Alabama High School Athletic Association

The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) was founded in 1921, is a private agency organized by its member schools to control and promote their athletic programs. Based in Montgomery. Major aims of the AHSAA are to serve the needs of its member schools in conducting their interscholastic athletic programs and to assist member schools in reaching the educational objectives as established by their school systems.

The AHSAA, providing a vehicle which member schools may write their own rules and regulations, determines that schools are abiding by those standards in such areas as student eligibility, contests and championship programs.

Another basic function of the AHSAA is the registration, training and regulation of officials. Only officials registered with the Association are used for contests involving member schools.

Legislative body

The rules-making body of the AHSAA is the Legislative Council, composed of eight district boards made up of four members each elected by member schools in each district. The 32-member Council has the authority to make changes in the Constitution and By-Laws.

The executive board with the final authority in AHSAA matters is the Central Board of Control, consisting of one member of each district board, one board member from each of the four bi-districts, and one representative from the State Department of Education.

The operation of the AHSAA is the responsibility of Dan Washburn and his staff. Washburn became only the third full-time executive director January 1, 1991, after the retirement of Herman L. (Bubba) Scott, who had served since 1966. The late Cliff Harper became the first AHSAA head in 1948, with the establishment of a State Office in Montgomery. Prior to that, Sellers Stough of Birmingham had served as director on a part-time basis.

History and mission statement

The purpose of the AHSAA is to regulate, coordinate and promote the interscholastic athletic programs among its member schools, which include public, private and parochial institutions. Currently, there are 401 senior high members and 287 junior high and middle school members with more than 75,000 students participating in the program.

The AHSAA joined the National Federation of State High School Associations in 1924. The National Federation, both a service and regulatory organization controlling interstate athletic events, helps the 50 state association members secure the benefits of cooperative action through the pooling and coordinating of ideals of all who are engaged in the administration of high school athletes.

The AHSAA merged with the Alabama Interscholastic Athletic Association in 1968, forming one high school athletic association for the State of Alabama in accordance with a court order relating to athletics.

The AHSAA sponsors state championships programs in 11 boys and 11 girls sports.

State champions

Football

Playoff champions (1966 - present)

