Playoff scoreboard
- Updated: November 22, 2019
Five Calhoun County teams advance to state semifinals, guaranteeing two will be playing for a state title; includes Friday scores and semifinal pairings
By East Alabama Sports Today
For the first time in the history of the AHSAA playoffs, five football teams from Calhoun County will be playing in the state semifinals guaranteeing at least two teams will be playing for state titles in two weeks.
Anniston, Jacksonville, Oxford, Piedmont and Wellborn all secured spots in their respective semifinals with victories Friday night. Two of the semifinal games – Wellborn at Piedmont in 3A and Anniston at Jacksonville in 4A – will be county-on-county affairs, also a first.
Oxford hosts Pinson Valley in the 6A semifinals.
“I just think it shows how good football is in Calhoun County and this area,” Jacksonville coach Clint Smith said. “I think it just really shows the talent level and the coaching that’s in this area.
“They know us. We know them. Our kids know each other. We had a heck of a game earlier in the season. It’s going to be an all-out war Friday night. It’s a shame one of us isn’t going to make it, but one of us will.”
Wellborn (40-35), Jacksonville (38-30) and Oxford (34-33) all won when the semifinal opponents played during their region seasons.
Jacksonville, which has never reached the semifinals, has never played a county rival in the playoffs. Anniston, in the semis for the first time since 2011, hasn’t either.
Piedmont, in the semifinals for the fifth straight year, played Ohatchee in the last county-on-county playoff matchup in 2016 (a week after playing Weaver). Wellborn’s last county playoff opponent was Oxford, in 1989 and 1988; the Panthers haven’t been to semis since 1995.
Third-Round Scores
CLASS 1A
Sweet Water (11-1) 38, Brantley (11-2) 35
Lanett (12-0) 41, Isabella (12-1) 21
Pickens County (11-2) 31, Spring Garden (11-2) 24
Mars Hill Bible (13-0) 42, Decatur Heritage (12-1) 21
CLASS 2A
Leroy (11-2) 35, Ariton (10-3) 24
Reeltown (12-1) 41, G.W. Long (10-3) 22
Collinsville (12-1) 37, North Sand Mountain (9-4) 28
Fyffe (13-0) 45, Red Bay (12-1) 6
CLASS 3A
T.R. Miller (9-4) 14, Flomaton (11-2) 12
Mobile Christian (8-4) 41, Gordo (12-1) 21
Piedmont (12-1) 33, Geraldine (8-5) 7
Walter Wellborn (12-1) 27, Randolph County (11-2) 20
CLASS 4A
UMS-Wright (12-0) 21, Montgomery Catholic (12-1) 0
Andalusia (10-3) 24, American Christian (11-2) 0
Jacksonville (11-2) 63, Northside (11-2) 27
Anniston (9-4) 30, Deshler (9-4) 13
CLASS 5A
Pleasant Grove (12-1) 51, Ramsay (10-3) 22
Briarwood Christian (12-1) 7, Bibb County (12-1) 3
Mortimer Jordan (11-2) 32, Center Point (9-4) 14
Central Clay County (11-2) 43, Madison County (10-3) 15
CLASS 6A
Spanish Fort (8-4) 28, Park Crossing (5-8) 21
Opelika (11-1) 45, Hueytown (11-2) 24
Oxford (12-1) 20, Clay-Chalkville (10-3) 13
Pinson Valley (10-2) 26, Muscle Shoals (12-1) 14
CLASS 7A
Central-Phenix City (12-1) 38, Auburn (9-4) 0
Thompson (11-1) 35, Hoover (10-3) 21
Semifinal Pairings
CLASS 1A
Lanett (12-0) at Sweet Water (11-1)
Mars Hill Bible (13-0) at Pickens County (11-2)
CLASS 2A
Leroy (11-2) 35 at Reeltown (12-1)
Collinsville (12-1) at Fyffe (13-0)
CLASS 3A
T.R. Miller (9-4) at Mobile Christian (8-4)
Walter Wellborn (12-1) at Piedmont (12-1)
CLASS 4A
Andalusia (10-3) at UMS-Wright (12-0)
Anniston (9-4) at Jacksonville (11-2)
CLASS 5A
Pleasant Grove (12-1) at Briarwood Christian (12-1)
Central-Clay County (11-2) at Mortimer Jordan (11-2)
CLASS 6A
Opelika (11-1) at Spanish Fort (8-4)
Pinson Valley (10-2) at Oxford (12-1)
SUPER 7 PAIRINGS
Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn University
Dec. 4
CLASS 7A
Thompson (11-1) vs. Central-Phenix City (12-1), 7 p.m.
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