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The Alabama Sports Writers Association released high school football rankings Sept. 27 with first-place votes, win-loss record and total poll points received. One Butler County school ranked among the top 10 teams in the Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) and one received votes in their Alabama High School Athletic Association class.

Fort Dale Academy, currently 4-1, gained 52 points to rank at No. 8 among top 10 AISA teams. Georgiana School, 4-1 in the AHSAA Class 1, received eight points.

The Eagles’ head coach Eric Folmar said receiving recognition for the team’s heart work was an encouragement to players and coaching staff. At the end of the day, rankings don’t win games, but it is nice to see some recognition.”

“It absolutely is an encouragement,” Folmar said. “We first broke into the rankings a couple of weeks ago when we beat Autauga Academy. 

Other teams which placed in their class around the state are as follows. It’s great to see a little recognition of the hard work the guys have put in. In the AISA, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1 Glenwood 5-0, 228; No. 2 Lowndes Academy 5-0, 162; No. 3 Jackson Academy 6-0, 145; No. 4. Lee-Scott 4-1, 140; No. 5 Chambers Academy 5-1, 118; No. 6 Clarke Prep 5-1, 91; No. 7 Autauga Academy 4-1, 64; No. 8 Fort Dale Academy 4-1, 52; No. 9 Patrician 3-2, 44 and No. 10 Banks Academy 4-1, 30. Others receiving votes are Wilcox Academy 5-1, 8 and Crenshaw Christian 4-2, 1.

In Class 1A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1 Leroy 3-0, 228; NO. 2 Elba 4-0, 168; No. 3 Sweet Water 4-1, 125; No. 4. Millry 4-1, 114; No. 5. Loachapoka 5-0, 101; No. 6 Coosa Christian 4-1, 93; No. 7 Pickens Co. 4-1, 66; No. 8 Wadley 5-0, 62; No. 9. Lynn 3-1, 46 and No. 10 South Lamar 4-1, 28. Others receiving votes are Brantley 3-2, 18; Georgiana 4-1, 8; Shoals Christian 4-0, 8; Spring Garden 3-2, 8; Meek 3-2, 6; and Linden 4-1, 4.

In Class 2A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1. B.B. Comer 5-0, 207; No. 2. Highland Home 5-0, 169; No. 3. Pisgah 4-0, 148; No. 4. Fyffe 3-1, 145; No. 5 Reeltown 4-0, 118; No. 6. Luverne 5-0, 99; No. 7 Sulligent 5-0, 57; No. 8. St. Luke’s 5-0, 40; No. 9 Lamar Co. 5-0, 30 and No. 10. Vincent 4-1, 29. Others receiving votes are Cottonwood 4-0, 14; Tuscaloosa Academy 3-2, 13; Locust Fork 5-0, 7; Tanner 3-2, 4 and Hatton 4-0, 3.

In Class 3A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1. Mars Hill Bible 5-0, 217; No. 2 Mobile Christian 5-0, 164; No. 3 St. James 4-1, 131; No. 4. Madison Academy 4-0, 130; No. 5. Gordo 4-1, 109; No. 6. Sylvania 4-0, 98; No. 7. Houston Academy 4-0, 95; No. 8 Straughn 4-0, 51 No. 9. Thomasville 4-0, 37 and No. 10. Geraldine 4-1, 23. Others receiving votes Trinity 5-0, 17; Lauderdale Co. 5-0, 5; Randolph Co. 4-0, 4 and Ohatchee 4-1, 2.

In Class 4 A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1 Andalusia 5-0, 213; No. 2 Cherokee Co. 5-0, 165; No. 3 Catholic-Montgomery 5-0, 153; No 4 Jackson 4-0, 147; No. 5 West Morgan 5-0, 110; No. 6 Handley 4-1, 77; No. 7 Jacksonville 4-1, 74; No. 8. Bibb Co. 5-0, 70; No. 9 Oneonta 3-2, 20 and No. 10. Corner 4-0, 19. Others receiving votes are Oak Grove 4-0, 12; Bayside Academy 4-1, 9; Anniston 3-2, 4; BTW-Tuskegee 3-2, 2; Escambia Co. 4-1, 2; T.R. Miller 3-2, 2; Westminster-Huntsville 3-1, 2; American Christian 3-2, 1 and Montevallo 3-1, 1.

In Class 5A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1 Ramsay 4-1, 211; No. 2 Gulf Shores 5-0, 173; No. 3. Central-Clay Co. 4-0, 147; No. 4. Pleasant Grove 3-1, 127; No.5. Moody 4-1, 99; No. 6. Leeds 3-1, 78; No. 7 Vigor 5-0, 55; No. 8 Charles Henderson 2-2, 48; No. 9. Guntersville 4-0, 29 and No. 10 Faith-Mobile 3-2, 27. Others receiving votes are Russellville 5-0, 15; Demopolis 3-1, 14; John Carroll 5-0, 14; Scottsboro 4-0, 13; Fairview 5-0, 11; Carroll-Ozark 3-2, 8; Beauregard 3-2, 4; Valley 3-1, 3; Arab 4-1, 2; Citronelle 3-2, 2; UMS-Wright 2-3, 2 and Southside-Gadsden 4-1, 1.

In Class 6A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1 Saraland; 5-0, 225; No. 2 Clay-Chalkville 5-0, 172; No 3 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 5-0, 145; No. 4 Parker 5-0, 135; No. 5 Muscle Shoals 4-0, 115; No. 6 Hartselle 4-1, 86; No. 7 Mountain Brook 4-1, 76; No. 8 Oxford 5-0, 55; No. 9 Helena 5-0, 44 and No. 10 Theodore 3-2, 9. Others receiving votes are Carver-Montgomery 4-1, 8; St. Paul’s 3-1, 6; Spanish Fort 3-2,5; Briarwood 2-2, 1 and Mortimer Jordan 4-1, 1.

In Class 7A, teams which placed are (in order of placement, W-L, points) No. 1 Thompson, 4-0,  228; No. 2 Central-Phenix City, 5-0, 171; No. 3 Auburn, 4-1, 135; No. 4 Mary Montgomery, 5-0, 124; No. 5 Vestavia Hills, 4-1, 104; No. 6 Hewitt-Trussville, 4-1, 93; No. 7 Dothan, 4-1, 79; No. 8 Enterprise, 4-1, 63; No. 9 Baker, 5-0, 51 and No. 10 Sparkman, 5-0, 31. Others receiving votes are Foley 2-2, 2; James Clemens 4-1, 1 and Opelika 3-2, 1.