4H4A3424 — AHSAA Super 7 at Protective Stadium in Birmingham (Caleb Turrentine / The Bama Buzz)

It was a cold and rainy week at Protective Stadium but 18 teams still took the field working for the same goal: walking out with a blue map trophy.

Nine champions were crowned by the end of the week including four repeat champions—Central-Phenix City flag, Thompson, Jackson, Mars Hill.

Here were the finals from the week:

6A-7A flag: Central-Phenix City 46, Vestavia Hills 7
1A-5A flag: Moody 27, Montgomery Catholic 18
7A: No. 3 Thompson 48, No. 10 Opelika 10
6A: No. 1 Clay-Chalkville 38, No. 2 Saraland 21
5A: No. 3 Moody, 25, No. 2 Vigor 0
4A: No. 2 Jackson 52, No. 4 Anniston 0
3A: No. 1 Mars Hill 38, No. 5 Bayside Academy 21
2A: No. 2 Coosa Christian 29, No. 5 Lanett 22
1A: No. 2 Maplesville 42, No. 1 Wadley 22

Keep reading for some of the key names + numbers from this year’s state championship games and get early information on next year’s Super 7.

By the numbers

4H4A3577 — Thompson has won six of the last seven 7A championships. (Caleb Turrentine / The Bama Buzz)

3: Friday night marked Saraland’s third consecutive season as 6A runner-up, losing to Clay-Chalkville for the second time. The Spartans have made four straight Super 7 appearances.

5: Moody needed just 5 passing yards to win the Class 5A championship on Thursday night. It was the first in program history.

8: Thompson coach Mark Freeman became the third coach in AHSAA history to win 8 state championships, tying the record held by Terry Curtis and Danny Horn.

15: Three teams finished up perfect 15-0 seasons: Clay-Chalkville, Mars Hill and Maplesville.

20: Coach Rush Propst returned to the Super 7, winning his first state championship with Coosa Christian and his first in Alabama in 20 years.

24.8: The average margin of victory at Protective Stadium this week with just one game decided by 8 points or less.

50: Moody elected to do a rare free kick, the first in Super 7 history, and made a 50-yard field goal on the final play of the first half at the 5A championship.

57: Central-Phenix City’s flag football team has won 57 consecutive games, spanning two state championship seasons.

115: Over the last two seasons, Jackson has won the 4A championship by a combined 115 points. The Aggies have outscored their opponents 121-6.

304: Alabama signee EJ Crowell set a new 4A state championship game record with 304 rushing yards to go with 5 touchdowns in Jackson’s win.

401: Mars Hill won its second straight title behind 401 rushing yards from Jaxon Penn and Hudson Higgins.

2026 Super 7

After back-to-back seasons at Protective Stadium, the AHSAA is taking the football state championships to Mobile for the first time in 2026.

The University of South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium will play host to the Super 7 next season. Here’s the full rotation since Tuscaloosa and Auburn has been removed:

2026: Hancock-Whitney Stadium
2027: Protective Stadium
2028: Hancock-Whitney Stadium

The $78 million venue has a capacity of 25,450. The facility’s features rival those of Protective Stadium including:

11 Suites
44 Loge Boxes
Up to 95 Points of Sale for Concessions
Musco LED Lighting (ability to create light show)
Daktronics High Definition Videoboard
Daktronics High Definition Ribbon Boards and Sound System

Mobile will become the fourth city to host the state championships since the AHSAA created the Super 6, which moved all games to one site.

“Now the real work begins! This event will take our entire community to help ensure the participants and the fans have a memorable experience as it is potentially the largest sporting event ever to be held in southwest Alabama. We in Mobile are looking forward to making it special for everyone involved.”~ Mobile Sports Authority

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