Category: Football

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Boys Middle School Football, Boys Varsity Football · Nov 5 Gadsden City consolidates middle school football teams

Coming together: Gadsden City consolidates middle school football teams

Teddy Couch

The Gadsden Times https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/10/30/gadsden-city-high-school-consolidates-middle-school-football-teams-titans/3744210001/

The City of Champions.

That’s the slogan used on the welcome signs when entering Gadsden.

But it’s been a long time since the city has seen a championship in high school athletics.

Gadsden City football coach Ali Smith was part of the last one. He won a state championship in basketball under legendary Emma Sansom coach George Baker in 1992. The last football team to win a state title? Gadsden High in 1991.

“That’s what we need to get back to,” Smith said.

How does Gadsden City High School do that? It starts by bringing Emma Sansom, Gadsden and Litchfield Middle School football teams together as one, which started this year.

Crucial years of development

Gadsden City runs onto the field prior to its middle school football game against Etowah at Titan Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.

There are a number of reasons for consolidating the middle school teams.

One is simply for development. Some of the middle schools have few players, which means players are having to play positions they will not play once they reach high school.

“A lot of times in middle school, we may have kids playing positions that they play out of necessity,” Gadsden City Schools’ Director of Operations Keith Blackwell, who has been a key part of getting this started, said. “You may have someone who is a cornerback or safety playing quarterback because they just need him to play quarterback.”

Seventh and eighth grade are two crucial years of development needed, especially with Gadsden City playing against teams such as Hoover, Thompson, Hewitt-Trussville, etc., at the varsity level each week. Seven of Gadsden City’s opponents are heading to the playoffs. Five are ranked fifth or higher in their respective classifications with two being No. 1 (Thompson in 7A and Oxford in 6A).

“We can’t compete in the region and league with none of the schools over in Birmingham or Huntsville — whether it’s 7A or 6A — going at that rate because now you get a quarterback that’s not polished,” Smith said. “That’s no fault of the (middle school) coaches. You just don’t have the time to work with them because you don’t have enough people to do anything of quality to develop that.”

Murphree Stadium

It’s not solely about the work on the football field. The work off the field is just as important.

“We need to do a better job from a fitness and nutrition standpoint,” Blackwell said. “We have some grants in the works, which would include them having their own fitness and nutrition person. Someone who works them out every day and makes sure they are eating the right foods after workouts.”

The middle school team will have a new weight room at Murphree Stadium in Gadsden High’s old field house. The weight room will be utilized for all middle school sports, not just football. Part of the grant process is to also provide weight equipment for other sports as well. The team will practice at Murphree and play home games at Titan Stadium.

“We got a plan for them,” Smith said. “Start developing them and start tracking them from seventh grade all the way through. We can’t wait until they get in ninth or 10th grade to start looking at their bodies and different things like that. We have to have a plan for them and see what we got.”

Transportation will be provided for the athletes.

“We are going to bus the kids that need to be bused to get them to practice,” Blackwell said. “Then bus them back to their respective schools for whenever practice would normally end so the parents can pick them up.”

‘We can’t run from competition’

With all that comes a tougher schedule against teams they will face once they reach varsity.

“We are going to upgrade the schedule,” Smith said. “We have to play teams out of Huntsville, Birmingham. We have to play out of that market. If we have to travel Austin or Decatur, it’s a long haul but we have to do that. We can’t play down and then we get a false sense that we are just going to run by these kids and dominate. … We can’t run from competition.”

Sitting on a gold mine?

Smith said he spoke to a coach recently who said Gadsden City is a gold mine.

“We need to find the gold,” Smith said. “And the gold is everybody coming together. The three middle schools combining now, yeah, it could be a gold mine. But it can’t be a gold mine this year and then next year if we don’t do very well everybody cut and run.”

Community support is needed. Not only when the Titans are performing well, but also when the program is trying to get back to the level it was once at – and higher.

“When I look at Hokes Bluff, Glencoe, Southside, Etowah – those schools around us – I see true community schools,” Smith said. “You see the T-shirts. You see the stadium-back seats. You see all that. Prideful people. You go to the peewee games and you see their colors. Those are community schools. And that’s what we need to be back into being – a community. We can do some really good things.”