Year	6A	5A	4A	3A	2A	1A
2006			Guntersville		Leroy
2005	Hoover	Homewood	UMS-Wright	Pike County	Clay County	Addison
2004	Hoover	Homewood	Demopolis	Oneonta	Leroy	Sweet Water
2003	Hoover	Briarwood	Trinity	Pike County	Randolph County	Parrish
2002	Hoover	Homewood	UMS-Wright	T. R. Miller	Southern Choctaw	Clay County
2001	Daphne	Benjamin Russell	UMS-Wright	Hokes Bluff	Gordo	Reeltown
2000	Hoover	Homewood	T. R. Miller	Aliceville	Clay County	Hazlewood
1999	Clay-Chalkville	Etowah	Deshler	Briarwood Christian	Southern Choctaw	Courtland.
1998	Vestavia Hills	Blount	Deshler	Briarwood Christian	Southern Choctaw	Brantley
1997	Tuscaloosa County	Blount	Alexandria	Aliceville	Luverne	Billingsley
1996	Jeff Davis	Blount	Fayette County	Colbert County	Clay County	Maplesville
1995	Central-Tuscaloosa	Homewood	Alexandria	Cordova;	Clay County	Courtland
1994	Anniston	Greenville	T.R. Miller	Colbert County	Clay County	Carrollton
1993	Central-Phenix City	Oxford	North Jackson	Colbert County	St. Clair County	Brantley
1992	Robert E. Lee	Blount	Daleville	Elba	Hazlewood	Billingsley
1991	Robert E. Lee	Gadsden	T.R. Miller	Luverne	Hazlewood	McKenzie
1990	Jess Lanier	Blount	Deshler	Dallas County	Hazlewood	Courtland
1989	Anniston	Oxford	Pike County	Elba	Hazlewood	Courtland
1988	Vigor	Oxford	Pike County	Thomasville	Hazlewood	Courtland
1987	Vigor	Greenville	Elmore County	UMS Prep	Reeltown	Montgomery Academy
1986	Robert E. Lee	Gadsden	Litchfield	Crossville	Cottonwood	Sweet Water
1985	Northview	Colbert County;	Alexandria	Gordo	Hazelwood	Sand Rock
1984	Prattville	Emma Sansom	T. R. Miller	Lamar County	Millport	Valley Head
1983		Hazel Green	Murphy	Escambia County	Oak Grove	Millport
1982		Hazel Green	Enterprise & Berry †	Thompson	Hazlewood	Sweet Water
1981		Hazel Green	Northview	Eufaula	Dadeville	Hazlewood
1980-	Hazel Green		Vestavia Hills	Henderson	Gordo	Akron
1979			Enterprise	Jackson & Colbert County†	Stevenson	Sweet Water
1978	Hazel Green		Jefferson Davis	Eufaula	Elmore County	Sweet Water
1977	Hazel Green		W. A. Berry	Andalusia	Stevenson	Ohatchee
1976	Hazel Green		Mountain Brook	Andalusia & Athens†	Elmore County	Addison
1975	Hazel Green		Mountain Brook	Athens	Hazlewood	Ranburne
1974	Hazel Green		Homewood	Escambia County	Lauderdale County	Carrollton
1973	Hazel Green		Banks	John Carroll	Glencoe	Marion County
1972	Hazel Green		Banks	Colbert Co.	Oneonta	Marion County
1971	Hazel Green		Decatur	Tarrant	Abbeville & Oneonta†	Marion County
1970	Hazel Green		Robert E. Lee	Valley	Addison	Hazlewood
Hazel Green |		Robert E. Lee	Sylacauga	T. R. Miller	Excel
1968	Dickville		Sidney Lanier	Russellville	Gordo	Lowndes Academy
1967		bosomttown	Sidney Lanier	Russellville	Lamar County	Marengo County
1966		Dickville	Sidney Lanier

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Co-Champions

Mythical champions (1920 - 1965)

Before the playoffs began in 1966, mythical state champions were selected by The National Sports News Service.

Year	School	Record	Co-Champs
1965	Banks	(10-0-0)
1964	Tarrant	(10-0-0)
1963	Talladega	(10-0-0)
1962	Cullman	(10-0-0)
1961	Sidney Lanier	(9-1-0)
1960	Robert E. Lee	(9-0-1)
1959	Robert E. Lee	(9-1-0)
1958	Robert E. Lee	(10-0-0)
1957	Walker County	(10-0-0)
1956	Woodlawn	(10-0-0)
1955	Woodlawn	(10-0-0)
1954	Bessemer	(10-0-0)
1953	West End(Birmingham)& Ensley	(9-1-0);(9-1-0)	co-champions
1952	Bessemer	(10-0-0)
1951	Bessemer	(8-0-1)
1950	Etowah County	(10-0-0)
1949	Tuscaloosa & Decatur	(9-0-0);(9-0-0)	co-champions
1948	Aliceville	(9-0-0)
1947	Ramsay	(9-0-0)
1946	Ensley	(9-0-0)
1945	Ensley	(9-0-0)
1944	Gadsden	(9-0-0)
1943	Woodlawn	(9-0-0)
1942	Woodlawn	(9-0-0)
1941	Woodlawn	(9-0-0)
1940	Bessemer	(9-0-0)
1939	Sidney Lanier	(9-0-0)
1938	Ensley	(8-1-0)
1937	-Woodlawn	(7-1-0)
1936	Tuscaloosa	(8-1-0)
1935	Athens	(9-0-0)
1934	Ramsay	(9-0-0)
1933	Decatur	(9-0-0)
1932	Decatur	(10-0-0)
1931	Tuscaloosa	(9-0-2)
1930	Walker County	(11-0-0)
1929	Tuscaloosa	(9-0-0)
1928	Tuscaloosa & Sidney Lanier	(9-0-0);(11-0-0)	co-champions
1927	Tuscaloosa	(9-0-0)
1926	Tuscaloosa	(9-0-0)
1925	Tuscaloosa	(8-0-1)
1924	Butler	(9-0-0)
1923	Undecided
1922	Sidney Lanier	(10-0-0)
1921	Tuscaloosa	(9-0-0)
1920	Sidney Lanier	(7-0-1)

