PREP FOOTBALL: Playoffs to start without Opelika
Seventy-five seconds in Dothan kept Opelika out of the playoffs for the first time since 1997.
With Dothan and Enterprise’s wins Friday night — coupled with wins by Carroll-Ozark and Eufaula — Opelika became the odd team out in a three-way tie for the final two playoff spots in Class 6A-Region 3.
With Friday’s results, Dothan and Enterprise tied for tiebreaker (n) — “team whose defeated opponents have the most victories” — with Enterprise taking third by virtue of their head-to-head win over Dothan and the Tigers taking fourth.
Opelika finished one win behind the two, and finishes the season at 6-3, 4-3 in the region.
Enterprise (7-3, 4-3) travels to Wetumpka next week and Dothan (7-3, 4-3) travels to No. 2 Prattville.
“Obviously I’m disappointed for our kids, for our coaches and for our fans,” Bulldogs coach Brian Blackmon said. “It’s a disappointing deal to get put out that way, but those are the rules.”
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With Opelika coaching staff they have now, it will be a lot of years they want make the playoffs.
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