Making the move into peewee football

Though it starts with the middle schools, it doesn’t end there.

“We need something to go with our city government to help us (with peewee football) so we know how to mandate that,” Smith said. “So we will know where our kids are at and who is coaching our kids. Are they trying to help develop our kids within our city limits and using our facilities to make kids better, but then go somewhere else and service people when they get in high school? We can not continue that as a community if we are going to be really good. That goes for football, basketball, soccer, track and field; if you are within the city limits of Gadsden, you need to be for us.”

GADSDEN CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ROSTER

Jivion VeasyKai Franklin

Owen Egas

Cameron Pritchett

Malki Moore

Matthew Lucas

Maverick Wright

Brayden Johnson

Kerrell Yow

Ayden Smith

Alex Swafford

Tommy Worthy

Xavier Curry

Isaiah Collins

Matthew Sparks

Devarius Harris

Kamauri Moore

Xzavier Wright

Lamont Richardson

Chris Butler

Cash McCoy

Sam Mulkey

Jerry Linder

Dreshun Moore

Ji’zeric Wynn

Roderick Barnes

Andrew Ashley

Kileque Jones

John Sterling Derrick

Dezmond Larkin

Jamarcus Willis

Kingston Reaves

Andrew Beck

Tremont’e Williams

Imre Duncan

Caleb Long

Jaleel Heard

David Partridge

Javari Robinson

Charles Townsend

James Robinson

Taurres Ball

Jameson Mullinax

Tanner Griggs

Ben Cooper

Lashawn Malone

Braden Parmer

Niegle Swain, Jr.

Jason Knight

Henry Simmons

Jaylen Sneed

Boys Varsity Football · Nov 2 The LAST 2020 Game of the GCHS TITAN Season

Boys Varsity Football · Oct 23 LISTEN AND WATCH TITAN FOOTBALL for “FREE” ~ TITAN SPORTS NETWORK

The Titan Sports Network has expanded for the 2020 football season. You can listen by radio or online (from your phone or computer) or watch by livestream on your phone or computer.

Our Radio partners:

AM 1240 WMGJ

FM 97.5 WHMA

Our livestream “audio” is available at:

Mixlr app- search GCTSN/ or at the following link https://mixlr.com/users/6268085/embed/ This play by play action and color analysis is brought to you by Steven Fraser and Robert Ray.

*Livestream partners carry the Tailgate show beginning at 6:00 PM all others begin at 6:30 with the pre-game show.

Here is the link for the LIVE STREAM of GCHS vs. Vestavia on Friday, October 23, 2020. Kick off is at 7:00pm

Click on the link to watch for FREE!

Boys Varsity Football, Girls Varsity Sideline Cheer · Oct 23 GAME DAY INFO ~ FRIDAY, 10-23-2020

Hello Everyone and WELCOME to Game Day!!

The Titans will kick off against Vestavia this evening at 7:00pm at Titan Stadium.

We will only have 100 tickets for sale at the gate so to ensure your ticket purchase you may want to pre-buy at GoFan.co (the link is attached)

https://gofan.co/app/school/AL863

Spread the word and let all your friends know that tonight is the final game of the Titan Football season. We would love to have as many as we can present to cheer on the Titans.

Boys Varsity Football · Oct 19 Orr named to Alabama All-Star Squad

Gadsden City’s Rod Orr named to Alabama all-star squad, full roster included

Teddy Couch

The Gadsden Times https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/10/17/gadsden-city-offensive-lineman-rod-orr-named-alabama-all-star-roster-high-school-football-fsu-ahsaa/3696267001/

Gadsden City senior offensive lineman Rod Orr can call himself an all-star.

The Florida State commit landed on the Alabama roster for the 34th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic. The Alabama High School Athletic Association released the roster Saturday. The game will be Dec. 12 at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.

More:Gadsden City OL Rod Orr commits to Florida State

Orr chose FSU over three Southeastern Conference schools – Tennessee, Ole Miss and Missouri – and Oregon on Sept. 25.

Joining Orr on the Alabama roster is Fyffe tight end Brody Dalton. Dalton announced his commitment to UAB in April. Fyffe coach Paul Benefield is on the coaching staff and will oversee the defensive line.

