Area teams ranked in ASWA baseball, softball polls
Released March 14 BASEBALL CLASS 6A 1. Smiths Station 2. Hoover 3. Thompson 4 . Huntsville 5. Hazel Green 6. Fairhope 7. McGill-Toolen 8. Hewitt-Trussville 9. Opelika 10. Spain Park CLASS 5A 1. Spanish Fort 2. Cullman 3. Faith Academy 4. Russell County 5. Southside 6. Hartselle 7. Homewood 8. Pinson Valley 9. Demopolis 10. Chilton County CLASS 4A 1. Charles Henderson 2. Central-Florence 3. Beauregard 4. […]
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SEC men’s rankings
1. Florida (24-6, 14-4)
2. Missouri (22-9, 11-7)
3. Kentucky (21-10, 12-6)
4. Ole Miss (23-8, 12-6)
5. Tennessee (19-11, 11-7)
6. Alabama (20-11, 12-6)
7. Arkansas (19-12, 10-8)
8. LSU (18-11, 9-9)
9. Georgia (15-16, 9-9)
10. Vanderbilt (14-16, 8-10)
11. Texas A&M (18-14, 7-11)
12. Mississippi State (10-21, 4-14)
13. South Carolina (14-18, 4-14)
14. Auburn (9-23, 3-15)
SEC Tournament
Preview
With a handful of teams fighting for a NCAA
Area athletes named Bryant-Jordan winners
Three local student-athletes recently received statewide recognition
Westbrook Christian senior Rae Leach, Glencoe High senior Jordan Sims and Gadsden City High senior Khalid Cannon were among 48 regional winners of Bryant-Jordan Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Foundation.
Leach was the Class 2A, region 6 winner, Sims the Class 3A, Region 5 winner and Cannon the Class 6A, Region 5 winner.
The area trio will
Jackets’ Ford solid in win over Eagles
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Glencoe used two big innings and sound pitching from Jeff Ford to capture a 7-3 victory over cross-county rival Hokes Bluff in high school baseball on Wednesday.
In four solid innings in relief of starter Dalton Reid, Ford scattered five hits and gave up two runs. He struck out one while surrendering walk.
“Jeff pitched well in a
Cardinals receive postseason honors
After finishing as state runner-up in the recent Alabama Community College Conference Tournament, Gadsden State came away with two of the conference’s top postseason awards.
Sophomore guard Kenric McCants was named ACCC North Division Player of the Year, while Todd Ginn was selected as ACCC North Coach of the Year.
A 2010 Gadsden City High graduate, McCants led the Cardinals in
Foster starts second stint with Etowah
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Seven years ago, Larry Foster retired from high school baseball but continued to teach.
Now, he’s gone the other way. Last year was Foster’s final teaching year, but he’s back as Etowah High baseball coach.
“The Good Lord impressed upon me that I should continue to work with these youth,” he said. “I tossed it around for awhile, then
Young Yellow Jackets learning on the fly
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Glencoe High’s baseball team is the epitome of youth this year. The Yellow Jackets start three seniors, but several freshmen and sophomores dot the field. “We’ve got a ninth-grader at third and another in center field,” coach Charlie Robertson said. “We’re starting a sophomore catcher. And there are a lot more […]
Senior-laden Lions in Wright hands
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
In Clay Wright’s second season as head baseball coach at Sardis High, things are settling down. Last year, he was “pretty engulfed in baseball and trying to figure things out.”
Now that he has learned some of the ropes, Wright has the Lions doing well.
After losing the first two games of the season, to Albertville, Sardis is
Bulldogs in tough area
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Talk about your loaded baseball areas.
Class 2A, Area 13 has three ranked teams – No. 3 Westbrook Christian, No. 7 Sand Rock and No. 9 West End.
Then there’s Gaston, which made the 2012 Class 1A quarterfinals and finished at 15-10.
“We have a lot of potential,” Gaston coach Derrick Sewell said. “If we can take advantage of that