Morgan Academy notches second season loss against Abbeville Christian

The AISA Class AAA Region 2 Morgan Academy suffered their second loss of the 2025 football season to the Abbeville Christian Generals 58-34 on the road in a non-region contest Friday night.

With the loss to the Generals, the Senators fell to 3-2 overall and remain 1-1 in region play. This was the first football meeting ever between the Senators and the Generals.

While the Senators proved to be over matched in this contest, they gutted out a 34-point offensive performance.

The Senators scored first Friday night on a 9-yard Alex Johnson touchdown run to make it a 6-0 contest with 6:53 left in the first quarter.

However, after a failed onside kick by the Senators, the Generals wasted little time taking an 8-6 lead with 6:45 left in the quarter.

A holding call on Morgan Academy negated what would have been a 70-yard kickoff return by Sean Pope. And the Generals took a 16-6 lead with 20 seconds left in the first quarter.

But Alex Johnson connected with Speedie Pernell on a 62-yard touchdown bomb to make it a 16-12 contest still in favor of the Generals with 11:50 left in the second quarter. 

Once again, the Generals responded to take a 24-12 lead with 6:18 left in the half.

After another failed onside kick by the Senators, the Generals scored to make it a 30-12 lead with 9:47 left in the third quarter.

Pernell would take the ensuing kickoff back 75 yards for a touchdown, and Alex Johnson would rush for the 2-point play to make it a 30-20 contest still in favor of the Generals.

After yet another failed onside kick, the Generals took a 36-20 lead with 5:26 left in third quarter.

But the Senators would not quit with James Jones scoring on a 12-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter to make it a 36-26 contest with the Senators trailing.

The General answered to make it 44-26 with 7:45 left in the game. And the home team pushed the lead to 50-26 with 4:20 left in the contest. But the Senators would not go away. Alex Johnson connected with Pernell on a 40-yard touchdown pass and then ran for the 2-point play to make it a 50-34 contest with 3:19 remaining.

The Generals would close out the game by taking a 58-34 lead.

The Senators will be looking to bounce back with a homecoming win over the Bessemer Academy Rebels in a non-region contest Friday, Sept. 26.

The homecoming will mark the 20^th anniversary of the Morgan Academy 2005 State Championship Playoff team and 25^th anniversary of the 2000 Morgan Academy State Championship Playoff teams.