Basketball

Girls

Year	6A	5A	4A	3A	2A	1A
2006	Jeff Davis	Ramsay	Deshler	Lauderdale Co.	Samson	McIntosh
2005	Sidney Lanier	Ramsay	Deshler	Pisgah	Mars Hill	Spring Garden
2004	Wenonah	Ramsay	Deshler	Abbeville	Hatton	Spring Garden
2003	Sparkman	Athens	Deshler	Lauderdale County	Pisgah	Notasulga
2002	Sparkman	Athens	T. R. Miller	Lauderdale County	Hatton	Belgreen
2001	Hoover	Boaz	Andalusia	Hanceville	Red Bay	Notasulga
2000	Decatur	Buckhorn	Lawrence County	R. C. Hatch	Fyffe	Autaugaville
1999	Butler	Athens	Lawrence County	Montgomery Academy	Cold Springs	Sunshine
1998	Butler	Sylacauga	Cherokee County	Lauderdale County	Hazlewood	Loachapoka
1997	Butler	Eufaula	Lawrence County	Pisgah	Fyffe	Carrollton
1996	Central-Tuscaloosa	Eufaula	T. R. Miller	Sulligent	Fyffe	Mars Hill Bible
1995	Decatur	Hazel Green	T.R. Miller	St. Paul’s	Fyffe	Maplesville
1994	LeFlore	Eufaula	Buckhorn	Central-Florence	Fyffe	Carrollton
1993	Carver-Montgomery	Wenonah	Cherokee County	Red Bay	Lauderdale County	Carrollton
1992	Decatur	Sylacauga	Cherokee County	Lauderdale County	Fyffe	New Site
1991	Decatur	Pell City	Clarke County	Lauderdale County	Ranburne	Mars Hill Bible
1990	Decatur	Hamilton	Clarke County	Keith	Mars Hill Bible	Waterloo
1989	Vigor	Williamson	Wilson	DAR	Mars Hill Bible	Hubbertville
1988	McGill-Toolen	Pell City	Buckhorn	Sulligent	Gaston	Mars Hill
1987	Vestavia Hills	Monroe County	Livingston	Lauderdale Co.	Red Bay	Spring Garden
1986	Williamson	Wenonah	New Hope	Tanner	Fyffe	Phillips
1985	Johnson	Hartselle	Deshler	Ider	Courtland	Phillips
1984			Central-Tuscaloosa	Hartselle	Winfield	Courtland
1983			J.O. Johnson	Keith	Tanner	Akron
1982			Central-Tuscaloosa	Haleyville	Pisgah	Vina
1981			McGill-Toolen	Valley	Pisgah	Vina
1980			McGill-Toolen	Eufaula	Red Bay	Hubbertville
1979			J.O.Johnson	Winfield	Red Bay	Mars Hill Bible
1978			Jefferson Davis	Sumter County	Winfield	J.T. Wright

