PRE- GAME LOOK AT THE ROGERS PIRATES

Alabama High School Football - Rogers topples Lauderdale County

(September 2, 2011: Florence, AL 35634) The Rogers Pirates (Florence, AL) football defeated the visitingLauderdale County Tigers (Rogersville, AL), 23-0 in Friday's league bout.

In their next game, the Pirates face the Elkmont Red Devils (Elkmont, AL) in a 3A Region 8 bout, on Friday, September 9. Rogers will attempt to advance on its 1-1 season record. The Red Devils enter the bout with a 2-0 record after their 31-6 league win over West Morgan (Trinity, AL).

The Tigers (1-1) will now prepare for their bout against West Morgan (Trinity, AL). The Rebels enter the 3A Region 8 bout with a 0-2 record. In their last bout, West Morgan lost by Elkmont (Elkmont, AL), 31-6, in a league bout.

School Schedule
Date Participants Req Site Location Game Name Results 08/25/2011 @ 07:00 pm Brooks High School (4A) Brooks High School L 20 32 09/02/2011 @ 07:00 pm Lauderdale County High School R Rogers High School W 23 0 09/09/2011 @ 07:00 pm Elkmont High School (3A) R Elkmont High School 09/17/2011 @ 07:00 pm West Morgan High School (3A) R Rogers High School 09/23/2011 @ 07:00 pm Lexington High School (2A) D Rogers High School 09/30/2011 @ 07:00 pm Colbert County High School (3A R Colbert County High School 10/07/2011 @ 07:00 pm Clements High School (3A) R Rogers High School 10/14/2011 @ 07:00 pm Sheffield High School (3A) R Sheffield High School 10/21/2011 @ 07:00 pm Danville High School (3A) R Rogers High School 10/28/2011 @ 07:00 pm Wilson High School (4A) Wilson High School

Team Roster
Jersey Num Name Position Grade Height Weight 1 Hank Thigpen RB 11 5'9" 165 2 Alex Harper WR 10 6'2" 174 3 Tyler Grigsby QB 12 6'2" 190 4 Judson Stephens WR 12 6'1" 170 5 Bradley Cox WR 9 5'10" 160 6 James Benefield WR 10 5'8" 155 8 James South WR 12 6'0" 178 9 Luke Mccain WR 11 6'0" 162 10 Holden Mitchell WR 11 6'0" 170 11 Skylar Moore WR 12 5'10" 160 12 Mickey Rogers WR 12 5'11" 160 15 Weston Black QB 9 5'11" 179 16 Zachery Richardson WR 9 5'9" 152 17 Roy Burks TE 11 6'1" 180 20 Colby Jones RB 12 5'9" 161 21 Alex Woodard RB 11 5'10" 165 23 Austin Kerr RB 11 6'0" 180 25 Dalton O'steen RB 9 5'9" 155 32 Chris Tucker RB 12 5'9" 170 33 John Young WR 11 5'11" 174 35 James Franks RB 10 5'9" 150 40 Raliegh Killen RB 11 5'10" 175 42 Jacob Duncan K 10 5'9" 170 44 Zane Taylor TE 12 6'0" 225 50 Nicholas Coots OL 10 5'9" 285 51 Houston Thornton OL 10 6'1" 240 52 Gentry Shaw OL 11 5'11" 180 53 Dustin Coker OL 11 5'10" 185 55 Garrett Grigsby OL 10 6'3" 240 56 Kurtis Aston OL 11 6'2" 265 57 Liam Black OL 11 6'1" 219 58 Kody Butler OL 11 5'10" 195 59 Cory Vandiver OL 10 5'10" 225 60 Dakota Hughes OL 11 5'11" 175 61 David Pounders OL 9 5'10" 225 62 Graham Herston OL 9 5'10" 235 63 David Gilliand OL 12 6'2" 300 66 Ande Whitten OL 11 5'10" 169 69 Cory Hutto OL 10 5'8" 160 70 James Wallace OL 11 6'0" 260 71 Damien Michael OL 10 5'11" 175 72 Briar Allen OL 12 6'0" 225 74 Joseph Harris OL 12 6'3" 280 79 Thomas Segers OL 10 5'10" 210 89 Dustin Blackburn TE 11 6'4" 240
Big offensive line

PREDICTIONS:


Dust Devil:  Dust Devil predicts that Elkmont will win 17-14.


Huntsville Times:  Rogers over Elkmont  21-20


Greg the Fan: Elkmont over Rogers

REGION 8:
Clements over Danville
Colbert County over Sheffield
Lauderdale County over West Morgan

freeman projections/ratings - calpreps:

Rogers (Florence, AL) at Elkmont (AL), 7:00pm [projection: Elkmont (AL) 20-17


OTHERS PREDICTIONS FOR 3A REGION 8 
Sheffield (AL) at Colbert County (Leighton, AL), 7:00pm [projection: Sheffield (AL) 21-17]
Clements (Athens, AL) at Danville (AL), 7:00pm [projection: Clements (Athens, AL) 28-14]
Rogers (Florence, AL) at Elkmont (AL), 7:00pm [projection: Elkmont (AL) 20-17]
West Morgan (Trinity, AL) at Lauderdale County (Rogersville, AL), 7:00am [projection: Lauderdale County (Rogersville, AL) 28-10]