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  School Football over the past 100 seasons.






2023 Team Previews 

  



Southern Christian Patriots

Head Coach: (second season)
Career Record: 3538 seasons, (3674-7330)
At Southern Christian: one season, (0-0)
Stadium:

 History 
Overall Record:   6-17   (26.0%)
Last 25 years:   6-17   (26.0%)  (Rank: 18 in the )
Since 2010:   6-17  (26.1%)  (Rank: 18 in the )
Last Playoff Appearance:   Never qualified
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   Never
Last Losing Season:   2022

 2022 
Class:  8 Man              Region:   0
Record:  3-6    (Team record for wins in a season)    (Team record for losses in a season)
Region Record:   0-3, ()
Playoff Record:   Did not qualify.
Final ASWA Poll:   Not Ranked
Scoring:  235 (26.1)    (Team record for points scored in a season)
Defense:  291 (32.3)    (Team record for points allowed in a season)


 2023 
Class: 8 Man              Region:   0
Strength of Schedule: 0-0 (56%) (8th in the , 4th in Class 8 Man)
Region Strength:  0-0 (52%)
Non-Region Strength:  0-0 (63%)




 2022 Results 
 8/19  vs. Lafayette Christian GA    11-16   L  
 8/26  @ Lighthouse Home School  (8 Man)  *  26-63   L  
 9/2  @ Stewart County GA    28-14   W  
 9/9   OPEN 
 9/16   OPEN 
 9/23  @ Springwood  (AISA-8 Man)   31-40   L  
 9/30  @ East Central HomeSchool  (8 Man)   18-33   L  
 10/7  vs. Evangel Christian Academy  (AISA-8 Man)   48-14   W  
 10/14  @ Evangel Christian Alabaster  (8 Man)  *  7-54   L  
 10/21  vs. Ezekiel Academy  (8 Man)  *  26-49   L  
 10/28  vs. Meadowview Christian  (AISA-8 Man)   40-8   W  
 11/4  @ Trinity Christian Homeschool  (8 Man)   68-29   W  


 2023 Schedule 
 8/18   OPEN 
 8/25  vs. Lighthouse Home School  (8 Man)  *      
 9/1   OPEN 
 9/8  vs. Trinity Christian Homeschool  (8 Man)       
 9/15  vs. East Central HomeSchool  (8 Man)  *      
 9/22  vs. Springwood  (AISA-8 Man)       
 9/29   OPEN 
 10/6  @ Evangel Christian Academy  (AISA-8 Man)       
 10/13  vs. Evangel Christian Alabaster  (8 Man)  *      
 10/20  @ Ezekiel Academy  (8 Man)  *      
 10/27   OPEN 



Class  8 Man Region  0
Team 2022 Record Region Scoring                            
Cornerstone Rainsville (8 Man) 3-4 2-4213-122
East Central HomeSchool (8 Man) 5-5 1-1433-404
Evangel Christian Alabaster (8 Man) 9-1 3-0509-122
Ezekiel Academy (8 Man) 6-5 1-2450-340
Freedom Academy (8 Man) 9-1 0-0325-167
Jacksonville Christian (8 Man) 8-2 5-1412-292
Lighthouse Home School (8 Man) 7-3 1-2395-366
New Life Christian (8 Man) 0-0 0-00-0
Oaks (8 Man) 0-0 0-00-0
Southern Christian (8 Man) 3-6 0-3235-291
Success Unlimited (8 Man) 1-7 0-684-309
Tabernacle (8 Man) 5-4 4-2386-256
Tuscaloosa Christian (8 Man) 5-4 3-3336-252


 2023 Preview 


       Southern Christian finished the 2022 season with a disappointing 3-6 record.

       No team at Southern Christian ever won more games in a season than the three victories last year. The 235 points scored by the Patriots last year were a team record in a single season. The defense allowed a team record 291 points last season.

       The Patriots would prefer to forget the past two seasons as they have finished with a 4-12 record.

       Southern Christian is a relatively new football program having fielded a team only three seasons. They have managed a record of 6-17 over the past three years.


His 3674 wins rank 1st among active coaches in the . Over the course of his career, Coach 's teams have qualified for the playoffs a total of times and won two region championships. Coach won eight state championships prior to arriving at Southern Christian, the last coming in 2012 at Faith Christian Roanoke.

      

       The Patriots open the 2023 season on the road against non-region opponent J.U. Blacksher on Friday, September 1 at John M. Sawyer Memorial Stadium. Last year the J.U. Blacksher Bulldogs finished with an overall record of 7-4 and in second place in Class 2A region one. The Bulldogs lost in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs to Wicksburg by a score of 34-7.

       This will be the first meeting between Southern Christian and J.U. Blacksher on the football field.

      

  


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