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2023 Team Previews 

  


Banks Academy Jets

Head Coach: Jermaine Watson (second season)
Career Record: 1 season, (6-5)
At Banks Academy: one season, (6-5)
Stadium:

 History 
Overall Record:   19-23   (45.0%)
Last 25 years:   19-23   (45.0%)  (Rank: 21 in the AISA)
Since 2010:   19-23  (45.2%)  (Rank: 19 in the AISA)
Last Playoff Appearance:   2022
Last Region Championship:   Never
Last Winning Season:   2022
Last Losing Season:   2020

 2022 
Class:  AA              Region:   2
Record:  6-5    (Team record for wins in a season)
Region Record:   2-2, (third)
Playoff Record:   First round loss to Edgewood Academy by a score of 14-7.
Final ASWA Poll:   10th
Scoring:  217 (19.7)
Defense:  229 (20.8)


 2023 
Class: AA              Region:   2
Strength of Schedule: 62-52 (54%) (7th in the AISA, 4th in Class AA)
Region Strength:  28-18 (61%)
Non-Region Strength:  34-34 (50%)



 2022 Results 
 8/19   OPEN 
 8/26  @ Bessemer Academy  (AAA)   21-9   W  
 9/2  @ Patrician Academy  (AA)  *  7-35   L  
 9/8  @ Escambia Academy  (AA)  *  23-13   W  
 9/16  @ Chambers Academy  (AA)   0-42   L  
 9/23  vs. Coosa Valley Academy  (A)   33-14   W  
 9/29  @ Edgewood Academy  (AA)   47-19   W  
 10/7  vs. Clarke Prep  (AA)  *  14-34   L  
 10/14  vs. Jackson Academy  (A)   6-22   L  
 10/21  vs. Pickens Academy  (AA)  *  34-6   W  
 10/28  @ Valiant Cross Academy  (AAA)   25-21   W  
 Playoffs 
 11/4  @ Edgewood Academy    7-14   L  

 2023 Schedule 
 8/18   OPEN 
 8/25  vs. Bessemer Academy  (AAA)       
 9/1  vs. Patrician Academy  (AA)  *      
 9/8  vs. Escambia Academy  (AA)  *      
 9/15  vs. Chambers Academy  (AA)       
 9/22  @ Coosa Valley Academy  (A)       
 9/28  vs. Edgewood Academy  (AA)       
 10/6  @ Clarke Prep  (AA)  *      
 10/12  @ Jackson Academy  (A)       
 10/20  @ Pickens Academy  (AA)  *      
 10/26  vs. Valiant Cross Academy  (AAA)       
 11/3  vs. Macon-East Academy        
 11/9  vs. Clarke Prep        
 11/16   Chambers Academy        


Class  AA Region  2
Team 2022 Record Region Scoring                            
Patrician Academy (AISA-AA) 13-0 4-0596-164
Clarke Prep (AISA-AA) 9-4 3-1373-308
Banks Academy (AISA-AA) 6-5 2-2217-229
Escambia Academy (AISA-AA) 4-6 1-3227-337
Pickens Academy (AISA-AA) 2-8 0-4154-300

 2023 Preview 


       Banks Academy completed the 2022 season with a 6-5 record. With their 2-2 region record and a third place finish in Class AA region two, the Jets earned a spot in the playoffs in 2022. Banks Academy's season came to an end in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Edgewood Academy by a score of 14-7.

       No team at Banks Academy ever won more games in a season than the six victories last year.

      

       Banks Academy is a relatively new football program having fielded a team only four seasons. They have managed a record of 19-23 over the past four years.




       The Jets are led by head coach Jermaine Watson who is entering his second season at the helm. His team finished with a 6-5 record in his first season at Banks Academy. Under his direction the Jets have qualified for the playoffs once. They have not won a region crown with Coach Watson.

      

       The Jets open the 2023 season at home against non-region opponent Bessemer Academy on Friday, August 25. Last year the Bessemer Academy Rebels finished with an overall record of 2-8 and in eighth place in Class AAA region one. The Rebels ended last season on a positive note with a win over Cornerstone Christian by a score of 34-8 after failing to gain a playoff spot.

       Banks Academy and Bessemer Academy have met a total of 2 times on the football field. The Jets have a 2-0-0 record against the Rebels. They last met in 2022 with Banks Academy winning by a score of 21-9.

       Banks Academy lost AISA All-State  running back Joshua Bonner to graduation. He was named to the first team last season. Also graduating was teammate defensive lineman Demarian Daniels.

  


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