Briana Jones

Aug 15, 2024 | wtvy.com | Briana Jones

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The College Football Playoff selection committee will no longer use conference championships as one of its tiebreakers because the new 12-team format. It guarantees bids for the five highest-ranked conference winners, as reported by ESPN. The change in protocol, which was approved by the FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, was implemented at this week’s annual meeting of selection committee members.

Aug 14, 2024 | wtvy.com | Briana Jones |Ty Storey

GOSHEN, Ala. (WTVY) - Head coach Don Moore seems like he has the Goshen Eagles heading in the right direction on the gridiron. Since Moore took the reins, a team that in 2020 went winless for the first time in nearly five decades grew from just one win and being outscored 35-414 the following season to then being a 6-4 program and outscoring their opponents 411-280 in 2022.

Aug 14, 2024 | wtvy.com | Briana Jones |Ty Storey

TROY, Ala. (WTVY) - If there’s one piece of advice we can give heading into the 2024 season, it’s that you shouldn’t sleep on Pike Lib. The Pike Liberal Arts Patriots are entering their third year in the AHSAA, moving to the association back in 2022 after being a member of the AISA since its inception in 1970. During that span of years in the AISA, Pike Lib secured four state titles in total, including back-to-back crowns in the years before their move to the AHSAA in 2020 and 2021.

Aug 14, 2024 | wtvy.com | Briana Jones |Ty Storey

BLAKELY, Ga. (WTVY) - The Early County Bobcats have been used to some talented guys pushing the team forward the last couple years. Over the last two seasons, the Bobcats have won 17 games and lost 9, finishing undefeated in region play in that timespan and earning state quarterfinal finishes. Last season, in their first year under head coach Frank Killingsworth, Early County ended with an 8-5 record, getting off to a 6-1 start before a three-game skid to end the regular season.

Aug 14, 2024 | wtvy.com | Briana Jones |Ty Storey

DONALSONVILLE, Ga. (WTVY) - Last season saw a bit of an uptrend for the Seminole County Indians on the football field. 2023 saw the Indians go 7-5, marking the first time since 2013 that the program finished with a record over .500. They would make it to the second round of the playoffs before falling 35-6 to Clinch County.