play
for the college level with a
paid education,” McGettigan said. “Some shortterm goals are to go perfect on the season for field
goals and regularly attain
touchbacks, (and) raising
my work ethic and strive to
continually perform as the
best kicker in the area and
state.”
McGettigan began playing soccer when he was
3. In eight years with the
Vestavia Soccer Club, he
won five state championships. Friend and current
Hewitt-Trussville football
teammate Devin Reed tried
since sixth grade to steer
McGettigan to the football field. It worked, and
McGettigan has kicked for
football teams since eighth
a 3-3-5 look, but will be multiple, like most defenses in an
age of various offenses have to
be. Floyd said the defenders have
picked up the new scheme well.
The Hewitt-Trussville defense
last season held opponents to
25.5 points per game. It held
five of its 11 opponents to fewer
points than their season averages. The highest goal is to keep
offenses to zero points per game.
That goal is likely unattainable,
but it shows a beaming confidence level.
“It’s the work we’re putting
in,” McElwain said. “We look at
it as we’re practicing harder than
anyone else.”
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grade.
McGettigan
devotes
time to both. He practices
once a day every day of
the week during the season, and often on Sunday
evenings. He kicks 25 to
50 footballs per day, along
with drill work, kickoff
and onside work.
McGettigan’s
longest
field goal in a game is 52
yards, and he’s made a 60yard field goal in practice.
He said he plans to achieve
his goals as a senior.
“Coach (Josh) Floyd and
his coaching staff have
completely changed the
atmosphere of practice,”
McGettigan said. “We
want a championship. Opportunities will come often
in this new offense, and my
job is to take full advantage
of those.”
McGettigan worked on
the football and soccer
fields over the past winter
and this summer, a devotion to kicking footballs
and striking soccer balls
daily.
“Every day I thank our
Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ for giving me the
opportunity to play for
Him day in and day out,”
he said. “My parents have
played such a huge role in
my life and career thus far
and that will take a lifetime
to repay.”
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New Hewitt offense
‘just like Auburn’
Huskies ‘super optimistic’ about
challenges of new Class 7A
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Blink and you might
miss it.
The Hewitt-Trussville
offense will be a fastpaced, no-huddle style this
season, a balanced attack
that first-year head coach
Josh Floyd likes to run. He
learned it from Gus Malzahn, the Auburn head man
who used to be his coach at
Shiloh (Ark.) Christian.
The offense takes what
the defense gives it. When
Floyd coached at Shiloh
Christian, he had quarterbacks who threw for 4,000
yards. He also had other
QBs rush for 1,000 yards.
“It’s very fast. I love it,”
junior running back Jarrion
Street said. “It’s very uptempo, just like Auburn. I
think it will be very effective.”
Floyd said it’s very similar to Malzahn’s offense.
He has his own tweaks
after years of running it,
though. The philosophy is
the same: Go fast and tire
out the defense.
“Pace is a big deal for
us,” Floyd said.
Junior quarterback Zac
Thomas said last month
that the team was learning
the offense well after just
a week of running it. Like
Street, he said it feels a lot
like Auburn.
“It’s just going to be like
a total momentum change,”
Thomas said. “Everything
Hewitt-Trussville finishes a practice last month.
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Hewitt-Trussville senior wide receiver Dalton Meadows
jumps to catch a pass in practice last month.
is fast now. We’re not slow.
Everything is quick.”
The style has been criticized by some nationally
as “gimmicky,” that it’s not
traditional smash-mouth
football. Floyd said the offense is physical. When his
teams at Shiloh Christian
won state titles, it was because they were physical
up front. The center position is huge for this offense,
which starts in the shotgun
the majority of the time.
Junior Brandt Selesky, junior Kyle Miskelley and
senior Hunter Songer have
seen time at the position
this summer.
Senior Devin Reed and
Street will be weapons in
the backfield. Senior Cyle
Moore is a versatile player
with good hands. Others
are rising up, too.
“I’ve been very pleased,”
Floyd said. “I feel like
they’re hungry to learn.”
Thomas will be the key
for the offense, a dualthreat quarterback in an offense that caters to a signal
caller who can get the job
done through the air and on
the ground.
“This is the kind of offense I’ve always kind of
looked forward to running,” Thomas said. “I
can’t wait to run it. It just
fits everything I’ve ever
wanted.”
It can easily be considered the most difficult
schedule in the state of
Alabama.
The 10 opponents that
make up Hewitt-Trussville’s 2014 schedule
combined for a 76-39 record a season ago. Four
of those teams -- Gadsden
City, Mountain Brook,
Spain Park and Tuscaloosa County -- lost in the
first round of the Class 6A
playoffs. Clay-Chalkville
fell in the second round.
Vestavia Hills reached the
Class 6A semifinals, losing
to eventual state champion
Hoover.
The Alabama High
School Athletic Association Central Board of
Control in January approved the new sevenclassification system for
championship play for the
2014-2015 and 2015-2016
school years.
Hewitt-Trussville is now
a Class 7A, Region 3 football school with Hoover,
Mountain Brook, Oak
Mountain, Spain Park,
Thompson,
Tuscaloosa
County and Vestavia Hills.
Hewitt-Trussville junior
quarterback Zac Thomas
said the teams on the Huskies’ schedule have dominated.
“It’s going to be a hard
road, but I think we can
come out on top,” he said.
First-year head coach
Josh Floyd said Class 7A
is “definitely a great challenge.” He said it doesn’t
get much better than the
history and tradition that
fills the league and region.
“It’s what everybody
says it is, probably the
toughest league in Alabama,” Floyd said. “It’s a
great challenge we’re excited about. I think it’s exciting for the kids because
they know they’re playing
the top competition.”
Players are confident.
