First and Goal

How i voted this week

Gregg Dewalt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:16:28 +0000

Class 6A
1. Auburn
2. Prattville
3. Vestavia Hills
4. Fairhope
5. Hoover
6. Jess Lanier
7. Theodore
8. Bob Jones
9. Central-Phenix City
10. Gadsden City

Class 5A
1. Cullman
2. Greenville
3. Carver-Montgomery
4. Shelby County
5. McAdory
6. Russellville
7. Spanish Fort
8. Vigor
9. Walker
10. Muscle Shoals

Class 4A
1. Cherokee County
2. Handley
3. Deshler
4. Bibb County
5. Jackson
6. Thomasville
7. Midfield
8. UMS-Wright
9. Guntersville
10. Brooks

Class 3A
1. Trinity
2. Cordova
3. Pike County
4. T.R. Miller
5. Madison County
6. Dadeville
7. Hamilton
8. Piedmont
9. Leeds
10. Susan Moore

Class 2A
1. Elba
2. Reeltown
3. Lamar County
4. Pickens County
5. Leroy
6. Lexington
7. Clay County
8. Houston Academy
9. Tanner
10. Fyffe

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Linden
3. Brantley
4. Maplesville
5. Loachapoka
6. Hackleburg
7. McKenzie
8. McIntosh
9. Hubbard
10. Berry

AISA
1. Fort Dale
2. Patrician
3. Southern Acad
4. Edgewood
5. Pike Liberal
6. Crenshaw
7. Macon-East
8. Monroe
9. Crenshaw
10. Lee-Scott
First and goal is looking forward to the playoffs. Best local bets to reach the Super Six in Tuscaloosa are the usual suspects — Russellville and Deshler. Longshots — Lexington and Hubbard.

Poll vote, week 9

Gregg Dewalt — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:09 +0000

one more regular season vote left. It’s been pretty tough lately to figure out just who the top 10 teams are each week with so many teams getting beat.

Class 6A

1. Auburn
2. Prattville
3. Vestavia Hills
4. Fairhope
5. Jess Lanier
6. Hoover
7. Bob Jones
8. Florence
9. Central-Phenix City
10. Davidson

Class 5A
1. Cullman
2. Greenville
3. Carver-Montgomery
4. Shelby County
5. Hartselle
6. Spanish Fort
7. Demopolis
8. Russellville
9. Vigor
10. Muscle Shoals

Class 4A
1. Cherokee County
2. Deshler
3. Handley
4. Jackson
5. Bibb County
6. Thomasville
7. UMS-Wright
8. Guntersville
9. Midfield
10. Fayette County

Class 3A
1. Trinity
2. Cordova
3. Leeds
4. T.R. Miller
5. Pike County
6. Madison Academy
7. Dadeville
8. Hamilton
9. Piedmont
10. Daleville

Class 2A
1. Pickens County
2. Leroy
3. Clay County
4. Elba
5. Lamar County
6. Reeltown
7. Lexington
8. Tanner
9. Houston Academy
10. Fyffe

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Linden
3. Brantley
4. Maplesville
5. R.A. Hubbard
6. Loachapoka
7. Hackleburg
8. McKenzie
9. McIntosh
10. Berry

AISA
1. Fort Dale
2. Patrcian
3. Monroe Academy
4. Southern Academy
5. Edgewod
6. Pike Liberal
7. Cornerstone
8 Crenshaw
9. Bessemer Acad
10. Lowndes

Week 8 prep poll vote

Gregg Dewalt — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:05:45 +0000

Tougher week to put together my top 10, simply because of all the upsets.
here’s how i voted this week:

Class 6A
1. Auburn
2. Prattville
3. Fairhope
4. Vestavia Hills
5. Davidson
6. Hoover
7. Clay-Chalkville
8. Davidson
9. Bob Jones
10. Florence

Class 5A
1. Hartselle
2. Greenville
3. Cullman
4. Carver
5. Shelby County
6. Briarwood
7. Vigor
8. Fort Payne
9. McAdory
10. Spanish Fort

Class 4A
1. Thomasville
2. Cherokee County
3. Deshler
4. Handley
5. Midfield
6. Brooks
7. Bibb County
8. Jackson
9. UMS-Wright
10. Guntersville

Class 3A
1. Trinity
2. Cordova
3. Leeds
4. T.R. Miller
5. Pike County
6. Madison Academy
7. Piedmont
8. Dadeville
9. Hamilton
10. Glencoe

Class 2A
1. Pickens County
2. Leroy
3. Clay County
4. Reeltown
5. Elba
6. Winston County
7. Lexington
8. Lamar County
9. Houston Academy
10. Tanner

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Linden
3. Brantley
4. Maplesville
5. R.A Hubbard
6. Loachapoka
7. Hackleburg
8. Berry
9. McKenzie
10. Gaston

AISA
1. Patrician
2. Fort Dale
3. Southern
4. Edgewood
5. Monroe
6. Pike Liberal
7. Lowndes
8. Cornerstone
9. Macon-East
10. Crenshaw Acad

Games I’d pay to see this week: Russellville-Athens; Brooks-Deshler; Hackleburg-Berry; Perry County-Wayne County.
I’ll have predictions on the web show later this week.

