Westbrook wallops West End
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
“It was an ugly game, there was nothing pretty about it. We didn’t play good baseball and we have to improve to be competitive.”
That was how Westbrook Christian High School head coach Matt Kennedy and West End High School head coach Chad Hall summed up the much anticipated first meeting of Class 2A, Area 13 baseball rivals…
Lady Eagles smack Titans
By Deunte Marshall/Sports Correspondent
Hokes Bluff won its second softball game of the season, defeating Gadsden City on March 20, 13-3.
Hokes Bluff’s Chelsea Machleit got the first hit of the game with a single up the middle. Carlie Shields’ sacrifice scored Malchleit, giving the Lady Eagles a 1-0 lead.
Gadsden City scored two runs in the third inning to take a 2-1…
Ashville tops Glencoe in area tilt
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Class 3A’s fifth-ranked Ashville High School defeated seventh-ranked Glencoe High School, 2-0, in girls softball action on March 20 at Glencoe.
Ashville tallied two unearned runs in top of the fourth inning and rode the arm of starting pitcher Taylor Tucker to take a key area win.
Alaina Hampton led off the third inning with a single and Sally…
Bluff bruises Bulldogs
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
It took Class 3A’s second-ranked Hokes Bluff High School only five innings to batter county neighbor Gaston High School on March 19, 12-0.
Eagle ace-hurler Tanner Shields pitched four innings, earning four strikeouts while allowing only one hit.
Gaston starter Allen Davidson started the game off on a positive note, striking out Bluff leadoff batter Dylan McKee.
Then the Bulldog…
Collinsville smacks Gaston
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Summer Roberts pitched a complete game for Collinsville as the Lady Panthers smacked Gaston, 16-5, on March 19.
The Lady Panthers tagged Bulldog starter Tanna Lawson for three runs in the top of the first inning and led 5-0 after two innings.
Gaston recorded its first base runner in the bottom of the third inning. Cadie Bagley led off…
Etowah girls beat Fairview, Oneonta
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
Etowah High School competed a round-robin softball tournament at
Oneonta High School over the weekend. The Lady Devils defeated Fairview
High School, 4-2, and Oneonta High School, 7-4, on Friday, March 16.
Beaird, Shields top All-Messenger Little 7 Girls Team
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor Gaston High Schoolguard Morgan Beaird and Hokes Bluff head coach Jason Shields were the best in the business in their respective roles this season. Beaird led all Etowah County girls basketball players, netting 20.4 points per game. Beaird did most of her damage behind the 3-point line, where she average 52 […]
Political witchhunt backfires on Republican Supermajority
After two years and $50 million taxpayer dollars wasted, the Alabama bingo trial has finally come to an end. This investigation was an unprecedented abuse of federal authority.
The purpose of this investigation was always about influencing the outcome of the 2010 elections. That is why no arrests or indictments were made until one month before the election.
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Mystery Civil War signs appearing all over Etowah County
This week the Vagabond wants to share a mystery to the readers. There are Civil War signs appearing all over Etowah County by a group that calls themselves the “Gadsden Civil War Roundtable. Rumors are that it is someone living in Southside that is pushing it. Of course, this has to have been done due to the 150th Anniversary…