• Pike Road marches past Pleasant Grove to win 5A title
• Sweet Water rolls past Wadley 40-16 to claim 1A state title
• Piedmont rallies to to claim 3A state title
• Thompson wins their 3rd consecutive 7A state football title
• Thompson’s Mark Freeman claims his 9th state football title
• AHSAA 7A Championship Game First Half Recap
• Hewitt-Trussville claims inaugural AHSAA girls’ flag football title in double overtime thriller
• The 2021 AHSAA Super 7 will be marked by a series of firsts
• Defending state champion Thompson takes on unbeaten Central-Phenix City in 7A title game
• Clay-Chalkville claws past Mountain Brook 24-18 in 6A Semifinal
• The Road to Birmingham | AHSAA State Championship Matchups
• Friday Night Final | AHSAA Semifinals
• Thompson downs Hoover 35-10 to advance to Super 7
• The Road to Birmingham | AHSAA 1A-6A Semifinal and 7A Championship Pairings
• Friday Night Final
• Peak Performers | AHSAA Postseason Round 2
• Decatur Heritage’s Brayden Kyle Shatters AHSAA Total Offense and Touchdown Records
• Hewitt-Trussville and Smith’s Station advance to the Inaugural AHSAA Girls’ Flag Football Championship
• Gardendale’s L.T. Sanders runs into the record books
• Pike Liberal Arts head coach Mario White resigns hours before semifinal matchup
• St. Paul’s Episcopal head coach Steve Mask steps down
• Hoover outlasts Hewitt-Trussville 24-23 in overtime thriller
• Gardendale blasts into 6A quarterfinals with 35-27 win over Homewood
• The Road to Birmingham | AHSAA third round playoff pairings
• Friday Night Final
• AHSAA Playoffs | Round 2 Broadcast Schedule
• Peak Performers | AHSAA Postseason Round 1
• Seven 4 Seeds Post Upsets in First Round of the AHSAA Postseason
• Dothan head football coach Smitty Grider announces retirement
• Shawn Raney steps down as Spain Park head football coach
• Homewood marches past Arab 42-14 in round one matchup
• AHSAA Round 2 Playoff Pairings
• Friday Night Final
• Joel Schrenk out as Hazel Green head football coach
• Chris Musso resigns as Haleyville Lions head football coach
• Hoover quarterback Bennett Meredith commits to Big Ten program
• All 7 Defending AHSAA State Champs Earn Playoff Berths
• The Road to Birmingham | AHSAA State Football Playoff Pairings
• Sidney Lanier will miss the AHSAA postseason after self-reporting violations
• Friday Night Final
• Gardendale downs 7A Florence 27-14
• Tabernacle wraps up preparations for semifinal showdown
• Tabernacle Torches Player of the Week | Trae Andrews
• Thursday Night Final
• Arab Knights Player of the Week | Ed Johnson
• Hoover Bucs Player of the Week | Bennett Meredith
• Gardendale Rockets Player of the Week | LT Sanders
• Who will the Arab Knights face in the first round of the AHSAA playoffs?
• Three Alabama high school football programs forfeit region wins
• Arab blanks Springville 27-0

Bessemer Academy Rebels

24 Metro Birmingham standouts land on High School Football America’s Academic All-America Team

High School Football America recently released their Alabama Academic All-America team for the 2021 high school football season. Among the ...
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Bessemer Academy names new head football coach

Bessemer, AL – Bessemer Academy has announced that longtime assistant Jonathan Wright will be the Rebels 17th head football coach ...
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Tuscaloosa Academy nabs Bessemer Academy head football coach

Tuscaloosa, AL – Tuscaloosa Academy has snagged one of the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA)’s most successful coaches to take ...
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AISA Football to begin as scheduled

Montgomery, AL – The Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) announced Thursday that its fall sports programs will begin as scheduled ...
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Bessemer Academy falls to Mississippi power in SECIS Kickoff Classic

Montgomery, AL – The Bessemer Academy Rebels stumbled to a season opening 47-6 loss at the hands of Mississippi’s Madison-Ridgeland ...
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ASWA Preseason Football Rankings

Checkout the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s preseason high school football rankings. RankTeam2017 Record 1Hoover11-3 2Thompson12-1 3Central-Phenix City11-1 4McGill-Toolen13-1 5Hewitt-Trussville11-1 6Bob ...
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High School Football Kicks off this weekend with the SECIS Kickoff Classic

