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Helena Huskies

Head Coach: Richie Busby (first season)
Stadium: Husky Stadium
Career Record: 5 seasons, (40-17)
At Helena: First season
2018 Enrollment:  927
Rank:  45th in the AHSAA, 13th in Class 6A

 History 
Overall Record:   18-25   (42.0%)
Last 25 years:   18-25   (42.0%)  (Rank: 263rd in the AHSAA, 41st in Class 6A)
Since 2010:   18-25  (42.0%)  (Rank: 240th in the AHSAA, 39th in Class 6A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2015
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   2015
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  6A              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:  124 (12.4)
Defense:  294 (29.4)


 2018 
Class: 6A              Region:   5
Strength of Schedule: 56-52 (52%) (144th in the AHSAA, 40th in Class 6A)
Region Strength:  34-30 (53%)
Non-Region Strength:  22-22 (50%)




 2017 Results 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  vs. Mountain Brook  (7A)   0-41   L  
 9/8  vs. Chilton County  (6A)  *  20-0   W  
 9/15  @ Pelham  (6A)  *  25-29   L  
 9/22  @ Homewood  (6A)   7-37   L  
 9/29  vs. Vestavia Hills  (7A)   0-14   L  
 10/6  @ Opelika  (6A)  *  14-42   L  
 10/13  @ Wetumpka  (6A)  *  14-35   L  
 10/20  vs. Benjamin Russell  (6A)  *  20-38   L  
 10/27  vs. Chelsea  (6A)  *  17-24   L  
 11/3  @ Pell City  (6A)   7-34   L  


 2018 Schedule 
 8/24  @ McAdory  (6A)       
 8/31  vs. Hueytown  (6A)       
 9/7   OPEN 
 9/14  vs. Homewood  (6A)  *      
 9/21  @ Minor  (6A)  *      
 9/28  @ Southside Gadsden  (5A)       
 10/4  @ Chelsea  (6A)  *      
 10/12  vs. Carver Birmingham  (6A)  *      
 10/19  vs. Jackson-Olin  (6A)  *      
 10/26  @ Pelham  (6A)  *      
 11/2  vs. Calera  (6A)       



Class  6A Region  5
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Carver Birmingham (6A) 7-4270-199
Chelsea (6A) 2-8178-292
Helena (6A) 1-9124-294
Homewood (6A) 10-2288-154
Jackson-Olin (6A) 6-4245-185
Minor (6A) 4-6203-284
Pelham (6A) 5-6334-397


 2018 Preview 


       Helena finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 1-9 record. Last year Helena finished sixth in Class 6A region three with a 1-5 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Helena averaged scoring just 12.4 points a game.

       The Huskies would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 4-16 record.

       Helena is a relatively new football program having fielded a team only four seasons. They have managed a record of 18-25 over the past four years.




       The Huskies will be under the direction of new head football coach Richie Busby as they enter the 2018 season.

       Coach Busby's overall record as a head football coach in five season stands at 40-17 (70.2%). Over the course of his career, Coach Busby's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of five times and won two region championships.

       The Helena Huskies will play in Class 6A region five during the 2018 season. Following realignment, the Huskies remain in 6A but move from region three over to region five.

       The Huskies enter the 2018 season in the middle of a 8 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

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

       The Huskies open the 2018 season on the road against non-region opponent McAdory on Friday, August 24 at McAdory Stadium. Last year the McAdory Yellow Jackets finished with an overall record of 6-5 and in second place in Class 6A region four. The Yellow Jackets lost in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs to Carver Montgomery by a score of 13-7.

       Helena and McAdory have met a total of 4 times on the football field. The Huskies have a 2-2-0 record against the Yellow Jackets. They last met in with

  


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