August 17, 2026

Year: 2017

AHSAA state-record 92-yard punt Jon Kilgo, first 300 bowler

AHSAA state-record 92-yard punt

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Jonathan Kilgo of Gadsden City is shown kicking an AHSAA state-record 92-yard punt in the Titans’ recent game with Park Crossing. He had two kicks for a 66.5 average in the game, also a state record. He also had 67-yarder in another game this season. For his career he has 60 punts for 2,484 yards and a 41.4-yard average and is 15-of-19 on field goals with a long of 46. Jon also rolled a perfect 300 game in the 2016 AHSAA state bowling championships, the only perfect game in AHSAA state tournament history. The 92-yard punt ties nationally as fifth beat all-time. Five others have accomplished that feat with Jack Rogers of Frankton (IN) kicking a 92-yarder in 2016. The national record is 99 yards, held by three kickers but first accomplished by Walter Williams of Mesa HS (Arizona) in 1925.
Thanks to Coach Renza Avery for providing the attached video.

Marengo HS Field Renamed Marengo field named for Woodrow Campbell

Marengo HS Field Renamed

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Renaming the field at Marengo High School to Woodrow “Bear” Campbell Stadium. Left to right: Tony Stallworth-AHSAA Chester Moore-Marengo County Board Member Calvin Martin-Marengo County Commissioner Luke Hallmark- Marengo County Superintendent Woodrow Campbell David Miller-Marengo High School principal George Green-Retired Marengo High School principal
AHSAA Associate Executive Director Tony Stallworth congratulates Coach Woodrow “Bear” Campbell Friday night following the ceremony that named Marengo High School’s football field in honor of the former Panthers head coach. Coach Campbell served as head coach at the school located at Dixons Mills for 29 years from 1976-2004 compiling a 170-130-1 record and leading Marengo to 13 state playoff appearances.
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Upcoming Events

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MONTGOMERY – Twenty-six football contests and eight volleyball matches are scheduled to be live-streamed over the NFHS Network tonight through next Wednesday by AHSAA member schools. That brings the total to more than 150 AHSAA contests live-streamed over the NFHS Network since the 2017-18 school year kicked off in late August.
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Huntsville Councilman Returns

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By Daniel Boyette, al.com Huntsville City Councilman Mark Russell will return to the scene of his recent heart attack Friday. Russell, who collapsed while refereeing a game at Madison Academy on Aug.25, will perform the coin toss for the Mustangs’ home contest against Madison County. Madison Academy will recognize Russell before the coin toss, which is set for approximately 6:55 p.m. at Bill Washington Stadium in Huntsville. The game kicks off at 7. Russell suffered a heart attack at the 10:22 mark of the second quarter during the Mustangs’ game against McCallie (Tenn.). Paulette Berryman, Madison Academy’s photographer and a cardiac care nurse at Huntsville Hospital, started chest compressions to revive Russell. He was treated for 20 minutes before being transferred to Huntsville Hospital. Russell received a stent to treat a blocked artery. He was released from the hospital the following Monday.
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Mortimer Jordan Wins

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MONTGOMERY – Mortimer Jordan High School outside hitter Makayla Pharris led the Blue Devils to five wins last week, including going 4-0 to capture the championship in the Jefferson County Volleyball Tournament. The 5-foot-11 senior had 14 kills and 14 blocks in the tourney to earn MVP honors on the way to grabbing the AHSAA Volleyball Spotlight for Week 6. The Class 5A Blue Devils (21-10) of Coach Kelsey Treadaway beat Curry earlier in the week, then reeled off victories over Pleasant Grove, Gardendale and Clay-Chalkville before beating Gardendale again in the tourney finals. Senior setter Kayla Dollar had 46 assists and eight aces, 5-11 junior Laci Reese contributed 17 kills, eight blocks and nine service aces and junior Emma Kate Dean registered 17 digs for Mortimer Jordan.
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Jesse Owens XC Invitational

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MONTGOMERY – Homewood High School junior Will Stone clocked 15:22.12 to win the Gold Division of the 19th annual Jesse Owens Cross Country Invitational at Oakville Indian Mounds Park near Moulton last weekend. The Jesse Owens meet is one of the most prestigious high school meets in the nation with 1,375 boys’ participants representing 158 teams competing this year. The girls’ division had 1,209 runners representing 138 schools. Schools competed in five different divisions (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Green and Red). More than 3,000 runners competed counting the middle school and junior varsity divisions.
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Jimmy Bryan Award

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Jacksonville State announced on Tuesday that Bill and Sandra Stone and Mark Jones have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Jimmy Bryan Award, which will be presented the Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet on Friday.
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Evan McPherson: Fort Payne

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MONTGOMERY – Fort Payne High School senior kicker Evan McPherson has certainly been putting his best foot forward this season. Friday night, McPherson had a punt and a field goal that came up one yard shy of the longest kicks of all time to grab the AHSAA Football Spotlight for Week 6.
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Helping Ben Abercrombie

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The Hoover community continues to find ways to support former Bucs athlete Ben Abercrombie, who remains hospitalized in Rhode Island after suffering a major neck injury in his college football debut for Harvard University last weekend.
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FHSAA: Hurricane Relief

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Posted September 19th, 2017 GAINESVILLE, Fla.(9/19/17) – In an effort to serve member schools impacted by Hurricane Irma, the FHSAA has launched a portal on its website to help schools connect with businesses, community members and others to aid in the replacement of equipment or other items that were destroyed or lost by the storm. The Association has been inundated with phone calls and emails across the country from schools and state associations looking to help member schools affected by the hurricane. In order to better organize the requests, the FHSAA created a portal located at https://www.fhsaa.org/hurricane-relief. “Hurricane Irma impacted our state and our membership in so many different ways. We wanted to provide a mechanism for those in need to connect directly with people and organizations who can assist,” said FHSAA Executive Director George Tomyn. “It is our hope that this portal will allow the FHSAA membership, residents of Florida, and anyone who wants to help, an opportunity to provide direct support.” The portal was designed to connect schools with groups or individuals that can assist and expedite the delivery of goods to the schools as quickly as possible. Schools affected by the storm are encouraged to visit https://www.fhsaa.org/hurricane-relief, click the “Add New Request” button, and list what items they are most in need of. In addition, those seeking to assist schools in Florida can also visit the portal and post along with a description of their available donation. All ads will be posted at FHSAA.org. For more updates on how you can help FHSAA schools devastated by Hurricane Irma, follow the Association on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat by searching for “FHSAA”.
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2017 Volleyball Rankings

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Six defending champions start at No. 1 in AL.com’s preseason volleyball rankings, including Class 3A Bayside Academy with its record streak of No. 1 appearances.

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