Week 7 vote, other stuff

Gregg Dewalt — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:07:25 +0000

here’s how i’m voting in the prep poll this week.

Class 6A
1. Hoover
2. Auburn
3. Prattville
4. Jess Lanier
5. Fairhope
6. Vestavia
7. Bob Jones
8. Central-Phoenix City
9. Davidson
10. Florence

Class 5A
1. Hartselle
2. Greenville
3. Cullman
4. Vigor
5. Carver
6. Demopolis
7. Shelby County
8. Briarwood
9. St. Paul’s
10. Fairfield

Class 4A
1. Thomasville
2. Cherokee County
3. Deshler
4. Handley
5. Midfield
6. Bibb county
7. Brooks
8. UMS-Wright
9. Jackson
10. Fairview

Class 3A
1. T.R. Miller
2. Trinity
3. Cordova
4. Madison Academy
5. Leeds
6. Piedmont
7. Luverne
8. Pike County
9. Daleville
10. Dadeville

Class 2A
1. Pickens Count
2. Leroy
3. Cay County
4. Reeltown
5. Elba
6. Lexington
7. Winston County
8. Tanner
9. Houston Academy
10. Lamar County

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Linden
3. Brantley
4. Maplesville
5. R.A. Hubbard
6. Loachapoka
7. McIntosh
8. Hackleburg
9. Berry
10. Gaston

AISA
1. Monroe Academy
2. Fort Dale
3. Patrician
4. Edgewood
5. Southern Academy
6. Pike Liberal
7. Lowndes
8. Cornerstone
9. Macon East
10. Bessemer

Couple of things: I only dropped Luverne one spot after losing to t.R. Miller by five points; I still think Hartselle is better than Cullman.

how i voted this week

Gregg Dewalt — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:19:07 +0000

forgot to post my vote earlier this week due to an out of town trip to atlanta to see U2.

great show, by the way.

here’s the vote:

Class 6A
1. Hoover
2. Prattville
3. Auburn
4. Jess Lanier
5. Fairhope
6. Clay Chalkville
7. Murphy
8. Bob Jones
9. Davidson
10. Florence

Class 5A
1. Hartselle
2. Greenville
3. Cullman
4. Vigor
5. Carver
6. Demopolis
7. Spanish Fort
8. Briarwood
9. St. Paul’s
10. Springville

Class 4A
1. Thomasville
2. Cherokee County
3. Deshler
4. handley
5. Midfield
6. Bibb county
7. Brooks
8. UMS-Wright
9. Jackson
10. North Jackson

Class 3A
1. T.R. Miller
2. Trinity
3. Cordova
4. Madison Academy
5. Leeds
6. Luverne
7. Piedmont
8. Daleville
9. Dadeville
10. Pike County

Class 2A
1. Pickens County
2. Leroy
3. Clay County
4. Reeltown
5. Houston Academy
6. Fyffe
7. Lexington
8. Winston County
9. Elba
10. Tanner

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Linden
3. Brantley
4. Maplesville
5. R.A. Hubbard
6. Loachapoka
7. McIntosh
8. Hackleburg
9. Phillips
10. McKenzie

AISA
1. Southern Acad
2. Monroe Acad
3. Patrician
4. Fort Dale
5. Pike
6. Lowndes
7. Cornerstone
8. Edgewood
9. Bessemer
10. Macon-East

it’s getting harder instead of easier to figure out the top 10 each week. if russellville wins its next two, I’ll find a spot for it in the top 10. I’ll move florence up, too, if the falcons can win this week and next week.

for some reason, lexington doesn’t get a lot of attention around the state even though it beat Tanner. had the Bears not lost to Lauderdale county, I’m pretty sure they’d be in the poll at about No. 6 or 7.

Week 5, how i voted, other stuff

Gregg Dewalt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:17:46 +0000

Class 6A
1. Hoover
2. Auburn
3. Prattville
4. Jess Lanier
5. Murphy
6. Bob Jones
7. Fairhope
8. Vestavia Hills
9. Davidson
10. Florence

Class 5A
1. Hartselle
2. Greenville
3. Cullman
4. Vigor
5. Carver-Montgomery
6. St. Paul’s
7. Demopolis
8. Spanish Fort
9. Springville
10. Athens

Class 4A
1. Thomasville
2. Cherokee County
3. Deshler
4. Handley
5. Midfield
6. Bibb County
7. Jackson
8. Brooks
9. UMS-Wright
10. North Jackson

Class 3A
1. T.R. Miller
2. Trinity
3. Luverne
4. Piedmont
5. Leeds
6. Cordova
7. Daleville
8. Dadeville
9. Madison Academy
10. Hamilton