Boys

Year	6A	5A	4A	3A	2A	1A	Junior High	2A Junior High
2006	Jeff Davis	Ramsay	Hillcrest-Evergreen	Madison Academy	R. C. Hatch	*St. Jude
2005	Auburn	Butler	Greene County	Sumter County	Calera	J. F. Shields
2004	John Carroll	Butler	Central-Coosa	Sumter County	R. C. Hatch	J. F. Shields
2003	John Carroll	Wilcox Central	Livingston	Calhoun	R. C. Hatch	Section
2002	LeFlore	Anniston	Central-Hayneville	LaFayette	Holy Family	Pleasant Home
2001	Sidney Lanier	Blount	Central-Coosa	Calhoun	Barbour County	Pleasant Home
2000	Woodlawn	Wilcox Central	Central-Coosa	Francis Marion	Catholic-Montgomery	Courtland
1999	Grissom	Eufaula	Sumter County	Trinity	Catholic-Montgomery	Madison Academy
1998	Minor	John Carroll	Sumter County	UMS-Wright	Keith	St. Jude
1997	West End	B. C. Rain	Alexandria	Colbert County	Calera	Loachapoka
1996	West End	Andalusia	Abbeville	Holtville	Lineville	Calera
1995	Jeff Davis	Buckhorn	Central-Coosa	R.C. Hatch	Brantley	Autaugaville
1994	Selma	Hartselle	Sumter County	R.C. Hatch	J.F. Shields	Brantley
1993	Austin	Wenonah	Alexandria	Francis Marion	Warrior	Brantley
1992	Vestavia Hills	Emma Sansom	Alexandria	South Lamar	Clay County	Notasulga
1991	Central-Tuscaloosa	Tuskegee	Buckhorn	Francis Marion	Clay County	Houston Academy
1990	Central-Tuscaloosa	Woodlawn	Wenonah	Limestone	Francis Marion	Autaugaville
1989	LeFlore	Bibb County	Clarke County	LaFayette	Francis Marion	Loachapoka
1988	Grissom	Sylacauga	Sumter County	Clayton	Francis Marion	Loachapoka
1987	Johnson	Hayes	Livingston	R. C. Hatch	Holy Family	Notasulga
1986	LeFlore	Eufaula	LaFayette	Tanner;	Hazlewood	Holy Family
1985-	Tuskegee	Southside-Selma	Wilcox County	R. C. Hatch	St. Jude	Calhoun
1984			Carver-Montgomery;	Midfield;Headland; Talladega County Training School;	3A-4A Junior High-J. O. Johnson;	1A-2A Junior High-DAR
1983			4A-Carver-Montgomery;	3A-Gadsden;	2A-Russell;	1A-Loachapoka;	3A-4A Junior High-South Girard;	A- 2A Junior High-Clayton
1982			Hayes	Russellville	Autaugaville	Holy Family	Junior High-Coffee
1981			4A-Hayes;	3A-Colbert County;	2A-New Brockton;	A-Kinston;	Junior High-McIntyre
1980			Coffee;	Wetumpka	Talladega County	Alabama Lutheran;	Junior High-Westlawn
1979			Birmingham	Wetumpka	East Limestone	Rebecca Comer	Junior High-Hayes
1978			Carver-Birmingham;	Eufaula	R. C. Hatch;	Westside	Junior High-McIntyre
1977			Selma	Thompson	St. Jude	Holy Family	Junior High-Wenonah
1976			Bradshaw	Thompson	Colbert Heights	Athens Bible	Junior High-Carver (Dothan)
1975			Parker;	Guntersville	Montevallo	Collinsville	Junior High-Carver (Dothan)
1974			Hayes	Glenn	Montevallo	East Perry	Junior High-Cloverdale (Montgomery)
1973			Austin	Glenn	St. Jude	Holy Family	Junior High-Hayes
1972			West End	Colbert County	J. F. Shields	Bibb Graves	Junior High-General Forest
1971			Parker	Morgan County	Abbeville	Wilcox County Training
1970			Decatur	Bibb County	East Highland	Bibb Graves
1969			Parker	Austin	Section	R. R. Moton (Tallassee)
1968			Lee-Huntsville	B. B. Comer	Kinston	New Brockton
1967			Sidney Lanier	Scottsboro	Hazel Green	Clements
1966			Butler	Pisgah	Kinston	Pleasant
1965			Sidney Lanier	Fayette	Priceville	DAR
1964			Tuscaloosa	Pisgah	Hatton

