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2012 Moody High School varsity cheerleaders.
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The 2012 Moody High School Marching Band.
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Overall Brown said he wants to see improvement in every phase of the game. He knows they are going to be young, but of the 13 seniors who are on the team, 10 started as juniors. “Hopefully, we will improve,” he said. Class 5A, Region 6 Region opponents this year for Moody include Walker, Hayden, Center Point, Mortimer Jordan, Springville, Curry and Pinson Valley. Brown said Pinson Valley and Walker are the two teams to beat in the region. “Center Point won 11 games last year, so you have to throw them in the mix,” Brown said. “It’s a
be to make the playoffs. Make the second season so to speak. Of course, every program has goals higher than that.”
Goals Brown said he would never dream of putting a number on it, but his goal is to try and win a region championship. “I think that is a goal you have to have,” he said. “More importantly, our goal is to be in the playoffs. “Now when we start the season, our goal is to go undefeated and take it one game at a time. If you are 1-0, you can be 2-0, and so on and so forth. To me, you want to be in the playoffs, because you can’t do big, big things unless you’re in the playoffs. “When you are in the playoffs, history has shown that upsets happen. If you’re not in the playoffs, you’re not in the mix. Our first goal should
Keys to success Brown said one of the keys to success offensively is to make sure they are good at both running and throwing the football. “Our key to success will be how well we run the football, because that will open up everything for us,” Brown said. “You never want to be onedimensional in Class 5A
or 6A football. It starts with being able to run the ball. Because then, you can kind of throw the ball when you want to, and not when you have to.” Brown said he feels the offense can create a successful running game. “Defensively, we just don’t want to give up big plays,” Brown said. “We feel like we have some guys defensively who will battle for us. We just can’t allow opponents to score on us on big plays, whether it is running or throwing the ball.”
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Brown said the third key is a solid kicking game. Moody opens the season on the road at St. Clair County in Odenville,
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ing game should be a lot better than what we had last year.”
pretty tough region. It is unique because not many teams changed five of their seven region opponents like we did.”
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