Springville Head Coach Graben finds himself in a unique situation. The very popular and loved coach has a group of players who would storm a fire-engulfed fortress if he asked them to do it, but he faces a region that is arguably the best in Class 5A throughout the state.

Graben was asked how he prepares a team to play in a region that is overflowing with state championship caliber teams. “We knew last year when we were put into this region that it was going to be tough. After we told the kids that they really didn’t understand what it meant, but after being in the region for a year now they understand how tough that region is. I was telling them earlier that if you think of all the men’s sports, in football Central Clay won the state championship out of our region, in basketball Center Point was the state runner-up out of our region. In wrestling, Moody won state out of our region. In soccer, Springville was the runner up at state and in baseball Springville won state coming out of our region. So virtually every sport has state championship caliber teams coming out of our region, so we know how tough and athletic our region is.”

Addressing what can be expected in the two in-county rivalry games, Graben responded “Well, for them to be rivalry games each team needs to win once in a while. (Until last season) It had been such a long time since we beat Moody that I didn’t know how much of a rivalry it was. For us to get a chance to win last year, that turned the (game) into a rivalry for our kids.

“St. Clair is the same way. They have beaten us eight or nine years in a row, so our kids are really excited about competing against St. Clair, Ashville and Moody in order to compete for a county championship.”

Senior Jace Hayes WR/DB praised the talents of his quarterback Pearson Baldwin, “He’s a great runner and makes great cuts. He is a good passer and has always made accurate throws.”

Junior Quarterback Pearson Baldwin about what to expect from the Tigers’ offense in 2019. “We have some new guys that are coming in who can give our roster some depth at our skill positions. We have a lot of returning seniors on our offensive line, so I get to play behind guys with a lot of experience. We run a spread offense, and we should be very good this year. We’ll throw a lot of passes to Jace (Hayes) and other receivers, but we also have some very good running backs who can shove it down (our opponent’s) throat if we need to.”

2019 Football Schedule

Springville Tigers

8/22 vs. Hayden

8/30 vs. Ashville

9/6 vs. Sylacauga *

9/13 @ Central Clay County *

9/20 vs. Munford *

9/27 @ Crossville

10/4 @ Center Point *

10/11 @ Moody *

10/18 vs. Mortimer Jordan *

10/25 vs. St. Clair County *

11/1 OPEN

* Regional Game

Source: AHSFHS.org

Springville Football Roster

Name		Grade
Abts, Cody		10th
Allen, Justin		9th
Alverson, Isaiah		10th
Ambrose, Hunter		11th
Baldwin, Pearson		11th
Bennett, Jackson		9th
Bianchi, Ben		11 th
Braman, Bill		12 th
Briggs, Will		9th
Cachon, Bryan		9th
Carroll, Andrew		9th
Cayse, Tucker		9th
Chancellor, Chandler		9th
Cherry, Matthew		9th
Clay, Christian		10th
Cox, Alex		9th
Cummings, Jeffery		10th
Frederick, Gage		11th
Giangrosso, Nick		12th
Gilham, Trenton		10th
Gleason, Ethan (Rece)		11th
Greer, Hayden		11th
Griffin, Landon		9th
Hacker, Brady		10th
Hayes, Jace		12th
Higgins, Joseph (Chase) IV		11th
Ho, Landon		11th
Hughes, Braden		12th
Isbell, Tucker		10th
Jennings, Steven (Hunter)		11th
Kyser, Bradyn		12th
Lambert, Samuel		9th
Land, Connor		11th
Land, Cooper		9th
Lee, Noah		12th
Mann, Camerin		10th
Mcadams, Parker		9th
Mccain, Brenden (B)		9th
Montgomery, Dayten		9th
Morrison, Stephen (Asa)		9th
Murphree, Adam (Jackson)		12th
Nairmore, Ethan (Blade)		12th
Neal, Jacob		10th
Nichols, Jordan		10th
Payton, Kobye		12th
Platts, Andrew (Drew)		10th
Raby, John		12th
Richardson, Luke		10th
Salas, Daniel (DJ)		10th
Sandlin, Baylor		9th
Schultz, Elijah		9th
Scott, Taylor (Dewey)		10th
Sharit, Brock		9th
Shoop, Austin		12th
Smith, Daniel		10th
Storie, William (Bryce)		12th
Strickland, Skylor		12th
Wildinger, Jackson		9th
Williams, JaMel		10th
Williams, Julian		12th
Wilson, Zachary (Zac)		12th
Winston, Larry		11th
Wolf, John (Johnnie)		10th
Wolf, Matthew (Matt)		9th
Wyatt, Joshua (Slade)		10th