All Six Defending Champs Advance To Second Round
Ron Ingram-ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
All six defending state champions posted first-round victories and now advance as the Alabama High School Athletic Association state football playoffs move into the second round Friday (Nov. 11). All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. Defending 1A state champion Sweet Water (8-3) beat Keith 48-26 and will go to Winterboro (10-1) this week. Class 2A defending champ Leroy (7-4) downed Isabella 54-22 and will travel to Highland Home (8-3).
Leeds (9-2), the defending 3A state titlist, edged Abbeville 28-27 and will host Gordo (8-3). Class 4A returning champ Thomasville (10-1) goes to Dadeville (11-0) after beating West Blocton 55-6 and Class 5A defending champion Spanish Fort (8-3) stopped Fairfield 31-7 and will host Valley (9-2).
In Class 6A, defending state champ Daphne (10-1) beat Opelika 49-31 and will travel to Prattville (8-2). A total of 18 unbeaten teams advanced to the second round: Class 1A: Maplesville (11-0) and Ragland (11-0); Class 2A: Elba (11-0), Fyffe (11-0) and Tanner (11-0); Class 3A: Handley (11-0), Bayside Academy (11-0) and Piedmont (11-0); Class 4A: Jackson (11-0), Dadeville (11-0), Bibb County (11-0) and North Jackson (11-0); Class 5A: Saint Paul’s (11-0), Greenville (11-0), Hueytown (11-0) and Hartselle (11-0); Class 6A: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (11-0) and Mountain Brook (11-0). The quarterfinal round playoff games are scheduled Friday, Nov. 18, followed by the semifinals Nov. 25 and the Super 6 state finals Dec. 1-2 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
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2011 AHSAA Football Playoffs
Second-round pairings
All games are Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
Class 1A
Pickens County (10-1) at Brantley (9-1)
Sweet Water (8-3) at Winterboro (10-1)
Geneva County (6-5) at Maplesville (11-0)
Linden (10-1) at Pleasant Home (8-3)
Ragland (11-0) at Berry (10-1)
Lynn (9-2) at Collinsville (10-1)
Donoho (10-1) at Shoals Christian (8-3), Florence
Cedar Bluff (6-5) at Marion County (10-1), Guin
Class 2A
Vincent (9-2) at Elba (11-0)
Flomaton (10-1) at Goshen (7-4)
American Christian (10-1) at Barbour County (8-3), Clayton
Leroy (7-4) at Highland Home (8-3)
Fyffe (11-0) at Woodland (7-4)
Reeltown (8-3) at Tanner (11-0)
Red Bay (10-1) at Fultondale (9-2)
Oakman (8-3) at Lineville (8-3)
Class 3A
Washington County (9-2) at Walter Wellborn (8-3), Anniston
T.R. Miller (9-2) at Handley (11-0), Roanoke
Gordo (8-3) at Leeds (9-2)
Clay County (10-1) at Bayside Academy (11-0), Daphne
Sheffield (9-2) at Piedmont (11-0)
Rogers (9-2) at Saks (7-3), Anniston
Glencoe (9-2) at Lauderdale County (10-1), Rogersville
Madison Academy (9-2) Elkmont (7-4)
Class 4A
UMS-Wright (7-4) at Elmore County (7-4), Eclectic
Thomasville (10-1) at Dadeville (11-0)
Bibb County (11-0) at Lincoln (7-4)
Beauregard (10-1) at Jackson (11-0)
Anniston (7-4) at Dora (9-2)
Fayette County (8-3) at North Jackson (11-0), Stevenson
Alexandria (8-3) at Deshler (10-1), Tuscumbia
Oneonta (9-2) at West Limestone (6-5), Lester
Class 5A
Valley (9-2) at Spanish Fort (8-3)
Vigor (9-2) at Greenville (11-0)
Eufaula (10-1) at Hueytown (11-0)
Saint Paul’s (10-1) at Charles Henderson (6-5), Troy
Hartselle (11-0) Pinson Valley (9-2)
Center Point (10-1) at Etowah (10-1), Attalla
Cullman (8-3) at Muscle Shoals (10-1)
Fort Payne (10-1) at Briarwood Christian (10-1)
Class 6A
McGill-Toolen (10-1) at Murphy (7-4), Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile
Central-Phenix City (9-2) at Benjamin Russell (7-4), Alexander City
Daphne (10-1) at Prattville (8-2)
Blount (10-1) at Fairhope (9-2)
Huntsville (8-3) at Mountain Brook (11-0)
Northridge (10-1) at Oxford (10-1)
Hoover (10-1) at Bob Jones (10-1), Madison
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (11-0) at Vestavia Hills (7-4)