The new offseason condi-
tioning program has added to their belief. During
summer practice last year,
players would get tired and
sometimes walk between
drills. This summer, they
run from drill to drill, and
they’re still fresh.
“We’re super optimistic
about the schedule and I
feel like we can match up
with anybody in the state,”
said junior middle linebacker Bailey McElwain.
Floyd said Hewitt-Trussville must play its best
game week in and week
out. That keeps players
motivated.
“There are no gimmes,”
Floyd said.
Floyd
said
HewittTrussville is trying to get
to the level as a Hoover, a
Vestavia Hills, teams that
routinely reach the playoffs
and go deep once there.
“We love it,” said junior running back Jarrion
Street. “We love competition. I think we can take on
the challenge and do very
well in 7A.”
Junior QB ‘perfect combination’ of
needs for Hewitt-Trussville offense
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
A season ago, Zac Thomas impressed mainly with his legs, but
also with his right arm.
As a sophomore last season,
he rushed 95 times for 379 yards
and five touchdowns. He completed 35 of his 47 passes for 476
yards and four scores. He threw
just one interception in time he
split with former Hewitt-Trussville quarterback Blake Bailey.
Now, it’s his time in a new offense that fits his style.
“I think he’s the perfect combination for what we need,” said
first-year head coach Josh Floyd.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound
Thomas said he’s been studying
the new playbook every night.
“All the coaches are relying on
me to run the plays and teach everybody else,” he said.
Floyd has noticed. He coached
quarterbacks at Shiloh (Ark.)
Christian that threw for more
than 4,000 yards in a season.
He coached others who rushed
for more than 1,000 in a season.
Floyd said Thomas “really” fits
the fast-paced, no-huddle offense he runs.
“He fits the offense very well,”
Floyd said.
When Thomas is on the run,
Hewitt-Trussville junior
quarterback Zac Thomas throws
a pass in practice last month.
he throws the ball well. When a
play breaks down, he’s a threat
to make a big play with his legs.
“He kind of makes stuff easier
for me because they’re looking
for him to run,” said junior running back Jarrion Street.
Floyd said Thomas is a smart
quarterback, one who puts in the
work and cares about the game.
He said he’s proud of the way
Thomas has figured out the offense and is leading the team.
“I think he’s got a chance to
be a really special player,” Floyd
said.
In the huddle, teammates are
already confident in Thomas.
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“I think these kids are going
to follow him and get more and
more confidence in him once
he has a chance to get out there
on Friday night and produce,”
Floyd said.
Thomas’ goal this season is
simple.
“I just want to go deep in the
playoffs and build good team
unity so next year we’ll be even
better than this year,” Thomas
said.
Hewitt-Trussville’s Coaching Staff
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photo courtesy of Principle
Portrait Group
Front row from left are
Jeremiah Millington, Josh
Floyd and Scott Bromley.
Top row from left are Chad
Dahlke, Austin Tucker,
Caleb Perry, Rudy Griffin
and Adam Caine.
Clay-Chalkville’s Coaching Staff
Portrait Group
From left are Curtis
Coleman, Obed Ellis, Chris
Mills, Jerry Hood, Stuart
Floyd, Bret Rogers, Sean
Talsma and Drew Gilmer.
Pinson Valley’s Coaching Staff
Portrait Group
From left are Bill Scruggs,
Kyle Reeves, David Smith,
Jon Clements, Matt
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2014 Clay-Chalkville High School
2014 Clay-Chalkville High School Varsity Football Roster
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Brandon Berry
Eric Blockum
Jarrod Reedus
Torrence Willis
Jalen Dawson
Art Smith
Terry Brown
Tyrell Pigrome
Johnathan Billingsley
Jeremy Rhodes
Jalen Buckner
Terrelle West
T.J. Simmons
Darryien Wilson
D.J. Parker
Jordan Young
Izzy Bennett
Freddie Jordan
James Kelly
Amari Holloway
Kam Prewitt
Kambri King
A.J. Walker
Armoni Holloway
Phillip Crawford
Johnny Anderson
Keston Smith
Nico Collins
DeCarlos Hurt
Toney Gurley
Johnathan Dixon
Nick Battle
Dontrell Jackson
Tyrese Sewell
Rickey Samuel
Josh Henderson
Tre Lamar
Andrew James
DeMarcus Luke
Nick Jones
Xavier Mays
LaDarius Harris
Patrick Millican
Kenyon Hasberry
Cole Baker
Tavarrus Crawford
Jeremiah Wade
Jacob Walters
Andrew Nevin
Terrence Muse
Aaron Jackson
Reginald Carr
Kyle Cobb
Hayden Rankin
Xavier Wright
Tanner Tatum
Brian Hill
Dante Adams
B.J. Chaney
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Kerry Ray
Eddie Rox
Greg Fecanin
Jarmel Lawson
Alex Cox
Keiland Clayton
Jake Steindenger
Kylon Clayton
Cole Garrison
Tyon Hardy
Jordan Sharbutt
Justin Daniel
Taylor Merritt
Cristian Florez
Johnathan Butterworth
Dominique Allen
Zach James
JaVon Lacey
Sirillio Baza
Calvin Mays
Tyler Chatman
Amiah Williams
Drea Beneford
Josh Tinsley
D.J. Newsome
Bass Riggins
Keonne Childress
Cedric Little
Deartre Mack
Quatavius Barber Kendell Jones
Nick McDaniel
Isiah Watson-DeLocah
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Head coach: Jerry Hood
Defensive coordinator / defensive backs: Sean Talsma
Offensive coordinator: Stuart Floyd
Wide receivers: Chris Mills
Offensive line: Obed Ellis
Running backs: Bret Rogers
Defensive line: Curtis Coleman
Linebackers: Drew Gilmer
2014 Clay-Chalkville Football Schedule
Aug. 23
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19 Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31 Niceville (Fla.) Buccaneer Stadium 3 p.m.