CONGRTATULATIONS ROD!!! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!

2020 Alabama All-Star roster

QB Will Crowder, Gardendale

QB Revy Higgins, III, Oxford

RB Amoni Goodwin, Hewitt-Trussville

RB Jarris Williams, Mattie T. Blount

RB Peyton Higgins, Mars Hill Bible

RB Jaylen Hughey, Cullman

WR Jay’Juan Townsend, Eufaula

WR Roc Taylor, Oxford

WR Jordan Mosley, McGill-Toolen

WR JB Mitchell, Thompson

WR Jackson Meeks, Central – Phenix City

WR Sean Zerkle, Decatur Heritage

OL Edgar Amaya, Russellville

OT Richard Pearce, Hueytown

OL Rod Orr, Gadsden City

OL Seaburn Hines, Helena

C Ivan Shultz, St. Paul’s Episcopal

C Andrew Lawson, Bob Jones

OL Jon’Darius Morgan, Huffman

Snap Carter Short, Hoover

TE Brody Dalton, Fyffe

K/P Drake Tabor, Spain Park

DL Lee Hunter, Mattie T. Blount

DL Timothy Trotter, Jr., Prattville

DT Anquin Barnes, Lee – Montgomery

DT Timothy Keenan, III, Ramsay

DL KaRon White, Sparkman

DL Devin Manigault, St. Paul’s Episcopal

LB Deontae Lawson, Mobile Christian

LB Ian Jackson, Prattville

LB Joshua Rudolph, Park Crossing

LB Jeremiah Williams, Ramsay

DE Dylan Brooks, Handley

DE Lamondre Brooks, Huffman

CB Kamari Lassiter, American Christian

CB Micah Gaffney, Spanish Fort

DB Armani Diamond, Mattie T. Blount

DB Terrente Hinton, Saraland

DB Edwin White, UMS-Wright

DB Ga’Quincy McKinstry, Pinson Valley

Alabama coaches

Head Coach – Steve Mask, St. Paul’s

Offensive Coordinator – Tim Carter, Fairhope

Defensive Coordinator – Keith Etheredge, Oxford

Offensive Line – Brett Mask, Colbert County

Special Teams – Jimmy Perry, Saint James

Wide Receivers – Darrell LeBeaux, Pleasant Grove

Defensive Line – Paul Benefield, Fyffe

Secondary – Lev Holly, Blount

Scout Coach – Shane Sullivan, St. Paul’s

Boys Varsity Football · Oct 16 LISTEN AND WATCH TITAN FOOTBALL for “FREE” ~ TITAN SPORTS NETWORK

The Titan Sports Network has expanded for the 2020 football season. You can listen by radio or online (from your phone or computer) or watch by livestream on your phone or computer.

Our Radio partners:

AM 1240 WMGJ

FM 97.5 WHMA

Our livestream “audio” is available at:

Mixlr app- search GCTSN/ or at the following link https://mixlr.com/users/6268085/embed/ This play by play action and color analysis is brought to you by Steven Fraser and Robert Ray.

*Livestream partners carry the Tailgate show beginning at 6:00 PM all others begin at 6:30 with the pre-game show.

Here is the link for the LIVE STREAM of GCHS vs. Hewitt-Trussville on Friday, October 16, 2020. Kick off is at 7:00pm

Click on the link to watch for FREE!

https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hewitttrussville-high-school-trussville-al/gam47e842f8d4

Boys Varsity Football · Oct 8 CJ MILLER ~ SCHUTT PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to RB CJ Miller (Gadsden City) – he rushed for 169 yards on 19 carries & TD vs Tuscaloosa County for being selected by a FAN Vote through @schuttsports

7A “Player of the Week” for Week #6

WAY TO GO CJ!!!!

Boys Varsity Football, Girls Varsity Sideline Cheer · Oct 6 TITAN FOOTBALL ~ GAME MOVED TO THURSDAY!

The Gadsden City vs. Thompson game has been moved to Thursday in expectation of severe weather on Friday. Please help pass the word that the game will be played on Thursday, October 8, 2020.

Tickets can be purchased at gofan.co

The tickets will say “Friday” but they WILL BE GOOD for the Thursday game.

Link for tickets: