Every week on the Tobias & Comer Coaches’ Corner, Mark, Lee and Michael will talk to a local area high school coach to get the scoop on what’s going on with their team, how our local schools are faring on their respective pushes to bring Blue Maps back to the Gulf Coast, and everything in between.
In this week’s edition, we caught up with St. Paul’s Saints head coach who is getting his team set for a massive local matchup this week against UMS Wright in the quarterfinals of the AA playoffs. Last week, the Saints pulled off one of the most surprising victories of round one with a 6-3 victory over Catholic Montgomery in a game that saw no touchdowns scored.
This was a rematch of a game St. Paul’s lost 31-7 at the start of October, but this result was of course very different.
“When you play an opponent a second time you really have a great idea what they do, and we felt confident going into this one,” Barnett said. “The difference was the first time we played them we gave up three explosives especially on third and long…this last week we really worked on making sure we didn’t get beat over the top and we did that…Playoff time is a great time to play well.
Barnett knows his team was doubted last week and knows they are being doubted this week in the second round against their hated Old Shell Road rival, but he has his team going in with the right mindset to pull off another upset and get one step closer to a Blue Map which of course will be awarded within the confines of the city of Mobile.
It is going to be a fantastic night of football in the area for the two local teams which will send one to the semifinals!
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