Class 2A
1. Pickens County
2. Clay County
3. Houston Academy
4. Leroy
5. Reeltown
6. Fyffe
7. Winston County
8. Millry
9. Lexington
10. Tanner

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Maplesville
3. Linden
4. Brantley
5. Hubbard
6. McIntosh
7. Cedar Bluff
8. Loachapoka
9. Hackleburg
10. Phillips

AISA
1. Edgewood
2. Bessemer
3. Southern
4. Patrcian
5. Monroe
6. Cornerstone
7. Fort Dale
8. Pike
9. Lowndes
10. Macon East

This was probably the toughest week to vote because so many top-10 teams lost. I moved T.R. Miller to No. 1 in 3A, and I didn’t penalize Brooks very much for losing to an Athens team that probably should be in the Top 10.

Had to drop russellville out of the top 10 with a second straight loss.

I put Florence at No. 10. The Falcons are going to make the playoffs — only question is whether it will be at No. 2 or No. 3 providing they don’t overlook Sparkman and Grissom. The Decatur game is a tossup.

I also didn’t penalize Lexington too much for its loss to Lauderdale County. They played on a short week and LCHS is one of the most improved teams in the area.

I can’t vote Muscle Shoals in the top 10 yet even though Scott Basden’s team has doubled its win total from a year ago. Trojans need a win against one of the power teams in the region and then I think they’ll start to get more respect. That said, the Trojans are one of the top stories this year in the Shoals.

must-see games

Gregg Dewalt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:46:30 +0000

Games i’d pay to check out this week in the Shoals:
Athens-Brooks; Deshler-Colbert County; Florence-Austin; Lauderdale County-Lexington; Muscle Shoals-Wilson.

Good QB not many people around here know about — Wayne County’s Tyler Rice. he’s 32 of 53 passing for 7 TDs and no picks. Also has 4 rushing TDs on 18 attempts.

week four poll vote, other stuff

Gregg Dewalt — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:44:21 +0000

Here’s how I voted this week. Got lexington at No. 5. They’ll get tested this week by lauderdale county.
I swapped hartselle and lexington this week in Class 5A, and also like athens in that region, too. Muscle Shoals needs a quality win in the region before I’ll consider voting for the Trojans. It’s going to come down to East Limestone and Muscle Shoals for the final playoff spot.
Best game on the board this week — probably athens at brooks.
We’ve got monday football today — Red Bay at Cherokee and the end of Lexington-Phil Campbell. not sure what happens if there is more bad weather.

how i voted, other stuff

Gregg Dewalt — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:35:20 +0000

Here’s the way I voted in week 3 of the ASWA prep poll:
Class 6A
1. Hoover
2. Prattville
3. Davidson
4. Vestavia Hills
5. Auburn
6. Tuscaloosa County
7. Bob Jones
8. Jess Lanier
9. Murphy
10. Oxford

Class 5A
1. Vigor
2. Russellville
3. Demopolis
4. Springville
5. Hartselle
6. Cullman
7. Greenville
8. Shelby County
9. Briarwood
10. Carver-Montgomery

Class 4A
1. Thomasville
2. Cherokee
3. Deshler
4. Brooks
5. Oneonta
6. Midfield
7. UMS-Wright
8. Handley
9. North Jackson
10. Bibb County

Class 3A
1. Leeds
2. Cordova
3. T.R. Miller
4. Daleville
5. Dadeville
6. Trinity
7. Hamilton
8. Colbert Heights
9. Piedmont
10. Luverne

Class 2A
1. Leroy
2. Pickens County
3. Clay County
4. Lexington
5. Houston Academy
6. Reeltown
7. Red Bay
8. Fyffe
9. Sulligent
10. Tanner

Class 1A
1. Sweet Water
2. Gaston
3. Maplesville
4. Loachapoka
5. Brantley
6. Linden
7. R.A. Hubbard
8. McIntosh
9. Phillips
10. Talladega County Central

AISA
1. Fort Dale
2. Edgwood
3. Bessemer
4. Southern Acad.
5. Patrician
6. Monroe Acad.
7. Lowndes
8. Pike Liberal
9. Cornerstone
10. macon east

Also, just found out that Miranda Liles of Brooks has committed to Evansville. She’ll play forward. the team went to the NCAA Tournament last year.

Ralston Turner commits to LSU

Gregg Dewalt — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:20:58 +0000

Muscle Shoals basketball standout Ralston Turner, a 6-6 shooting guard, decided Monday night to play at LSU.
The senior called coach Trent Johnson early Monday evening to inform him of his decision. Turner visited LSU this past weekend. He also made a visit to Notre Dame earlier in September, and cancelled visits to Butler and Georgia. Turner said Alabama coach Anthony Grant was supposed to visit him Wednesday night.
Turner averaged 21 points and 9 rebounds this past season.