Berry’s Kemari Hollingsworth (5) runs the ball in for a touchdown against the Bulldogs. | Photo by Kelly Bonner
The Berry Wildcats played host to the top-ranked Wadley Bulldogs in the third round of the state playoffs.
The Berry Wildcats traveled to face the third ranked Spring Garden Panthers for the first time in school history. On paper, it should have been a high scoring game as two high octane offenses met with the Wildcats averaging 54 points a game and Spring Garden averaging 44 points a game. As so often happens, what fans got was an entertaining defensive battle that the Wildcats ultimately won 6 - 0 to punch their ticket to round three.
The Berry Wildcats finished the regular season by traveling to Pell City to face the Victory Christian Lions. The game saw the two teams score a combined 125 points and the Wildcats set a new school record for points scored in a game in the 78 - 47 victory.
The Berry Wildcats traveled to Brilliant to face the Tigers in their fourth road game of the year. The Wildcats came away with a victory that closed out region play and solidified Berry as the two-seed in the upcoming playoffs.
The Berry Wildcats continued Region 5 play by hosting the Pickens County Tornadoes. Pickens County won the toss and elected to defer to the second half.
The Berry Wildcats continued region play as they traveled to face the Sumiton Christian Eagles. Sumiton Christian won the toss and elected to receive.
After spending two weeks on the road, the Berry Wildcats returned to the friendly confines of Fred Webster Stadium looking to pick up their third home win of the year and fifth win overall. Standing in their way were the 2A Lamar County Bulldogs.
Zeb Haley (10), Bryce Afshar (61), Kane rushing (23), Blaize Wakefield (5) taking down Berry’s Ace Norris (2) | Photo by Leah Hollingsworth.
The Hubbertville Lions hosted the Berry Wildcats on Friday night with the Wildcats coming away with a big win over their cross-county rivals.
The Berry Wildcats kicked off region play as they welcomed the Marion County Red Raiders to Fred Webster Stadium.
The Berry High School Football team went to two football camps at Auburn University. They competed at a seven on seven camp on Friday, June 7. The Wildcats went 3-3 at the camp. Players that participated in the seven on seven camp were Kemari Hollingsworth, Lake Norris, Max Westbrook, Jayden Smith, Ace Norris, Seth Traweek, Luke Ward, Ashton Waltrip, Drayke Parr, Dalton Greene, Dale Gray, Cody Lollar, and Jake Martin. The Wildcats then attended a linemen camp on Sunday, June 9.
