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Area teams ranked in state basketball polls

     BOYS      CLASS 6A      1. Carver-Montgomery      2. McGill-Toolen       3. Hazel Green      4. Lee-Huntsville       5. Hoover      6. Sparkman      7. Murphy      8. Mountain Brook      9. Gadsden City      10. Enterprise (4-0)     CLASS 5A     1. Wenonah      2. Sumter Central      3. Paul Bryant      4. […]

In & around the SEC Bowl Preview Edition

 Championship recap

Alabama defeated Georgia, 32-28, in thrilling fashion last Saturday (Dec.1) to capture the 2012 Southeastern Conference championship. In one of the most exciting games of the season, the Crimson Tide (12-1, 8-1) stopped Georgia on the 5-yard line as time expired. Alabama fell behind 21-10 in the third quarter after the Bulldogs (11-2, 7-2) returned a blocked field

Sardis standout signs with Shorter

By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter

Chances are little girls growing up in the Sardis City youth softball program dream of one day being like Kameron Carter.

A five-time varsity letter winner, Carter has a season left to add to her list of accomplishments as one of Sardis High School’s all-time great softball players.

Shorter University in Rome, Ga., will be the next

Lady Titans are young but seasoned

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

When Jeremy Brooks hypes up his team, you know there’s a chance for something special.

After all, the Gadsden City High girls basketball coach has had some very good teams.

In all but one of his six seasons since the inception of the school, Brooks has led the Titans to the Class 6A Northeast Regional Tournament. And Gadsden

Warriors will be scrappy

 By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

Even though she hasn’t coached since the 1980s and is now in charge of a very young girls basketball team, Kathleen Jester is making the most of the situation.

The Westbrook coach, retired from the Etowah County Board of Education for almost six years, got out of coaching almost 30 years ago. But that’s not what she wants

Eagles boast veteran lineup

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

With a large senior class and one large junior, Hokes Bluff’s boys basketball team has a much reason for optimism.

The Eagles have eight seniors on the varsity roster and boast of one of the area’s only 7-foot players in junior Isaac Haas. Weighing in at 280 pounds, Haas also has the ability to fill the lane.

“He’s a

Lots of learning for Lady Devils

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

Ryan Fore refuses to call it a rebuilding year, but that is what Etowah’s girls basketball team is facing.

The Blue Devils graduated five seniors, including four starters and the top three leading scorers off last season’s squad.

“I don’t like the term ‘rebuilding year’,” Fore said. “I’ll call it a learning year because we have a lot of

Bulldogs taking it game by game

 By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

If Gaston’s boys basketball team doesn’t have a good year, don’t blame it on the coaching staff.

Head coach Buddy Wright has assembled an all-star cast to help.

“We have a lot of the pieces here to be successful,” Wright said. “We have some athletic players and our coaching staff has a plethora of knowledge.”

The coaching staff includes Tonya