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A First for Fairhope: Lady Pirates Win Region Crown and Lead the Gulf Coast Into the Playoffs

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November 2, 2026

The Fairhope Lady Pirates huddle with their coach during their region title season.

Photo via Fairhope flag football (@fairhopeflagfootball) on Instagram.

Fairhope’s biggest night of the fall came in the middle of October, and it still shapes everything about the Gulf Coast playoff picture. On Thursday, Oct. 15, the Lady Pirates beat rival Daphne 33-13 on their home field to finish region play undefeated and win the Class 6A Region 1 championship, the first region title in program history.

The result, confirmed by MaxPreps and celebrated on the school’s own pages, sent Fairhope into the playoffs with 12 wins in 13 games, the No. 1 ranking in the Mobile area and the No. 11 spot in Alabama in the MaxPreps rankings of Oct. 29. The Lady Pirates hold a first round bye. So does Daphne, which won 10 of its 12 games, and the rivals could meet again deep in the bracket.

The rest of the coast plays on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Mary G. Montgomery hosts Carver-Montgomery at 6 p.m. in Class 6A. Satsuma, the Class 1A through 4A Region 1 champion with seven wins in nine games, hosts Marbury at 6 p.m. Spanish Fort hosts Pelham at 6:30 p.m. in Class 5A. Alma Bryant hosts Opelika in Class 6A, Mobile Christian hosts Northside Methodist Academy in the Private A/AA bracket, and St. Michael Catholic of Fairhope rests on a private bracket bye.

Fairhope’s season offered an early hint of what was coming. On Sept. 29, quarterback Meera Ogletree’s touchdown throws powered a 35-14 win at Mary G. Montgomery, with Reese Byrd turning in a season best effort, according to MaxPreps game reports.

Now the whole state funnels back to the coast. All four AHSAA flag football finals will be played Tuesday, Dec. 1 at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, and Fairhope’s road to that day starts on its own home field.

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James Clemens Gets the Hardest Draw in 6A: A Playoff Trip to Hewitt-Trussville

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November 2, 2026

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James Clemens players in action during the Jets' Oct. 20 win over Mae Jemison.

Photo by 100Shotz Media via James Clemens girls flag (@jchsgirlsflag) on Instagram.

Every bracket has a draw nobody wants, and in Class 6A it belongs to James Clemens. The Jets travel to Hewitt-Trussville on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. for a first round playoff game, a road trip confirmed on Hewitt-Trussville’s official athletics schedule.

James Clemens, from Madison, won six of its 14 games and closed the regular season the right way, with a 6-0 shutout win at Columbia on Oct. 27. The Jets’ wins include a 36-6 rout of Bob Jones, a 35-0 shutout of St. John Paul II, a 31-13 win over Mae Jemison on Oct. 20 and an 18-0 shutout of Hazel Green. The losses show the gap the Jets have to close. Gadsden City beat them 36-6 on Oct. 22, and Sparkman edged them 13-6 on Oct. 13.

Hewitt-Trussville is the standard on the other sideline. The Huskies are one of the powers of the 6A bracket, and the program’s flag account still points to the inaugural state title it won in 2021, before flag became an official AHSAA championship sport.

Three of the Jets’ six wins were shutouts, so the defense has traveled before. The game is also one of eight first round matchups in the Class 6A bracket, while eight other teams, including Spain Park and Smiths Station, sit out the week on byes and wait for the winners.

For James Clemens, the math is simple. The Jets have already shown they can pitch a shutout and score in bunches against their own level. Tuesday asks them to do it in the hardest building in the bracket.