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Holt Ironmen

Head Coach: Bruce Jackson (third season)
Stadium: Woody Clements Field
Career Record: 8 seasons, (28-54)
At Holt: 2 seasons, (1-19)
2018 Enrollment:  288
Rank:  213rd in the AHSAA, 9th in Class 3A

 History 
Overall Record:   436-437-21   (50.0%)
Last 25 years:   73-172   (30.0%)  (Rank: 340th in the AHSAA, 52nd in Class 3A)
Since 2010:   11-69  (14.0%)  (Rank: 373rd in the AHSAA, 56th in Class 3A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2004
Last Region Championship:   1998
Last Winning Season:   1998
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  4A              Region:   4
Record:  1-9
Region Record:   1-6, (seventh)
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  44 (4.4)
Defense:  509 (50.9)


 2018 
Class: 3A              Region:   4
Strength of Schedule: 47-58 (45%) (281st in the AHSAA, 42nd in Class 3A)
Region Strength:  40-36 (53%)
Non-Region Strength:  7-22 (24%)



 2017 Results 
 8/25   OPEN 
 9/1  @ Shelby County  (5A)   8-51   L  
 9/8  @ Oak Grove  (4A)  *  12-39   L  
 9/15  vs. Sipsey Valley  (4A)  *  6-35   L  
 9/22  @ Hale County  (4A)  *  0-73   #Won  
 9/29  vs. American Christian  (3A)   6-47   L  
 10/6  vs. Greensboro  (4A)  *  0-51   L  
 10/13  @ Bibb County  (5A)  *  0-55   L  
 10/20  vs. Northside  (4A)  *  0-56   L  
 10/27  @ West Blocton  (4A)  *  6-42   L  
 11/2  @ Brookwood  (6A)   6-60   L  

 2018 Schedule 
 8/24  @ Sipsey Valley  (4A)       
 8/31  @ Autaugaville  (1A)       
 9/7  vs. Oakman  (3A)  *      
 9/14  vs. Winfield  (3A)  *      
 9/21  @ Greene County  (3A)  *      
 9/28   OPEN 
 10/5  @ Gordo  (3A)  *      
 10/12  @ Hale County  (3A)  *      
 10/19  @ Lamar County  (3A)  *      
 10/26  vs. Carbon Hill  (3A)  *      
 11/1  vs. Brookwood  (6A)       


Class  3A Region  4
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Carbon Hill (3A) 3-7236-343
Gordo (3A) 10-2409-205
Greene County (3A) 5-4264-247
Hale County (4A) 1-9387-258
Holt (4A) 1-944-509
Lamar County (2A) 8-5336-286
Oakman (3A) 8-4311-278
Winfield (4A) 5-5183-182

 2018 Preview 


       Holt finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 1-9 record. Last year Holt finished seventh in Class 4A region four with a 1-6 region record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

       The Ironmen have not qualified for the playoffs since the 2004 season and would love to end that streak this year. The Ironmen last playoff victory came during the 1998 season. They would love to break through this year with a post season win.

       The offense struggled putting points on the score board as Holt averaged scoring just 4.4 points a game. The Ironmen also struggled on the defensive side of the football as they found little success in stopping opposing offenses and allowed an average of 50.9 points a game.

       The Ironmen would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 1-19 record. Since 2010, the Holt football program has struggled with a record of 11-69.

       Over the past 25 seasons, Holt has not won much with a record of 73-172. Their 30.0% winning percentage ranks 52nd in Class 3A and 340th in the AHSAA. The Ironmen have struggled on the football field with only four winning seasons during this time. Their last winning season was 1998.




       The Ironmen are led by head coach Bruce Jackson who is entering his third season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 1-19 over the past two seasons at Holt. The Ironmen have yet to reach the playoffs under his direction. They have not won a region crown with Coach Jackson.

       Coach Jackson's overall record as a head football coach in eight season stands at 28-54 (34.1%). Over the course of his career, Coach Jackson's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of two times .

       The Holt Ironmen will play in Class 3A region four during the 2018 season. The Ironmen may find the schedule slightly easier this season with the move down in classification from Class 4A to 3A. They will compete in region four this year.

       The Ironmen enter the 2018 season in the middle of a 6 game losing streak. They would like nothing better than to end the string of losses early in the season.

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

       The Ironmen open the 2018 season on the road against non-region opponent Autaugaville on Friday, August 31 at Eagles Nest Stadium. Last year the Autaugaville Eagles finished with an overall record of 2-7 and in sixth place in Class 1A region three. The Eagles closed out the regular season with a loss to R.C. Hatch by a score of 60-22.

       Holt and Autaugaville have met a total of 2 times on the football field. The Ironmen have a 2-0-0 record against the Eagles. They last met in 1927 with

  


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