Montgomery, AL – For the third year in a row the Alabama high school football season will kickoff in Montgomery’s ...
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Bessemer Academy knocks off Tennessee’s Evangelical Christian

Homewood, AL – The Bessemer Academy Rebels evened their record a 1-1 with a 42-18 thumping of Memphis, TN’s Evangelical ...
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Bessemer Academy falls to MS’s Lamar Raiders in season opener

Montgomery, AL – The Bessemer Academy Rebels shot out of the gate in the Alabama high school football opener but ...
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AISA powers to kick off 2017 football season

Montgomery, AL – Three AISA powers will kick-off the 2017 Alabama high school football season. Bessemer Academy, Autauga Academy and ...
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Long time head coach, Bruce Breland, steps down

Irvington, AL – Longtime Alabama high school head football coach Bruce Breland is stepping aside. The 35 year sideline veteran is ...
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Bessemer Academy rolls to season opening win, stretches win streak to 14 games

Montgomery, AL – The Bessemer Academy Rebels picked up right where they left off in 2015, dominating on the the ...
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Bessemer Academy replaces Edgewood in Kick-off Classic Lineup

Montgomery, AL –  The Southeastern Commission of Independent Schools has adjusted the lineup for the inaugural Kick Off Classic following the ...
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Bessemer Academy sets a school scoring record over winless Coosa Valley

Craig Dennis | PrepsNet Bessemer, AL – Bessemer Academy’s high octane offense kicked it into high gear setting a school ...
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2017 Football Roster

#	Name	Class	Position
1	Jay Fitch	SR	TE/DE/K
2	Ty Hatcher	SR	QB
3	Justin Jones	JR	RB/DB
4	Dalton Grammar	SO	RB/LB
5	Wesley Davis	SR	WR/LS
6	Jalen Conwell	SR	WR/DB
7	Xaviar Coleman	SR	WR/DB
8	Derrian Tompkins	SR	WR/LB
9	Tristan King	JR	QB/DB
11	T.J. Blackwell	SR	WR/DB
12	Alex Cannon	JR	WR/DB
13	Alex Duncan	JR	RB/LB
14	Dylan Lee	FR	WR/DB
15	Nick Perry	SR	WR/DB
16	Colin Kirkpatrick	JR	WR/DB
17	Tavis King	JR	WR/DB
18	Trent Barry	JR	WR/DB
19	Jacob Barry	FR	WR/DB
20	Landon Moore	JR	WR/DB
21	Austin Clarke	SO	RB/LB
22	Jason Rucker	SR	RB/LB
23	Jackson Stewart	SO	K/P
24	Jeremy Thompkins	8th	WR/DB
25	Jacob Shirley	SO	RB/LB
26	Logan Hyde	JR	K/P
27	Brody Carroll	SO	WR/DB
28	Jaden Hudgins	SO	WR/DB
30	Braxton Griffin	SO	RB/LB
32	Collin Timmons	FR	RB/LB
34	Jonathan Baldwin	SR	TE/DL
35	Brandon Sumerlin	FR	WR/LB
36	Judson Hogeland	SO	WR/DB
38	Jaden Smith	JR	TE/DL
40	Carson Campbell	JR	TE/DL
42	Jacob Diffey	SR	RB/DL
49	Klaeton Colburn	SO	TE/LB
50	Josh McNeal	SR	OL/DL
51	Tim Taylor	SO	OL/DL
52	Jeff Warren	JR	OL/DL
53	Asad Muhammad	SR	OL/DL
54	Jacobi Hines	FR	OL/DL
55	Mark Adamski	SR	OL/DL
56	Hunter Patterson	JR	OL/DL
57	Corey Strother	JR	OL/DL
60	Jarrod Walker	SO	OL/DL
62	Coby Wallace	SO	OL/DL
65	Lucas McColeman	SR	OL/DL
66	Broderick Willis-Rhone	JR	OL/DL
72	Devin McKinney	SO	OL/DL
76	Andrew Lawley	SO	OL/DL
77	Donovan Hill	SO	OL/DL

Coaching Staff

Josh Wright	Head Coach
Randy Thomas	Offensive Coordinator
Jonathan Wright	Offensive Line
Colter Millican	Offensive Assistant
Jesse Boyd	Receivers
Jon Kress	Defensive Coordinator
Jeremy Carter	Defensive Line
Bob Spurgeon	Defensive Backs
J.T. Bartley	Defensive Assistant
Tim Hamrick	Kickers/Punters

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