Minor
Home 7 p.m.
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa
Home 7 p.m.
Huffman
Home 7 p.m.
Pinson Valley
Away
7 p.m.
Bye
Center Point
Home 7 p.m.
Shades Valley
Away
7 p.m.
Woodlawn
Home 7 p.m.
Gardendale
Away
7 p.m.
Hewitt-Trussville
Away
7 p.m.
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Clay-Chalkville defense brings confidence into 2014 season
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Clay-Chalkville senior
running back Terrelle West
says he expects the defense
to score more points this
season.
No, not the offense,
which scored the most
points (540) in Alabama
high school football last
season. The defense.
West sees more speed on
the defensive side of the
ball. He sees a lot of ballhawks. He sees nine returning starters that he believes
will score points via takeaways.
“We have a lot of experience on the field,” said
senior defensive back Torrence Willis. “We know
what to do. So when we get
file photo by Ron Burkett
Senior defensive back Art Smith had 22 tackles, two
tackles for loss and an interception last season for ClayChalkville.
out there, we’ve just got to
do it.”
Clay-Chalkville lost just
defensive tackle Jalen Harvey and linebacker Stephen
Sheffield from its 2013
starting lineup, which allowed 21 points per game a
season ago.
Head coach Jerry Hood
believes this year’s defense will be the best since
his second year at ClayChalkville in 2010, when
the Cougars allowed 20
points per game. He said
last year’s defense was solid -- it forced 17 turnovers
-- but bringing almost all
contributors back takes it
to another level.
“They naturally have
more confidence, they have
a greater understanding of
the schemes and what we’re
going to try to do,” Hood
said. “Their approach is a
little more professional because they’re older, they’re
almost grown people now.
Everything they do, they
try to do it well.”
Clay-Chalkville is multiple on defense, but is in
a 4-3 scheme the majority
Clay-Chalkville senior defensive linemen LaDarius Harris (43) and Jordan Sharbutt (73)
chase a Parker running back in May’s spring game.
of the time. There are three
defenders -- defensive end
Kendell Jones, defensive
lineman LaDarius Harris
and cornerback Kam Prewitt -- with scholarship
offers. Jones is verbally
committed to Mississippi
State, Harris is committed
to Southern Mississippi
and Prewitt is committed
to Memphis. Harris has
moved from linebacker to
the defensive line, and Prewitt has moved from safety
to cornerback.
Willis, Jalen Dawson and
Izzy Bennett all return to
the secondary as seniors. At
linebacker, Ricky Samuel,
Jarrod Reedus and Nick
Battle will start. Battle is
the only one who didn’t
start last season.
Are there specific expectations of this defense? Not
really, Hood said.
“Play a great play and
try to play another one,”
he said. “Just don’t do anything to get yourself beat.”
New era of QBs begins at Clay-Chalkville
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
They’re inexperienced,
but they’re perfect.
Darryien Wilson and
Tyrell Pigrome saw limited
action as sophomores in
2013, but both impressed
in their time on the field.
Wilson played quarterback in two games,
completing all 12 of his
passes for 214 yards and
two touchdowns. He also
rushed nine times for 14
yards. Pigrome played
quarterback in one game,
and he completed all five
of his passes for 81 yards
and a score. He rushed five
times for 68 yards and a
touchdown.
“They’re getting better,” Clay-Chalkville head
coach Jerry Hood said in
May, before the Cougars’
21-0 win over Parker in
their spring game.
Pigrome has the edge
for the starter position.
He started that spring
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Tyrell Pigrome
game against Parker, and
he played 20 snaps in the
first half. Wilson played 11
snaps. In the varsity half,
Pigrome completed 5-of-7
passes for 124 yards and
two touchdowns, both to
junior wide receiver T.J.
Simmons. Wilson was
2-of-4 for 19 yards. Wilson did rush for a 62-yard
touchdown in the junior
varsity second half.
Hood said over the summer there was no decision
yet on who would be the
starter or if the Cougars
would employ a two-quar-
Darryien Wilson
terback system.
“They’ve got to play and
earn their stripes,” Hood
said.
Hood said Pigrome is a
smart quarterback, has a
good throwing motion and
can run. He said Wilson is
a consistent quarterback
that has a few mechanical
issues coaches are working
on. He’ll be a contributor,
Hood said.
Clay-Chalkville’s
last
three
quarterbacks
-Hayden Moore (Cincinnati), Jacob Thomas (North
Alabama) and Y’Latio
Jones (Malone University) -- earned the opportunity to play football at the
next level. Hood doesn’t
worry about the few snaps
Pigrome and Wilson have
played.
“I don’t really know
what you worry about,”
he said. “Both kids know
our offense, both kids put
in the work, both kids can
win football games.”
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Chemistry an important trait for Cougars
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Sitting with members of
the Clay-Chalkville varsity
football team is like sitting
in a chemistry class.
Not chemistry like beakers and elements on the
periodic table, but chemistry as in family, as in sticking together.
Before the question
“What is the chemistry
like on this team?” was
completed, senior defensive back Torrence Willis
jumped in.
“How we stick together,”
he said.
Members of this ClayChalkville team work each
other, push each other. Outside of Cougar Stadium and
the halls at Clay-Chalkville
High School, they’re always together. They don’t
get tired of each other.
“There’s a lot of chemistry on our team,” said junior wide receiver T.J. Simmons.
Willis said they’re more
than boys making up a
team. They’re a family.
Head coach Jerry Hood
said he enjoyed last year’s
team, but it sometimes was
frustrating due to some attitudes from time to time.
