Girls Flag Football Roundup: Spanish Fort Edges Fairhope, Montgomery Catholic Tops Spain Park

MOBILE, Ala. — Spanish Fort’s girls flag football team kept its region record perfect this week with a 21-14 win over Fairhope, while Daphne and Alma Bryant also picked up victories in a busy stretch of high school flag football across coastal Alabama.

The Toros improved to 10-1 with Wednesday’s win, one of several notable results in a week that also saw Montgomery Catholic, the No. 2 team among small schools, beat large-school No. 2 Spain Park 40-13 on Thursday.

The week’s games were played ahead of Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall on the Gulf Coast on Friday. Here is a look at the results.

Mobile and Baldwin counties

Spanish Fort 21, Fairhope 14

Spanish Fort took down Eastern Shore rival Fairhope on Wednesday and stayed unbeaten in region play.

Quarterback K.C. Slaton threw for 136 yards and a touchdown and ran 11 times for 53 yards and another score. Maggie Polluck led the Toros with three catches for 84 yards and added 20 rushing yards. Nyla Gandy caught two passes for 20 yards and a touchdown, and Kylei Prescott ran six times for 60 yards and a score.

Fairhope quarterback Meera Ogletree completed 17 of 27 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Kaylee Shabel caught six passes for 69 yards and a touchdown and starred on defense with 11 flag pulls, a sack and an interception. Gracie Bell completed a 38-yard pass and caught five passes for 14 yards and a touchdown. Bell, Ogletree and Claire Byrd each intercepted a pass for the Pirates.

The win was another strong result for a Spanish Fort program that earlier this season beat McGill-Toolen and was named the area’s first Team of the Week of the fall.

Daphne 32, Davidson 0

Daphne scored 25 first-half points and rolled to a shutout of Davidson on Tuesday.

Quarterback Piper Crittenden completed 15 of 21 passes for 197 yards and four touchdowns. Allie Gregg caught three passes for 43 yards and a touchdown, Mariah Williams had two catches for 44 yards and a score, and Ziyah Perdue caught a 35-yard touchdown pass.

AR Smith caught two passes for 20 yards and a touchdown and returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown. Chloe Nix had four flag pulls on defense and two catches for 20 yards on offense.

Alma Bryant 42, Saraland 34

Alma Bryant won a back-and-forth game against Saraland by scoring 15 unanswered points in the second half.

Quarterback Reighan Bosarge completed 22 of 36 passes for 277 yards and two touchdowns, and Danaejah Foster ran for 138 yards and four touchdowns. Foster now has 911 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns this season, the best single-season rushing total in program history.

Raelyn Miller caught 10 passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns, and Brenleigh Imel added six catches for 50 yards. On defense, Ali Ngo had five flag pulls and an interception, and Grace Huddleston had five quarterback hurries and a sack.

Alma Bryant 24, Foley 0

The Hurricanes also shut out Foley this week. Foster ran 15 times for 186 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 12.4 yards per carry. Baylee Rone caught four passes for 47 yards, and Miller had three catches for 31 yards and two carries for 14 yards.

Huddleston was again disruptive with five quarterback hurries, two flag pulls, a tackle for loss and a sack. Addie Lewis added three flag pulls, a quarterback hurry and an interception, and Ngo and Kendra Doan had four flag pulls apiece.

Birmingham and central Alabama

Montgomery Catholic 40, Spain Park 13

In a matchup of No. 2-ranked teams from different divisions, small-school Montgomery Catholic powered past large-school Spain Park on Thursday.

Hayden Fitts did a bit of everything for the Knights. She ran 13 times for 90 yards and three touchdowns and completed 10 of 18 passes for 201 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Haley Ishman caught four passes for 97 yards, and Aria Martinez had a 55-yard touchdown catch.

Avery Sadler led the defense with eight flag pulls, and Sadler and Frances Rogers each intercepted a pass.

Hewitt-Trussville 35, McAdory 0

Hewitt-Trussville shut out McAdory in three quarters on Wednesday for its fourth straight win. Erin Coleman completed 8 of 13 passes for 120 yards and three touchdowns, ran four times for 21 yards and intercepted a pass. Taylor McLaughlin threw two touchdown passes.

