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Briarwood Football Team History


Briarwood Lions
Briarwood Christian School

6255 Cahaba Valley Rd. Birmingham, AL 35242
Stadium: Lions Pride Stadium
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Fred Yancey
Region: 5A-R5
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1973  <-- 2016 <- 2017 -> 2018 --> 2024

2017 Season Highlights
 Fred Yancey enters his 28th season as Head Coach at Briarwood.
 The Lions won the Class 5A Region 5 Championship.
 
2017 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Aug. 25  OPEN 
 Fri., Sep. 1  vs. Chelsea    19   7   W       
 Fri., Sep. 8  @ Moody   *  35   14   W       
 Fri., Sep. 15  vs. Wenonah   *  34   0   W       
 Fri., Sep. 22  @ Fairfield   *  23   6   W       
 Fri., Sep. 29  vs. Mortimer Jordan    25   17   W       
 Fri., Oct. 6  vs. St. Clair County   *  31   6   W       
 Fri., Oct. 13  @ Woodlawn   *  49   14   W       
 Fri., Oct. 20  vs. Shelby County   *  39   14   W       
 Fri., Oct. 27  @ Pleasant Grove   *  21   14   W       
 Fri., Nov. 3  vs. Madison Academy    27   3   W       
 Playoffs 
 Thu., Nov. 9  vs. Crossville    62   0   W       1st Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 17  @ Lee Huntsville    35   14   W       2nd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Nov. 24  vs. Etowah    31   0   W       3rd Round Playoffs 
 Fri., Dec. 1  vs. St. Clair County    37   33   W       Semi-finals Playoffs 
 Thu., Dec. 7   St. Pauls    14   17   L    Auburn   Championship Game 
 
2017 Season Totals
  Record14-1
  Points Scored482
  Scoring Average32.1
  Points Allowed159
  Defense Average10.6
  Opponents Record101-74
  Region Record7-0
  Home Record9-0
  Away Record5-0
2017 Class 5A Rankings
 Date   Week   Rank   Record   Votes   Source 
8/8/2017PS 2(12-2)270 ASWA
8/29/20171 2(0-0)256 ASWA
9/5/20172 1(1-0)267 ASWA
9/12/20173 1(2-0)335 ASWA
9/19/20174 1(3-0)350 ASWA
9/26/20175 1(4-0)357 ASWA
10/3/20176 1(5-0)327 ASWA
10/10/20177 1(6-0)321 ASWA
10/17/20178 1(7-0)348 ASWA
10/24/20179 1(8-0)336 ASWA
10/31/201710 1(9-0)360 ASWA
11/7/2017Final 1(10-0)312 ASWA
  
2017 Class 5A Region 5 Standings
  Regular Season   Playoffs   Region/Area Record 
 Team  W/L/T  PF   PA  W/L/T PF   PA  W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Briarwood 14-14821594-1179647-023268  Fred Yancey
Wenonah 10-23511502-187556-121376  Ronald Cheatham
St. Clair County 10-44143103-11361055-2180126  Matt Glover
Pleasant Grove 5-62612050-112154-3188115  Jim Elgin
Moody 4-61472022-583164  Jay Brown
Fairfield 3-71682932-5126151  Keon Handley
Shelby County 3-72103321-6114281  Heath Childers
Woodlawn 1-91144031-6106261  George Bates

2017 Player Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 No Briarwood Players on File.

2017 All State Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Cade DickinsonDB Jr. 5-10175 1st  ASWA
 Carson DonnellyDB Sr. 6-0180 2nd  ASWA
 Carson EddyWR Sr. 5-9160 2nd  ASWA
 Gabriel RussellLB Sr. 5-11185 1st  ASWA
 Garrett BellOL Sr. 6-4250 1st  ASWA
 J.R. Tran-RenoATH Sr. 6-2195 1st  ASWA
 Michael HiersQB Sr. HM  ASWA



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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.