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Ariton Purple Cats
Ariton High School

P.O. Box 750 Ariton, AL 36311
Stadium: Robert F. Zumstien Stadium
Colors: Purple & Gold
Coach: Steven Kilcrease
Region: 2A-R2
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Overall Record Progress      99.2% Complete
   
  
Team History on AHSFHS.org
Coach Steven Kilcrease    
Coach Doug Vickery Jr.    
Coach Dick Chastain    
Coach Julius Head    
 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1928  (#1)
  1969 - First 10-0 regular season.
  1969 - First playoff appearance.
  1978 - First region championship.
  1981 - First playoff win.
  1981 - First 12 win season.
 
Championships
State Playoff Championships
None
State Mythical Championships
None
Region Championships
  1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998
2017, 2019, 2022
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 366-284-1
 Winning Pct. 56%
 State Playoff Titles 0
 State Mythical Titles 0
 Region/Area Titles 0
 Region/Area Record 154-90
 All State Players (#3)62
 NFL Players (#4)0
 Weeks Ranked #1 14
 Home Record 191-121-0
 Away Record 168-146-0
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 65
 Winning Seasons (#2) 38
 Losing Seasons (#2)22
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (1983)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (2014)
 10 Win Seasons 14
 Most Points Scored in a Game 67 (9/30/2005)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 497 (2022)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 78 ()
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 411 (2014)
 Largest Margin of Victory 62 (10/3/2008)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 78 ()
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 103 (9/6/2019)
 Last Shutout 9/22/2023
 Last Time Shutout 10/5/2018
 Shutouts All-Time 102
 Been Shutout All-Time 85
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 12 (8/26/1983-11/18/1983)
 Longest Losing 9 (8/30/2013-10/24/2013)
 
Playoff Records
 Overall Record 24-35
 Appearances 35
 1st Round 16-18
 2nd Round 8-9
 3rd Round 0-6
 Semi-Finals 0-2
 Finals 0-0
 
By the Decade
 2010-13  52-58
 2000-09  60-50
 1990-99 70-44
 1980-89 79-34
 1970-79 50-50
 1960-69 19-16
 1950-59 0-0
 
Enrollment History
 Year  Students  (Rank) 
 2014-15 166 (310)
 2012-13 156 (318)
 2010-11 150 (322)
 2008-09 138 (328)
 2006-07 118 (345)
 2004-05 123 (339)
 2002-03 107 (351)
 2000-01 114 (346)
 1998-99 135 (312)
 1996-97 118 (329)
 1994-95 112 (337)
 1992-93 94 (364)
 1990-91 117 (337)
 1988-89 103 (359)
 1986-87 115 (357)
 1984-85 115 (361)
  
Next Game
 8/30/2024 (Fri)
@ Georgiana
in a Non-Region Game.
Last Time: Ariton lost 29-38 in 2013.
All-Time:
  vs. Georgiana 1-3-0 25.0% 
 
2024 Season
 8/23   OPEN 
 8/30  @ Georgiana            
 9/6  vs. Houston County   *          
 9/13  @ Abbeville   *          
 9/20  vs. G.W. Long   *          
 9/27  vs. Dale County            
 10/4  @ Providence Christian   *          
 10/11  @ Cottonwood   *          
 10/18  @ Samson   *          
 10/25  vs. Geneva County   *          
 11/1  @ Brantley            
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring0-0
  Region Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
 Region 2 Standings
  Abbeville 0-00-0
  Ariton 0-00-0
  Cottonwood 0-00-0
  G.W. Long 0-00-0
  Geneva County 0-00-0
  Houston County 0-00-0
  Providence Christian 0-00-0
  Samson 0-00-0
 
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Longest Running Rivalry
 Ariton & G.W. Long have played 57 games.
Ariton has won 30 games.
G.W. Long has won 27 games.
with 0 tie games.
 
Record Against Ranked Teams (since 1984)
 Total 18-52
 Regular Season 15-36
 Playoffs 3-16
 Lower Class 0-1
 Same Class 12-43
 Higher Class 6-8
 1A 4-24
 2A 12-26
 3A 2-1
 4A 0-1
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 4-53
 10 or more 139-70
 20 or more  135-41
 30 or more 109-9
 40 or more 63-1
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 60-1
 10 or more 83-122
 20 or more 46-110
 30 or more 11-79
 40 or more 5-45
 
Border Wars
 vs. Florida 1 - 0 - 0
 
Purple Cats Sports Apparel
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NOTES:
(1) If 'First Year' is unknown we assume a year based upon research.
(2) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 5 games.
(3) All State players counted for the all state teams we have in our database. We must have an entire team for the appropriate classification to make additions to the teams. Only ASWA teams are recognized after 1982.
(4) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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