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Tharptown Wildcats

Head Coach: Kevin Lacey (second season)
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Career Record: 1 season, (1-9)
At Tharptown: one season, (1-9)
2017 Enrollment:  129
Rank:  347th in the AHSAA, 24th in Class 1A

 History 
Overall Record:   24-82   (23.0%)
Last 25 years:   24-82   (23.0%)  (Rank: 372nd in the AHSAA, 55th in Class 1A)
Since 2010:   13-57  (19.0%)  (Rank: 365th in the AHSAA, 53rd in Class 1A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   Never qualified
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   2013
Last Losing Season:   2016

 2016 
Class:  1A              Region:   8
Record:  1-9
Region Record:   1-5, (seventh)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  134 (13.4)
Defense:  334 (33.4)


 2017 
Class: 1A              Region:   8
Strength of Schedule: 54-56 (49%) (224th in the AHSAA, 22nd in Class 1A)
Region Strength:  27-38 (42%)
Non-Region Strength:  27-18 (60%)



 2016 Results 
 8/19  @ Phil Campbell  (2A)   0-20   L  
 8/26  @ Red Bay  (2A)   7-59   L  
 9/2  vs. Shoals Christian  (1A)  *  13-41   L  
 9/9  @ Hackleburg  (1A)  *  14-30   L  
 9/16   OPEN 
 9/23  @ Lynn  (1A)   14-24   L  
 9/30  vs. Waterloo  (1A)  *  29-21   W  
 10/7  @ Phillips Bear Creek  (1A)  *  21-44   L  
 10/13  vs. Cherokee  (1A)  *  3-27   L  
 10/21  @ Vina  (1A)  *  27-26   W  
 10/28  vs. Decatur Heritage Christian  (1A)   7-41   L  

 2017 Schedule 
 8/25  vs. Phil Campbell  (2A)       
 9/1  vs. Red Bay  (2A)       
 9/8  @ Shoals Christian  (1A)  *      
 9/15  vs. Hackleburg  (1A)  *      
 9/22   OPEN 
 9/29  vs. Lynn  (1A)       
 10/6  @ Waterloo  (1A)  *      
 10/12  vs. Phillips Bear Creek  (1A)  *      
 10/20  @ Cherokee  (1A)  *      
 10/27  vs. Vina  (1A)  *      
 11/3  @ Decatur Heritage Christian  (1A)       


Class  1A Region  8
Team 2016 Record Scoring                            
Cherokee (1A) 6-5276-291
Hackleburg (1A) 9-3362-184
Phillips Bear Creek (1A) 3-8220-357
Shoals Christian (1A) 4-7247-369
Tharptown (1A) 1-9134-334
Vina (1A) 4-6223-276
Waterloo (1A) 5-5280-310

 2017 Preview 


       Tharptown finished the 2016 season with a disappointing 1-9 record. Last year Tharptown finished seventh in Class 1A region eight with a 1-5 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Wildcats have never qualified for a playoff spot and would love to break that streak this season. The Wildcats have never won a playoff game in the school's history. They would like to break through and pick up that first post season victory in 2017.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Tharptown averaged scoring just 13.4 points a game.

       The Wildcats would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 1-19 record. Since 2010, the Tharptown football program has struggled with a record of 13-57.

       Over the past 11 seasons, Tharptown has not won much with a record of 24-82. Their 23.0% winning percentage ranks 55th in Class 1A and 372nd in the AHSAA. The Wildcats have struggled on the football field with only two winning seasons during this time.

       The Wildcats are led by head coach Kevin Lacey who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 1-9 record in his first season at Tharptown. The Wildcats saw improvement from a 0-10 record the season before coach Lacey arrived. The Wildcats have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Lacey.

       Coach Lacey's overall record as a head football coach in one season stands at 1-9 (10.0%).

       The Tharptown Wildcats will play in Class 1A region eight during the 2017 season.

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

       The Wildcats open the 2017 season at home against non-region opponent Phil Campbell on Friday, August 25. Last year the Phil Campbell Bobcats finished with an overall record of 3-7 and in seventh place in Class 2A region eight. The Bobcats closed out the regular season with a loss to Hackleburg by a score of 35-19.

       Tharptown and Phil Campbell have met a total of 6 times on the football field. The Wildcats have a 1-5-0 record against the Bobcats. They last met in 2016 with Phil Campbell winning by a score of 20-0.

  


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