“This year’s group,
they’re very hungry because we lost in the second
round (to Florence), they’re
a little embarrassed about
Hood said.
Hood called this year’s
team “fun kids by nature.”
He said some days the linemen have good days in the
weight room when the skill
players don’t. Then, on the
field, the skill players will
rise to the occasion.
“That’s kids,” Hood said.
There are five Cougars
with scholarship offers,
and it can be easy for high
school players to let that go
to their heads. You don’t get
that sense with this team.
“I’m keeping my focus
on the team right now, and
I’ll worry about myself after the season,” said senior
running back Terrelle West,
who holds scholarship offers from about 10 schools.
Simmons, a junior and the
youngest Clay-Chalkville
player with scholarship offers, echoed West.
“I’m worried about playing hard for the team right
now,” said Simmons, who
has offers from South Alabama, Southern Mississippi
and Cincinnati.
The seniors on this year’s
Clay-Chalkville team have
compiled a 32-4 record on
the field -- though that official record is 23-13 after
nine wins were stripped for
using an ineligible player
in 2011 -- but they want to
go the furthest they’ve ever
gone before. They want a
ring.
“We stand in the way,”
Willis said. “It’s all a mind
thing.”
behind the likes of senior
quarterback Hayden Moore
and senior running back
Sidney Battle.
But now West is a senior,
and a senior leader at that.
“Terrelle has always been
a great kid,” said ClayChalkville head coach
Jerry Hood. “He’s been
a phenomenal player and
person for us. We would
hold him up in the same
regards we hold a (former Clay-Chalkville and
UAB running back) Darrin
Reaves up, a (former ClayChalkville
quarterback)
Hayden Moore up, a (former Clay-Chalkville quarterback) Jacob Thomas up.
They’re good people and
they’re representing Clay
well. They’re tough, and
football matters to them.”
West has all the statistics in his two years playing varsity football. He’s
rushed 231 times for 2,084
yards and 23 touchdowns.
He’s caught 32 passes for
466 yards and he has 391
kickoff return yards.
“He’s fast and he’s got
vision,” said junior wide
receiver T.J. Simmons. “He
can see every cut that nobody else sees. I know all
I need to do is block for a
second and he’s gone.”
West doesn’t much talk
about his stats, accolades or
scholarship offers.
“I know if I have a bad
game or something like
that, my team will pick me
up,” West said. “I don’t feel
like the pressure is just on
me. It’s a team thing.”
West committed to Mid-
dle Tennessee State last
month. He didn’t take to
Twitter to tweet the story
written about him. He
did, however, retweet the
post about all the ClayChalkville players who
have committed.
Hood said he wants
players to represent ClayChalkville the right way all
the time. West does that.
“What matters to us
is that we teach the next
group what it means to play
at Clay-Chalkville, and that
means you’ve got to act a
certain way, you’ve got to
work at a certain level,”
Hood said.
Senior defensive backs Izzy Bennett, left, and Kam
Prewitt cut up on the sidelines during Clay-Chalkville’s
May 16 spring game against Parker.
that, and they had high expectations of themselves,”
West ready to lead Clay-Chalkville as senior
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
It’s now his time.
As a sophomore, Terrelle
West was the running back
who burst for several huge
runs and averaged 8.9 yards
per carry. He was quiet and
unassuming, a lanky 10thgrader who brought chairs
from the sideline to the field
house after home games
while
upperclassmen
changed clothes inside.
As a junior, West was the
running back who continued to burst for long runs
and averaged 9.2 yards per
carry, leading the best offense in Clay-Chalkville
history with 1,181 rushing yards. His name still
seemed to hide just a bit
Running back Terrelle West is primed for a successful
senior season.
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A successful game strategy includes a winning team, one like the nearly
400 businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals that are part of the
Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) team. Through their collective
efforts, TACC brings us Trussville City Fest, the Maple Leaf Run, TASTE
(Trussville’s Art Show & Tasting Event), and the Trussville Christmas parade,
among others.
Its
members also enable TACC to provide scholarships to area high
school and homeschool seniors, recognize outstanding volunteerism and
customer service, host monthly luncheons, political forums and legislative
breakfasts, and much more.
As football season begins, please join us in giving our TACC team members
a big HIP-HIP-HOORAY in appreciation for all they do for our community.
Our 2014 TACC team members include:
24eFitness
AAA Solutions, Inc.
Accelability
ACE of Trussville
ACTA Theatre
Agnew Jewelers
AL.com (Alabama Media Group)
Alabama Friends of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Alabama Orthodontic Associates, P.C.
Alabama Orthopaedic Surgeons
Alabama Orthopedic, Spine & Sports Medicine Associates, PC
Alabama Outdoors
Alabama Periodontics, Inc.
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Telco Credit Union
ALFA Insurance - Brian Bozeman
Allstate Insurance - Monty Reed
Allstate Insurance - The Yarbrough Agency
Allstate Plumbing, Inc.
Amari Law Firm
Amerex Corporation
American Cancer Society - Relay for Life of East Jefferson
American Family Care
America's First Federal Credit Union
Anytime Fitness
APCO Employees Credit Union
Apparel FX
Argo Power Equipment
Attic Plus Storage
Balancing Point
Bama Painting & Wallcovering, Inc.
BancorpSouth
Barnett Furniture
BB&T Bank - Trussville
BBVA Compass
Belk
Bell Company Inc.
Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce
Best Insurance Agency, LLC.
Billy's Sports Grill
Birmingham Academy of Martial Arts
Birmingham Barons
Birmingham Business Alliance
Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Bishop, Colvin, Johnson & Kent, LLC
Blount County/Oneonta Chamber of Commerce
Blue Dragon Glass
BlueGrace Logistics Birmingham
Bob Hicks
Bob Nelson
Bojangles'
Braden Furniture Co. Inc.