Kaylee White caught three passes for 42 yards and two touchdowns and had three sacks, one for a safety. Emma Gilmer caught three passes for 83 yards and two scores, and Ava Standridge had an 11-yard touchdown catch and an interception.

Hewitt-Trussville 15, Thompson 6

Earlier in the week, the Huskies beat Thompson. Coleman threw for 88 yards, ran for 36 and caught two passes for 21 yards and a touchdown, and she added five flag pulls and an interception. McLaughlin threw for 75 yards and two scores. Gilmer had five catches for 62 yards and a team and season-high 14 flag pulls.

Gardendale 41, Minor 6

Gardendale scored 21 first-quarter points on Tuesday. Davonna Everette threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns and ran five times for 54 yards and four touchdowns. She has 580 yards of total offense and 14 touchdowns over her last three games.

Chloe Sanders caught two passes for 86 yards and two scores, and Caylie Vance had three catches for 58 yards. Tonic Gulley had six flag pulls, 2.5 sacks and four pressures. Kenley Crocker (five pulls) and London Lark (three pulls) each intercepted a pass.

Mortimer Jordan 32, Pelham 6

Raigan Lockridge intercepted two passes, caught five passes for 48 yards and ran for 67 yards and a touchdown. Asia Jones caught six passes for 50 yards and a touchdown, Ellie Pilgreen had a 6-yard touchdown catch, and Baya Roman threw for 94 yards and a touchdown and ran for 22 yards.

Pell City 7, Mountain Brook 0

Savannah McGraw ran six times for 62 yards and scored the game’s only touchdown as Pell City improved to 6-2. Jerri Carroll caught two passes for 19 yards, and Isla Alexander had five flag pulls and an interception.

Around the state

Montgomery Catholic 34, Glenwood 0

Montgomery Catholic also shut out Glenwood on Tuesday. Fitts completed 10 of 13 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown and ran once for 9 yards. Ishman, Martinez and Charley Frank also threw touchdown passes. Ishman caught six passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns, and Maggie McNeely had three catches for 20 yards and two scores. Addi Little had five flag pulls, and A’Nylia Senderson had two sacks.

Central-Phenix City 33, Smiths Station 12

Central-Phenix City rolled to another win over region foe Smiths Station. Smiths Station quarterback Brooke Norred threw for 140 yards and two touchdowns with three interceptions. Kennedi Treadwell caught three passes for 88 yards and a touchdown and added five flag pulls and an interception, and Reagan Thomas caught three passes for 38 yards and a score.

Prattville 20, Oak Mountain 13

Prattville won a back-and-forth game that was tied twice, scoring its final points on a long touchdown run and then keeping Oak Mountain out of the end zone in the red zone in the final minute. Oak Mountain’s Brooke Monosky completed 24 of 43 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns, and Rylie Redden caught 10 passes for 110 yards and two scores.

Elmore County 21, Billingsley 6

Elmore County held its opponent scoreless in the second half for the second straight week. Quarterback Mia Schuffert threw for 214 yards and a touchdown and ran three times for 20 yards. Maya Shuffert caught five passes for 107 yards and a touchdown and led the team with eight flag pulls, and Ja’Kayla Harris ran eight times for 28 yards, caught five passes for 92 yards and had an interception and two pass breakups.

About girls flag football in Alabama

Girls flag football is a sanctioned sport of the Alabama High School Athletic Association, and its growth has been one of the bigger stories in Alabama high school athletics in recent years. Teams compete in region play during the fall, with the top teams advancing to a postseason that ends with state championship games.

This season, the AHSAA will hold all four of its flag football championship games at the University of South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile during the first week of December, alongside the state’s eight football title games. For teams such as Spanish Fort, Daphne, Fairhope and Alma Bryant, a deep playoff run would end close to home.

The sport has also spread to new programs in the area. Mobile Christian, for example, launched its first flag football team this fall.