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Sumter Central Jaguars

Head Coach: Shannon Felder (first season)
Stadium: Cougar Stadium
Career Record: 11 seasons, (67-54)
At Sumter Central: First season
2017 Enrollment:  398
Rank:  148th in the AHSAA, 57th in Class 5A

 History 
Overall Record:   11-49   (18.0%)
Last 25 years:   11-49   (18.0%)  (Rank: 376th in the AHSAA, 58th in Class 5A)
Since 2010:   11-49  (18.0%)  (Rank: 366th in the AHSAA, 57th in Class 5A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2011
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   Never
Last Losing Season:   2016

 2016 
Class:  5A              Region:   3
Record:  1-9    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   1-5, (sixth)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  147 (14.7)
Defense:  309 (30.9)


 2017 
Class: 5A              Region:   3
Strength of Schedule: 52-55 (49%) (221st in the AHSAA, 28th in Class 5A)
Region Strength:  28-37 (43%)
Non-Region Strength:  24-18 (57%)



 2016 Results 
 8/19  vs. Carver Birmingham  (6A)   8-34   L  
 8/26  vs. Sidney Lanier  (6A)   0-21   L  
 9/2  @ Marbury  (5A)  *  37-13   W  
 9/9  vs. Jemison  (5A)  *  20-28   L  
 9/16  vs. Dallas County  (5A)  *  12-21   L  
 9/23  @ Selma  (6A)   6-20   L  
 9/30  vs. Central Tuscaloosa  (5A)  *  18-44   L  
 10/7  @ Demopolis  (5A)  *  14-45   L  
 10/14  vs. Calera  (5A)  *  32-42   L  
 10/21   OPEN 
 10/28  @ Oxford  (6A)   0-41   L  

 2017 Schedule 
 8/24  @ Carver Birmingham  (6A)       
 9/1  @ Sidney Lanier  (6A)       
 9/8  vs. Marbury  (5A)  *      
 9/15  @ Jemison  (5A)  *      
 9/22  @ Dallas County  (5A)  *      
 9/29  vs. Selma  (6A)       
 10/6  @ Central Tuscaloosa  (5A)  *      
 10/13  vs. Demopolis  (5A)  *      
 10/20  @ Calera  (5A)  *      
 10/27   OPEN 
 11/3  vs. Oxford  (6A)       


Class  5A Region  3
Team 2016 Record Scoring                            
Calera (5A) 8-4368-323
Central Tuscaloosa (5A) 2-8167-327
Dallas County (5A) 6-5265-273
Demopolis (5A) 7-4350-204
Jemison (5A) 3-8275-452
Marbury (5A) 2-8210-419
Sumter Central (5A) 1-9147-309

 2017 Preview 


       Sumter Central finished the 2016 season with a disappointing 1-9 record. Last year Sumter Central finished sixth in Class 5A region three with a 1-5 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Jaguars have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2011 season and would love to end that streak this year. They have never won a playoff game in the school's history.

       Sumter Central was inconsistent offensively last year and they need some improvement if the Jaguars want to be competitive. They only averaged 14.7 points a game.

       The Jaguars would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 3-17 record.

       Sumter Central is a relatively new football program having fielded a team only six seasons. They have managed a record of 11-49 over the past six years.

Charles Graves leaves Sumter Central after two seasons with a 3-17 record.


After a couple of years away from being a head football coach, Shannon Felder takes over at Sumter Central in York. He was the head coach at Donoho for eleven seasons from 2004-2014 with a record of 67-54.



       Coach Felder's overall record as a head football coach in eleven season stands at 67-54 (55.4%). Over the course of his career, Coach Felder's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of eight times and won two region championships.

       The Sumter Central Jaguars will play in Class 5A region three during the 2017 season.

       The Jaguars enter the 2017 season in the middle of a 7 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

       This season, the Jaguars will be a long shot for one of the four playoff spots in region three.

       The Jaguars open the 2017 season on the road against non-region opponent Carver Birmingham on Monday, August 21 at Carver High School Stadium. Last year the Carver Birmingham Rams finished with an overall record of 5-5 and in fifth place in Class 6A region six. The Rams ended last season on a positive note with a win over Greensboro by a score of 25-18 after failing to gain a playoff spot.

       Sumter Central and Carver Birmingham have met a total of 2 times on the football field. The Jaguars have a 0-2-0 record against the Rams. They last met in 2016 with Carver Birmingham winning by a score of 34-8.

  


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