Brigitte Gresham Johnson
Bryant Bank
Buffalo Wild Wings
Cadence Bank
Cahaba Springs Presbyterian Church
Cakes by Sheri Arnold
Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC
Carroll Pharmacy
Casey's Cause
Center Point Area Chamber of Commerce
CenturyLink
Chamber of Commerce of Bibb County
Chamber of Commerce of Walker County
Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
Champion Sports Medicine
Charter Media
Chick-fil-A
Chilton County Chamber of Commerce
Chocolate Biscuit
Christ Church PCA
City of Trussville
Clark Holmes Oral Facial Surgery
Clay County Chamber of Commerce
Clay-Pinson Chamber of Commerce
Coleman American Moving Services
Colonial Village at Trussville
Comfort Care Home Health
Comfort Inn & Suites
Comfort Keepers
Complete Cleaners
Congressman Spencer Bachus
Controlled Environment Inc.
Costa's Mediterranean Café
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Danny Garrett
David Boyd Photography
Dianne Bobo-Carraway
Don's Carpet One
Drayer Physical Therapy Institute
Durante Windows
East Walker County Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Women's Committee of Fifty
Edgar (Skip) Campbell
Emergency Pet Care, LLC
Equipment Rental & Supply
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Expo Displays
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Fairfield Chamber of Commerce
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Farmhouse
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Fox's Pizza Den & Arcade
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Georgiana Davis Lodge No. 338
GiGi's Boutique
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Greater Shelby Chamber of Commerce
Green E. Calhoun, Jr.
Grogan Agency
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Hampton Inn
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Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham/Trussville
HIM Connections, LLC
Holiday Inn Express
Home Depot
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Homewood Chamber of Commerce
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Howard Painting, Inc.
Hueytown Area Chamber of Commerce
Husky Barber Shop
Independence Place
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Irondale Cafe
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King Family Chiropractic
Kuttin' Up
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Leeds Chamber of Commerce
Legacy Community Federal Credit Union
Lemak Sports Medicine & Orthopedics
Lighting Concepts
Limestone Springs Golf Course
LoweGo Sportswear
Maids
Manora Teknologies
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Mary Kay Cosmetics - Jinni Dempsey
Massey Asphalt Paving, LLC
Massey, Stotser & Nichols, PC
Mathews Media
Matt Wright, Injury Lawyer
Mayor Gene Melton
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MedHelp
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Meredith Tubbs Rohling, DMD, PC
MetLife Auto and Home
Milam & Co.
Miss Kelley's School of Dance
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MOSTraining Inc.
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Office Depot
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RE/MAX Market Place - Bonnie Hicks
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Regions Bank 193 Main Street
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Reich Companies
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Retirement Center
Riders Harley Davidson
Ridout's Trussville Chapel
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South Boutique
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2014 Hewitt-Trussville Varsity Cheerleaders
photo courtesy of Principle Portrait Group
2014 Clay-Chalkville Varsity Cheerleaders
2014 Pinson Valley Varsity Cheerleaders
The world-renowned ACE Cheer Company is the largest and
most competitive cheer organization in the southeast. Which is
amazing but we have so much more to offer. We have classes for
Parent assisted (ages 10 months- 2 years), Preschool Gymnastics
(2-4 years), Preschool All boys Super Hero Training, Recreational
gymnastics (5-15 years), Cheer Tumbling (3-18 years), and our
competitive teams (ACE All-Stars- Cheerleading and ACE
Gymnastics). The fun doesn't stop there we also have Birthday
parties, Camps, Try-Out Training, Team Choreography, and
Individual lessons.
ACE of Trussville
4326 Camp Coleman Rd (next to Pump It Up)
Trussville, AL 35173
205.655.1815
website: www.acetribe.com select Trussville location.
2014 Pinson Valley High School
Page B-11
2014 Pinson Valley High School Varsity Football Roster
No. Name
Grade
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
12
12
12
11
12
12
11
12
9
11
10
10
12
9
12
10
11
12
11
11
12
10
10
11
9
10
11
11
11
11
11
10
12
12
11
11
11
12
11
10
11
11
9
11
Nathan Cunningham
Trey Underwood
Dandre Hart
Errius Collins
Juray Smith
JaVonte Perkins
Desmond Williams
Nick Gibson
Liallen Dailey
Jay Woods
Andrew McKinney
C.J. Rudolph
Trey Williams
Jackie Matthews
Tyree Watson
Ty Woods
Trey Minnifield
Kenny Strickland
Kris Lewis
Matt Strong
Jemarius Davis
Zach Moore
Torrey Hendrix
Sederius Skanes
Khymel Chambers
Zapeth Cunningham
Conner Stripling
Lance Crawley
Keimon Norman
Quen Jones
Keenan Toney
Drew Henderson
Deon Gregory
Justin Hogan
Josh Welch
River Farley
Josh Jemison
Matt Jeffers
Jared Evans Jordan Davlin
Jackie Gulley
Josh Barron
Zeke Lawrence
Rasheed Brown
Position
LB
WR
RB
QB
DB
LB
WR
RB
QB
DB
DB
DB
DB
QB
LB
DB
WR
TE
TE
WR
DB
QB
RB
DB
RB
LB
DE
WR
WR/DB
DB
LB
DB
DL
LB
LB
LB
DL
DL
OL
DL
OL
DL
DL
DL
No. Name
Grade
59
60
61
62
63
65
66
67
69
70
71
73
74
76
80
81
82
88
10
11
9
12
12
11
12
10
12
11
11
12
9
10
10
11
10
11
Saul Rios
Marlon Hill
Tyler Johnson
Jacob Smith
Mitchell Tyler
Tanner Wilbanks
Monterrious Taylor
Akil Lankford
Brandon Herring
Ryan Jackson
Justin Inman
Klint Ames
Desmond Scott
Rodrick Tunstall
Kevin Howard
Gage Hogan
Kevin Strickland
Marshall Tanner
Position
K
LB
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
OL
WR
WR
WR
TE
Head coach / defensive coordinator / outside linebackers: Matt Glover
Offensive coordinator: Jon Clements
Offensive line: David Smith and Zach Franklin
Running backs: Bill Scruggs
Wide receivers: Kyle Reeves
Inside linebackers: Gene Richardson
Defensive line: Jake Halveston
Cornerbacks: Zach Jones
Safeties: Durrell Fuqua
2014 Pinson Valley Football Schedule
Aug. 22
Hartselle
Away
7 p.m.
Aug. 29
Oneonta
Home
7 p.m.
Sept. 5
Woodlawn
Home
7 p.m.
Sept. 12
Gardendale
Away
7 p.m.
Sept. 19
Clay-Chalkville
Home
7 p.m.
Sept. 26
McAdory
Home
7 p.m.
Oct. 3
Huffman
Away
7 p.m.
Oct. 10
Bye
Oct. 17
Center Point
Home
7 p.m.
Oct. 24
Shades Valley
Away
7 p.m.
Oct. 30
Minor
Away
7 p.m.
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Pinson Valley OL has work cut out in Region 6
by Erik Harris
For The Tribune
At 10 a.m. on Tuesdays
this summer, you could’ve
found Pinson Valley head
football coach Matt Glover
and his Indians taking the
practice field behind the
Old Rock School. That’s
where the sixth-year head
coach prepared his team
for their jump to Class 6A.
There are three things
you were guaranteed not to
find behind the chain-link
fence surrounding the dry,
flat ground -- three starters
from last season’s offensive line. Seniors Jacob Smith and
Mitchell Tyler are the only
returning starters from
a 2013 front that paved
the way for the Alabama
Sports Writers Association
Class 5A Back of the Year
Nick Gibson.
Senior Ryan Fuller would
have made it three returning starters, but he opted
to take college courses this
summer, which prevented
him from attending workouts and practices. According to Glover, Fuller won’t
return to the field this fall.
“It’s a work in progress
right now,” Glover said.
Tyler has been getting
work at center while Smith
lines up to his left at left
guard. Juniors Ryan Jackson (left tackle), Tanner
Wilbanks (right guard) and
Jackie Gulley (right tackle)
look to fill in the three vacancies.
Inexperience will be a
concern for this front, as it
will be tested in the waters
of Class 6A, Region 6, arguably the most unforgiving slate in the classification.
“I think this is probably the most competitive
6A region out there in the
state,” said Gardendale
head coach Matt Plunkett.
“I feel like Pinson and
Center Point, Clay, Shades,
all those guys, including
us, are going to make that
a very competitive region.”
Glover said he can see all
wins on the Indians’ schedule, but he can also see all
losses.
The untested line will
certainly get an opportunity to prove itself Sep.
19 when No. 2 ClayChalkville visits Willie
Adams Stadium and on
Oct. 24 at No. 3 Shades
Valley.
Clay-Chalkville brings
with it Mississippi State
defensive end commit
Kendell Jones. At 6-foot-4
and 250 pounds, Jones will
be more than a handful in
Week 5. But there isn’t a
defender in the state more
feared than Shades Val-
ley senior defensive tackle
Daron Payne, who will be
waiting on the Indians in
Week 9.
Gibson believes his road
pavers will be improved as
the season marches on.
“We’ve got a lot of things
we need to work on from
the spring game from what
I’ve seen, but I think (the
offensive line) is going
to progress as time goes
on,” Gibson said. “I think
they’ll do pretty good.”
Pinson Valley junior right tackle Jackie Gulley goes through a blocking drill this summer.
Gibson wants to show appreciation for Pinson as senior
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
His numbers have more than
steadily increased each of Nick
Gibson’s three-year career at
Pinson Valley.
As a freshman, the running
back carried the ball 66 times for
581 yards and five touchdowns.
As a sophomore, he rushed 137
times for 938 yards and eight
scores. As a junior last season, he
rushed a whopping 293 times for
an even more whopping 2,205
yards and a stellar 27 touchdowns.
Gibson, the Alabama Sports
Pinson Valley senior running back
Nick Gibson smiles while carrying
the ball in practice last month.
Writers Association Class 5A
Back of the Year last season, will
likely put up flashy stats again as
a senior, even accounting for the
jump to Class 6A. But Gibson is
thinking about others.
“I’ve been playing here ever
since I was in seventh grade and
all my years at Pinson have been
great,” Gibson said. “I just want
to show Pinson and our community that I really appreciate them.
Hopefully we’ll win state.”
The new Class 6A, Region 6
might be the best region for running backs in the state. Along
with Gibson, Clay-Chalkville’s
Terrelle West and Shades Valley’s Keith Mixon have been
highly recruited. Gibson said
he thinks Pinson Valley has the
hardest schedule of any Class 6A
team. The 10 teams the Indians
face this season combined for a
73-41 record in 2013.
“We just try to get 1 percent
better every day, come out here
and work as hard as we possibly can and just improve day by
day,” said Gibson, a Mississippi
State verbal commitment.
Gibson said new offensive
coordinator Jon Clements is a
“brilliant guy,” the smartest playcaller he’s worked with.
“I think he could be an offensive coordinator with an NFL
team,” Gibson said.
Pinson Valley head coach
Matt Glover said he thinks Gibson has picked up some leadership qualities this offseason. He
leads stretches, and he’s one of
the hardest workers in the weight
room.
