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Lecroy signs with Mobile

Gadsden City High School senior Sarah Lecroy (seated) recently signed an athletic scholarship with the University of Mobile during a ceremony at Gadsden City. Lecroy will compete in cross country for UM.

Coosa Christian captain goes to West Point

    Coosa Christian High School senior Canaan Mills recently received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
    Mills played football and baseball for four years at Coosa, and served as team captain in both sports his senior year.
    Mills is class valedictorian and vice-president. He also serves as Beta Club president and Key Club

Titan tennis duo reach state finals

Gadsden City High School varsity tennis players Kaylee Ragan (left) and Hannah Murray recently competed in the Class 6A state tournament in Mobile. The duo appeared in the final four of the tournament, advancing further than any previous Titan players.

Foster returns to helm as Blue Devil baseball coach

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor

The varsity baseball program at Etowah High School is about to get a makeover, a very familiar makeover.

Etowah High School and the Attalla Board of Education announced on Thursday that Larry Foster will return as head coach of the Blue Devils’ varsity baseball team.

Foster served as head coach at Etowah from 1981 to 2004, and turned

Hard work paying off for local sales rep

By Chris McCarthy

Publisher/Editor

For a textbook example of self-made business, look no further than Gadsden’s own Paula Martinez. 

Over the space of just three years as a Mark’s Cosmetics representative, the 2004 Litchfield High graduate has earned the distinction of being one of the top 100 salespeople in the United States.

“I’m a very motivated person, and success

NASA engineer, area native helps open national exhibit

By Chris McCarthy

Publisher/Editor

File Keith Robinson in the “Local Boy Does Good” category.

The 1981 Emma Samson graduate and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) industrial engineer was the featured speaker on May 21 at the grand opening of the Gadsden Public Library’s “Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery” national touring exhibit. 

Among the items at

West End blanks Sand Rock in jamboree

 West End High School defeated Sand Rock High School in spring jamboree football action on May 25 at Walnut Grove, 13-0.

The Patriots dropped its nightcap match to Cedar Bluff, 13-7.