Year	AA	A
1963	Sidney Lanier	Danville
1962	Sidney Lanier	Danville
1961	Tuscaloosa	Priceville
1960	Tuscaloosa County	Buckhorn
1959	Pisgah	Austinville
1958	Fayette	Austinville
1957	Woodlawn	Austinville
1956	Murphy	West Limestone
1955	Tuscaloosa	Priceville
1954	Dothan	Corner
1953	Eufaula	Austinville
1952	Winfield	T.R. Miller
1951	Coffee	Priceville
1950	Ensley	Union Hill
1949	Sidney Lanier	Corner
1948	Etowah	Hubbertville
1947		Phil Campbell
1946		A. G. Parrish
1945		A. G. Parrish
1944		Jackson County (Scottsboro)
1943		Woodlawn
1942		Chilton County
1941		Chilton County
1940		Marion County
1939		Chilton County
1938		Jackson County (Scottsboro)
1937		Woodlawn
1936		Sardis
1935		Tuscaloosa
1934		Jackson County (Scottsboro)
1933		Geraldine
1932		Geraldine
1931		Geraldine
1930		Huntsville
1929		Snead Seminary
1928		Mortimer-Jordan
1927		Woodlawn
1926		Snead Seminary
1925		Simpson (Birmingham)

Soccer

Girls

• 2006-6A-Grissom; 5A-Briarwood; 1A-4A-Altamont
• 2005-6A-Vestavia Hills; 5A-Huntsville; 1A-4A-Indian Springs
• 2004-6A-Spain Park; 5A-Huntsville; 1A-4A-Altamont
• 2003-6A-Bob Jones; 5A-Fort Payne; 1A-4A-Indian Springs
• 2002-6A-Huntsville; 1A-5A-Briarwood
• 2001-6A-Vestavia Hills; 5A-Fort Payne; 1A-4A-Montgomery Academy
• 2000 -6A-Huntsville; 5A-John Carroll; 1A-4A-Briarwood
• 1999 -6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-Briarwood
• 1998 -6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-Briarwood
• 1997 -6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-Briarwood
• 1996-6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-Fort Payne
• 1995-6A-Mountain Brook; 1A-5A-Fort Payne
• 1994-6A-Mountain Brook; 1A-5A-Fort Payne
• 1993-6A-W. A. Berry; 1A-5A-Fort Payne
• 1992-6A-W. A. Berry; 1A-5A-Fort Payne
• 1991-6A-W. A. Berry; 1A-5A-Fort Payne

Boys

• 2006 6A-Shades Valley;5a-Homewood; 1A-4A-Randolph
• 2005-6A-Oak Mountain; 5A-Homewood; 1A-4A-Holy Spirit
• 2004-6A-Shades Valley; 5A-Briarwood; 1A-4A-Trinity
• 2003-6A-Hoover; 5A-Homewood; 1A-4A-Altamont
• 2002-6A-McGill-Toolen; 5A-Cullman; 1A-4A-Randolph
• 2001-6A-Shades Valley; 5A-Briarwood; 1A-4A-Randolph
• 2000-6A-Grissom; 5A-John Carroll; 1A-4A-Randolph
• 1999-6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-John Carroll
• 1998-6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-John Carroll
• 1997-6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-John Carroll
• 1996-6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-John Carroll
• 1995-6A-Vestavia Hills; 1A-5A-Gadsden
• 1994 -6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-John Carroll
• 1993-6A-Central-Tuscaloosa; 1A-5A-Gadsden
• 1992-6A-Grissom; 1A-5A-Gadsden
• 1991-6A-Vestavia Hills; 1A-5A-Gadsden

Important dates

• 1921 — AHSAA organized
• 1924 — Joined National Federation on Feb. 28
• 1925 — First state basketball tournament
• 1948 — State office established in Montgomery
• 1948 — Expanded to two classes for competition
• 1964 — Expanded to four classes for competition
• 1966 — First state football playoff
• 1968 — Merger with AIAA on July 1
• 1974 — Start of area and region play
• 1980 — Moved to new state office building in June
• 1985 — Expanded to six classes for competition
• 1991 — First Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame induction on March 23.
• 1994 — First basketball state finals
• 1996 — First Super 6 football state finals
• 2001 — First baseball state finals

External links

• Alabama High School Athletic Association
• Alabama High School Sports News