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AHSAA Football Championships (new name for Super 7) schedule (to be played in Mobile this year): Tuesday, Dec 1: 10 am: A-AA Flag 1 pm: 1A-4A Flag 4 pm: 5A Flag 7 pm: 6A Flag Wed, Dec 2: 11 am: Class A 7 pm: Class AA Thurs, Dec 3: 11 am: Class 1A 7 pm: Class 4A Fri, Dec 4: 11 am: Class 2A 7 pm: Class 5A Sat, Dec 5: 11 am: Class 3A 7 pm: Class 6A

ICYMI - Florida added a new "open division" to their playoffs in multiple sports. What would Alabama's football playoffs have looked like last year with that system and is it a good or terrible idea? alpreps.substack.com/p/fhsaa-open-d…

Going through the office this summer and cleaning out some old stuff - found this ad in our 1975 program, thought it was incredible.

Pell City has been fined and placed on probation for violating AHSAA recruiting rules. As a result, any students found in violation will be permanently ineligible to participate in athletics at Pell City. In addition, head coach Jake Ganus is suspended from the 2026-27 school year and the school's football program will be ineligible for the postseason in 2026. They will play their 10-game schedule, but games will not count. Heath Harmon said that Pell City is required to appear before the Central Board of Control at its July 29, 2026, meeting to present a comprehensive administrative action plan and the internal controls that have been implemented.

Mary Montgomery hit hard for this upcoming season - the AHSAA just announced penalties for violating recruiting rules: - Fined - Placed on probation - Ineligible for the playoffs in 2026 - Head coach Zach Golson is suspended from coaching for the 2026-2027 school year Games played against Mary Montgomery in 6A Region 1 will not count in the region standings or any tiebreaker scenarios since they are ineligible for championship play. They will play their regular 10-game schedule. Also students who were involved in this violation (not zoned for MGM) are permanently ineligible to participate in athletics at Mary Montgomery, but can gain eligibility in the school district where they reside.

@RickMcBrideJr Specific region matchups haven’t been announced, that will likely come in the sports book this summer.

@ALPreps As to the Private A class, did the AHSAA address whether it will keep its traditional approach of splitting the south regions and the north regions into separate playoff brackets, such that the Private A championship game is a north/south matchup?

AHSAA approved the football playoff structure for the next couple of years: 1A-5A will stay the same (8 regions, top 4 make it) 6A will change like was previously announced (4 regions, top 6 make it so 24 teams of 32 total) Private A will have 4 regions with 4 teams making playoffs for a 16-team playoff. Private AA will have 2 regions with 4 teams making playoffs for an 8-team playoff. Specific dates on all of this (and region seeding for each) are to come.

A few proposals were passed, the biggest is Proposal 11. Everyone will know in Dragonfly rosters (the official rosters with the AHSAA) which kids are transfers. We’ll see how many T’s we see on rosters. Doesn’t mean anything is illegal, just notes that they are a transfer.

AHSAA making it officially official about the CHOOSE Act.

For clarification: Class A will be off Week 4 of the playoffs (when 7A used to be off) Class AA will be off Week 1 and 4 of the playoffs (so they won’t start until round 2 for everyone else) The top 8 teams in 6A (top 2 in each region) will be off the first round, then play straight through (no longer off week of Thanksgiving). Teams 3-6 in each region will have to play five rounds now to win a title.

Shot clock approved, everyone rejoice!

More news should come today in terms of how exactly football will work next season. Playoff format changes, Super 7/8/12/whatever schedule and more.

2026-28 Basketball Areas: 6A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 5A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 4A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 3A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 2A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 1A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… AA - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'…

AHSAA central board met today - we’ll have winter and spring areas here soon. They also announced April’s meeting will bring a vote on Alabama implementing a shot clock in basketball, as well as if there will be a mercy rule or not.

Biggest news with this is Douglas moving out of the region of doom and into 5A region 8.

@stacymc1256 No, that's why we kept north/south separate. Mobile will go to Montgomery like normal. Rankings like I used are all mathematical (wins, losses, strength of schedule, off/def efficiency, etc.). Whatever metrics you use - it's simple data that can be calculated overnight.

@ALPreps Area Tournaments finished on Wednesday. They played on Saturday who or what would make the seeding with such a quick turnaround? Would the seeding put a Mobile school go to the Northeast or Northwest Regional?

Do the basketball playoffs need fixing? Multiple top 10 teams in Class 6A were eliminated in round one because of ranked match-ups early. Could seeding fix things? alpreps.substack.com/p/fixing-the-b…

@RonaldHaygood In the post I just seeded the area qualifiers (so top 2 per area) and still split north/south. You could do it a number of ways.

@ALPreps How would the seeding scenario look? Suggestions?

Scottsboro City Schools says the AHSAA denied a request to fix data errors that would have impacted Scottsboro High School’s reclassification:

Is 24 teams in the 6A playoff really solving anything? If you're a coach in that classification - why wouldn't you vote for it? Some thoughts: alpreps.substack.com/p/24-teams-in-…