Four Birmingham teams headed to state championships in Auburn
By Wade KwonHoover, Clay-Chalkville, Pleasant Grove and Leeds have one final game next week
Photo: James Nicholas
Clay-Chalkville beat Gardendale in the regular season on the
way to a perfect record and a 6A title fight against Saraland
next week.
In a football-crazed state, why not more football?
The 3-day binge of high school championships has expanded with two more games. The Alabama High School Athletic Association changed to a seven-classification system in January, sending the state’s 32 largest schools to 7A.
The Birmingham-area teams competing for state titles are Hoover, Clay-Chalkville, Pleasant Grove and Leeds. Hoover faces Prattville for the first 7A championship; the two teams won 11 of the last 12 6A titles.
Clay-Chalkville won the 6A title in 1999; the Cougars face Saraland making its first trip to the finals. Pleasant Grove also makes its first trip to the 5A finals, taking on St. Paul’s, which won the title in 2007. Leeds won the 3A title twice before moving up to 4A; the Green Wave faces three-time 4A champs Deshler.
The seven championship matches will kick off with an exhibition flag football game between Hewitt-Trussville and Lawrence County. The Unified Sports program, part of Special Olympics, puts students with mental disabilities with other athletes for competition and fun. The Alabama Special Olympics is helping put on the Wednesday afternoon game.
All Super Seven games take place Wednesday through Dec. 5 at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium, airing on Fox 6.1 and 6.2 and streaming online. Tickets are $12 per day and available online.
Wednesday
- 3:30 p.m.: Exhibition flag football: Hewitt-Trussville vs. Lawrence County
- 7 p.m.: Class 7A – Prattville (11-2) vs. Hoover (11-2)
Thursday
- 11 a.m.: Class 3A – Dale County (14-0) vs. Madison Academy (13-1)
- 3 p.m.: Class 1A – Maplesville (13-0) vs. Hubbertville (13-0)
- 7 p.m.: Class 5A – St. Paul’s (14-0) vs. Pleasant Grove (12-2)
Dec. 5
- 11 a.m.: Class 4A – Leeds (13-1) vs. Deshler (12-1)
- 3 p.m.: Class 2A – Elba (14-0) vs. Fyffe (14-0)
- 7 p.m.: Class 6A – Clay-Chalkville (14-0) vs. Saraland (13-1)
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