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Bayside Academy Admirals

Head Coach: Phil Lazenby (twelveth season)
Stadium: Freedom Field
Career Record: 21 seasons, (166-87)
At Bayside Academy: 11 seasons, (81-51)
2018 Enrollment:  253
Rank:  247th in the AHSAA, 43rd in Class 3A

 History 
Overall Record:   103-84   (55.0%)
Last 25 years:   103-84   (55.0%)  (Rank: 144th in the AHSAA, 24th in Class 3A)
Since 2010:   63-36  (64.0%)  (Rank: 87th in the AHSAA, 14th in Class 3A)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2017
Last Region Championship:   2011
Last Winning Season:   2016
Last Losing Season:   2017

 2017 
Class:  3A              Region:   1
Record:  5-6
Region Record:   4-3, (fourth)
Playoff Record:   First round loss to Montgomery Academy by a score of 26-13.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  184 (16.7)
Defense:  243 (22.1)


 2018 
Class: 3A              Region:   1
Strength of Schedule: 45-52 (46%) (274th in the AHSAA, 39th in Class 3A)
Region Strength:  27-28 (49%)
Non-Region Strength:  18-24 (43%)




 2017 Results 
 8/25  @ St. James  (4A)   15-12   W  
 9/1  vs. Faith Academy  (5A)   6-34   L  
 9/8  @ Clarke County  (3A)  *  10-41   L  
 9/15  vs. Mobile Christian  (3A)  *  17-27   L  
 9/22  @ Excel  (3A)  *  38-14   W  
 9/29   OPEN 
 10/6  @ Hillcrest Evergreen  (3A)  *  7-35   L  
 10/13  vs. Cottage Hill Christian  (3A)  *  23-20   W  
 10/20  @ T.R. Miller  (3A)  *  17-14   W  
 10/27  vs. Flomaton  (3A)  *  21-0   W  
 11/3  vs. Carroll  (5A)   17-20   L  
 Playoffs 
 11/10  @ Montgomery Academy    13-26   L  


 2018 Schedule 
 8/24  vs. St. James  (3A)       
 8/31  @ Faith Academy  (5A)       
 9/7  vs. Mobile Christian  (3A)  *      
 9/14  @ Thomasville  (3A)  *      
 9/21  vs. T.R. Miller  (3A)  *      
 9/28  @ Cottage Hill Christian  (2A)       
 10/5  @ Flomaton  (3A)  *      
 10/12  @ Excel  (3A)  *      
 10/19  vs. St. Michael  (3A)  *      
 10/26   OPEN 
 11/2  vs. Satsuma  (5A)       



Class  3A Region  1
Team 2017 Record Scoring                            
Bayside Academy (3A) 5-6184-243
Excel (3A) 2-8139-283
Flomaton (3A) 4-6235-252
Mobile Christian (3A) 9-4348-168
St. Michael (4A) 0-127-41
T.R. Miller (3A) 5-5283-214
Thomasville (4A) 7-4350-261


 2018 Preview 


       Bayside Academy completed the 2017 season with a 5-6 record. With their 4-3 region record and a fourth place finish in Class 3A region one, the Admirals earned a spot in the playoffs in 2017. Bayside Academy's season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Montgomery Academy by a score of 26-13.

       Bayside Academy was inconsistent offensively last year and they need some improvement if the Admirals want to be competitive. They only averaged 16.7 points a game.

       Since 2010, Bayside Academy has gone a combined 63-36. Their 64.0% winning percentage ranks 14th in Class 3A over the past eight seasons.

       Over the past 17 seasons, Bayside Academy has managed to compile a record of 103-84. Their 55.0% winning percentage ranks 24th in Class 3A and 144th in the AHSAA.




       The Admirals are led by head coach Phil Lazenby who is entering his twelveth season at the helm. He has compiled a record of 81-51 over the past eleven seasons at Bayside Academy. Under his direction the Admirals have qualified for the playoffs a total of nine times. They have won one region crown with Coach Lazenby.

       Coach Lazenby's overall record as a head football coach in twenty-one season stands at 166-87 (65.6%). His 166 wins rank 20th among active coaches in the AHSAA. Over the course of his career, Coach Lazenby's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of seventeen times and won seven region championships.

       The Bayside Academy Admirals will play in Class 3A region one during the 2018 season.

       The Admirals will be in the mix for one of the last two playoff spots in region one this season.

       The Admirals open the 2018 season at home against non-region opponent St. James on Friday, August 24 at Freedom Field. Last year the St. James Trojans finished with an overall record of 8-4 and in second place in Class 4A region two. The Trojans lost in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs to Andalusia by a score of 30-8.

       Bayside Academy and St. James have met a total of 4 times on the football field. The Admirals have a 2-2-0 record against the Trojans. They last met in 2017 with Bayside Academy winning by a score of 15-12.

  


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Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.