“That’s the type of leader I
want,” Glover said.
Glover said Gibson hasn’t let
the recruiting whirlwind that’s
surrounded him the last year or
so affect him.
“He’s a real humble kid,”
Glover said.
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New QB takes reins for Pinson Valley
by Erik Harris
For The Tribune
It was two days shy of
September when Oneonta
head football coach Don
Jacobs stood on the Gilbreath Stadium turf. He
had just ordered his Redskins out of the punishing heat and back into the
cool field house moments
before their 2013 opener
against Pinson Valley.
Jacobs,
unknowingly
standing at the base of a
state championship climb,
looked down at the large,
burgundy “O” painted on
his 50-yard line and said
what kept him tossing and
turning all night.
It wasn’t global warming or the neighbors’ outspoken dog. Things so
small didn’t seem capable
of rattling this 54-year-old
man. But Nick Gibson,
Pinson Valley’s 190-pound
ball carrier, did the trick,
and for good reason.
After leading his Indians past Class 4A No. 2
Oneonta that August night,
the 2015 prospect went on
to capture the Alabama
Sports Writers Association
Class 5A Back of the Year
award with 2,205 yards
rushing and 27 touchdowns.
Then-senior
quarter-
back Brooks Garrett did
the turning and giving that
night as he did for the remainder of the Indians’ 7-5
season. Errius Collins, a
junior dual-threat weapon,
now takes the reins of the
offense moving forward,
and although he will be a
first-year starter, Jacobs’
honesty regarding his
team’s attention to the star
running back should give
Collins a little peace of
mind. As Collins took snaps
this summer under the eyes
of his new offensive coordinator Jon Clements, he
surely took comfort knowing that opposing coaches,
like Jacobs, will devote
such heavy attention to the
Mississippi State commit.
There’s a small body of
work to study on Collins,
especially since he was
forced to operate without his new quarterbacks
coach/offensive coordinator throughout the spring.
Clements served as quarterbacks coach at Class 4A
runner-up Charles Henderson in 2013. Austin
Ingram quarterbacked the
Trojans to a 14-1 campaign that saw a potent
offense average 42 points
per game. Ingram had a
31-7 touchdown-to-interception ratio.
Clements was still wait-
ing to be approved by the
Jefferson County Board
of Education when Pinson
Valley traveled to Mortimer Jordan for the spring
game in May. Defensiveminded head coach Matt
Glover admitted that Collins and the offense were
not at full speed for the
spring finale.
“I just told (the team)
that they had the worst
offensive coordinator in
the nation calling plays
because I had to do it this
spring, so our offensive
play calling was very limited,” Glover said after the
13-6 loss.
Collins struggled in
defeat. The righty went
9-for-15 through the air for
90 yards, a touchdown and
three interceptions. But
Clements has since been
cleared to blow whistles
and bark orders, which
should greatly help the
young quarterback.
There hasn’t been much
time for the quarterback
and the coordinator to
bond so time efficiency
has been important. It
hasn’t been uncommon
for Clements to answer his
phone at night to discuss
Xs and Os with his eager
signal caller.
“He’s going home and
watching film and asking
questions,” Glover said.
Pinson Valley junior quarterback Errius Collins (4) throws a pass during practice this
summer.
“Coach Clements told me
(Collins) called him (one)
night and they talked for
like 30 minutes.”
With Collins under center and Clements holding
the playbook, this year’s
offensive play calling
should look a little different, though Glover
wouldn’t have you know
that.
The coach added that
this year’s passing game
will look to operate under
a more play-action system,
which will give Collins
opportunities to burn overeager defenses. Glover
likes what he sees out of
Collins when he escapes
the pocket and delivers the
ball on the run.
“I like throwing the ball
better on the run because
I can see more and when
I’m on a rollout I have a
choice: I can either run or I
can throw it,” Collins said.
Considering that Collins’ predecessor was most
comfortable making deci-
sions in the comfort of a
secure pocket, it’s not delusional to expect much
different play calling this
season.
Pinson Valley averaged
a touch over 33 points per
game last season, but ended the year a little slow by
coming up short of that in
its final three games. Collins now looks to spark
this unit as a new-look
quarterback and get the
Indians in the playoffs for
the fifth straight season.
Indians CB has faith to ‘come back out’ after tearing ACL
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
They call it a minor setback
for a major comeback.
That’s the case for Pinson
Valley senior cornerback Juray
Smith.
At an April track meet in
Scottsboro, Smith was participating in the long jump. The
board was slippery when Smith
hit it, and he went down, crying
on the ground. He knew he suffered a significant injury right
away. He tore the ACL in his
left knee.
“I’ve never felt that kind of
pain before,” said Smith, who
has dislocated his right knee in
the past.
The 5-foot-9, 155-pound cor-
Pinson Valley senior cornerback
Juray Smith watches practice
earlier this summer.
nerback, who also returns kickoffs and punts, started running
last month. For most of the summer, he built strength back up
in his knee and hamstring. He
watched practices from the sidelines at the field at the Old Rock
School in Pinson. He got used to
that, though the experience has
built a little bit of a chip on his
shoulder. He has much to prove
this season.
The summer before a football
player’s senior season is important if he wants to play college
football. Smith had been garnering interest from a number of
schools, most of which wanted
him to showcase his talent at
their camps. He wasn’t able to
go to any due to the injury.
The target return dates for
Smith are Sept. 12 at Garden-
dale or Sept. 19 against ClayChalkville. He’d like to be back
for Friday’s season opener at
Hartselle.
“My goal is to stay positive
and just trust God that I’ll be
able to still come back strong
and don’t get down on myself,
basically have faith that I’ll
have what it takes to come back
out,” Smith said.
