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Escambia Academy Falls Short Of AISA Title 23-6 To Autauga Academy
November 23, 2019
Escambia Academy’s fell short of an AISA Class AA championship with a 23-6 loss to Autauga Academy Friday.
It was the fourth straight meeting between the two teams for the state championship, and the third win for the Autauga Generals.
The Autauga Generals took a 7-0 lead before the EA Cougars answered. Sophomore quarterback Landon Sims threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to senior Ty Williams to bring the Cougars within one, 7-6 at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Troy University.
But the third quarter saw Autauga with two touchdowns in just 32 seconds, the second coming after a Cougar fumble.
“Defensively, we played probably about as good as we could play,” EA head coach Hugh Fountain said. “We had a few plays there at the end that gave them the points. But defensively I though we played really well.”
We just never could get into a grove on offense. We had so many penalties,” Fountain said of his Cougars, which were well north of 100 yards in total penalties. “It just kept killing any kind of a grove we could have to get into and move the football. I think really that’s what came back to hurt us.”
Escambia Academy’s season ended at 9-4 in the state runner-up spot.
The Cougars beat Autauga back in 2017 to win the state AA football championship, and EA also holds the AAA state football championship title from 2014.
Photos by Andrew Garner/Atmore Advance for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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Proud of you honorable young men for going so far. You make Canoe and the surrounding rural areas proud (as does Flomaton-GO CANES)…win or lose, you boys are the best of the best!