By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
TRUSSVILLE – The Trussville Tribune is bringing back Football Media Days for 2024, hosting the event for the first time since before the 2022 season.
The event will be broken up into two evenings, emanating from the Trussville Tribune Studio in Trussville on Monday, August 5th and Tuesday, August 6th.
The eight Tribune-area teams will be split with four teams being represented on Monday and the other four on Tuesday.
There is a lot of excitement surrounding our teams this year! How will Pinson’s first-year coach James Thompson do in his inaugural season on the Reservation? Can Jon Clements and Springville continue their success using the triple option? Center Point was a playoff team in 6A, what will they do in 5A? Can Shades Valley and Reuben Nelson rebound from being the Tribune’s only non-playoff team last year? Will Jerry Hood continue to do Jerry Hood things at Leeds and be a playoff contender? Can Moody win 10 games for the third consecutive season under Jake Ganus? What does life look like for the Huskies of Hewitt-Trussville and Josh Floyd after Peyton Floyd’s graduation? Can the Cougars of Clay-Chalkville defend their 6A state championship under first-year head coach Stuart Floyd?
We will get the answers to these questions and much more during the two-night event.
We have invited each head coach as well as two of their players (to be determined later) to the event to share their thoughts on the season and answer questions from our media members.
The schedule will be as follows:
Monday, August 5:
5:00-5:30 – Reuben Nelson (Shades Valley High School)
5:45-6:15 – James Thompson (Pinson Valley High School)
6:30-7:00 – Jake Ganus (Moody High School)
7:15-7:45 – Stuart Floyd (Clay-Chalkville High School)
Tuesday, August 6:
5:00-5:30 – Jon Clements (Springville High School)
5:45-6:15 – Jerry Hood (Leeds High School)
6:30-7:00 – George Bates (Center Point High School)
7:15-7:45 – Josh Floyd (Hewitt-Trussville High School)
This event will be live streamed on Facebook.