Pinson Valley head coach
Matt Glover said he’s not worried about Smith mentally.
“He knows what to do,” he
said.
Smith was the 2013 The Trussville Tribune defensive player
of the year from Pinson Valley.
He posted 54 tackles, 10 pass
breakups and six interceptions
and was also big in the return
game, taking a kickoff and punt
back for touchdowns. Smith
grabbed two of his interceptions
in Pinson Valley’s big 23-20
overtime win over Hartselle in
the first round of the Class 5A
playoffs. He wants to do better
this season.
“I want this to be the season
that I really show my ability to
my highest point, to really go
out with a bang,” Smith said.
Glover sees Smith playing
somewhere at the next level.
“He wants to play at the next
level, so I think that’s why he’s
working his butt off to try to get
back to show somebody he can
do it,” Glover said.
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Cougars open with Niceville (Fla.) on national stage
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Bang.
That’s the sound of the
season starting for ClayChalkville.
This game is against
Niceville High School, one
of the top teams in the state
of Florida, the Class 7A
runner-up a season ago.
It’s on Saturday at 3 p.m.
at Hoover High School’s
Buccaneer Stadium.
Oh, and it will be televised on ESPNU, immediately following Hoover vs.
Miami (Fla.) Central.
You could easily make
the case it’s the most hyped
game in Clay-Chalkville
history, short of the 1999
state championship game.
But don’t tell the players.
“It’s just another game,”
said junior wide receiver
T.J. Simmons.
That seems to be the
mindset of the ClayChalkville players. Senior
running back Terrelle West
said he and teammates
don’t feel the pressure of
being on a national stage,
since the right amount of
pressure is put on them
every day in practice by
coaches and themselves.
“I just feel like it’s a
great opportunity for us,
being that this is our senior
season,” West said. “We
get to go out with a bang.”
Clay-Chalkville
and
Niceville seem similar. The
Cougars last season scored
a school-record 540 points
in 12 games, an average of
45 points per game. Niceville scored 598 points in 15
games, an average of 39.9
per game. Clay-Chalkville
scored more than 40 points
in seven games. Niceville accomplished that
six times. The Cougars
exceeded 50 points five
times, while the Eagles did
so four times.
Both defenses were solid
a season ago, considering how many possessions
their opponents had due to
their success on the offensive side of the ball. ClayChalkville
surrendered
254 points in 12 games, an
average of 21.2 points per
game. Niceville allowed
266 points in 15 games, an
average of 17.7 per game.
Clay-Chalkville allowed
fewer than 10 points three
times, while Niceville did
it five times.
Clay-Chalkville
head
coach Jerry Hood said his
team has been breaking
down film on Niceville
most of the summer. ClayChalkville junior quarterback Tyrell Pigrome said
Niceville is a fast team,
and he expects the Cougars
to match its speed. The Eagles have an athletic wide
receiver they try to get the
ball to on quick bubble
Huskies playing
jamboree Friday
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
Hewitt-Trussville will
take on Center Point and
Fairfield at Center Point
High School on Friday,
Aug. 22 for a jamboree.
The games begin at 6
p.m.
Hewitt-Trussville finished the 2013 season with
a 5-6 record in Class 6A.
The Huskies are now a
Class 7A school. Center
Point, which posted a 9-2
record in Class 5A last season, is now in Class 6A,
Region 6. Fairfield posted
a 5-5 record in Class 5A
last season.
Hewitt-Trussville was
originally scheduled to
play Pinson Valley in its
jamboree game, but the Indians chose to make Aug.
22 its first game of the sea-
son at Hartselle.
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“They’re a great football
team, got a great coaching
staff,” Hood said. “It’ll be
a good challenge for us.
They’re a bigger school.
They’re probably the favorite, and we’re the little
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Hood said he’d be disappointed if any players on
his team have nerves since
the game is on national
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all 15 to 18 years old, and
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“We just look at it as a
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to win and to play the best
they can play,” Hood said.
“That’s our goal.”
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Pinson Valley begins
2014 at Hartselle
by Gary Lloyd
Editor
This matchup has become a recent rivalry.
Pinson
Valley
and
Hartselle have faced each
other three times in recent
years, all Class 5A playoff
games. In 2010, Hartselle
beat Pinson Valley 35-27 in
the first round. The Indians
trailed 35-7 before a furious fourth-quarter comeback fell short. In 2011,
No. 2 Hartselle continued
its undefeated season and
eventually won a Class 5A
state championship after
beating Pinson Valley 2221 on a field goal with four
seconds left in the game.
Last season, Pinson Valley booted an 18-yard field
goal in overtime to beat
Hartselle 23-20 to head to
the second round.
The teams face off Friday at 7 p.m. at Hartselle
to kick off the 2014 season.
In last season’s game,
the combination of Masio
Stover and D’Andre Mack
accounted for 160 rushing
yards for Hartselle. Neither
return this season. Quarterback Jake Tiffin, who
finished 4-of-12 for 89
yards and two touchdowns
against Pinson Valley last
season, is back. He was
intercepted twice in that
Pinson Valley sophomore kicker Saul Rios practices this
summer. He was the hero of last season’s 23-20 overtime
win over Hartselle in the first round of the Class 5A
playoffs.
game by Juray Smith. He
completed just one pass in
the second half and overtime.
Much of Pinson Valley’s skill players return
this season. The biggest
replacement on that side
of the ball is at the quarterback position, where
junior Errius Collins takes
over for Brooks Garrett.
Head coach Matt Glover
said over the summer that
he likes what’s happening on the offensive side
of the ball. Senior running
back Nick Gibson said this
year’s offense will be “10
times better” than last season’s.
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