Blue Devil hurler signs with Snead State
By Chris McCarthy/ Publisher/Editor A Blue Devil is headed for Parson country. Etowah High School senior Colby Dunn signed a baseball scholarship with Snead State Community College on Feb. 22. A pitcher/first baseman, Dunn said that the SSCC coaching staff saw him pitch against Fort Payne last spring and was sufficiently impressed to invite Dunn […]
Cardinals tennis squad hoping for return to form
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Buster Stewart thinks that last year’s troubles are gone and his Gadsden State men’s team is ready to reassume its role as one of the top teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s tennis program. Only one player – Aaron Triplett – returns for the Cardinals. The remainder of the […]
Eagles look to fly high in 2013
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Hokes Bluff High may be ready to be a contender again in varsity baseball. I make this statement without having seen the Eagles play since 2007 – the fifth state championship year in a row for the team which went on to win its sixth. Head coach Mike Robertson called out […]
Young and talented Lady Blue Devils set to go
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Are big things headed toward Attalla, softball-wise? With a team that is loaded with talented freshman and sophomores, first-year coach B.J. Jones feels his Etowah High team has the potential to score a lot of wins this year. There are only two Blue Devil seniors in pitcher Paden Allen and center […]
New coach brings new expectations for Coosa
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Usually, a young team plus a new coach equals a rebuilding year. Coosa Christian baseball coach Dewayne Boyd, however, isn’t approaching his first season that way. Instead, the Conquerors are facing a stacked schedule in the early going to get ready for Class 1A, Area 13 play. “We’re playing (Class 4A) […]
Lady Dawgs must stick to the script
By Gene Stanley/Correspondent
If Gaston High’s softball team follows the script first-year coach Jay Williams has set, there’s a good chance of the Bulldogs making some noise this season.
The script? Rely heavily on the fundamentals.
“I just want us to play softball the way it was meant to be played,” Williams said. “I want us to hit the ball and not make
Titans looking to turn the corner
By Gene Stanley/Correspondent
Gadsden City High hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to softball.
Kevin Young hopes to change all of that.
The second-year coach wants his team to be competitive, at least, with hopes of doing better in the near future.
“I want us to compete for and win some games,” Young said. “That’s not always been the case
Local business offers scenic kayak trips
By Gene Stanley/Correspondent
Josh Tidwell was tired of being laid off. A victim of corporate downsizing no less than three times, he decided to take his efforts elsewhere – home.
Tidwell combined one of his hobbies – kayaking – with his neighbor, Big Wills Creek, and has opened Etowah County’s newest outfitter shop.
Calling it Big Wills Outfitters, Tidwell and wife Leslie, his
A history of the VFW in Etowah County, and in Alabama
The Etowah Historical Society recently received a book from Tom Robertson that he had picked up in a local yard sale.
The book was titled the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Alabama 50th year anniversary, 1899-1949.
It contains the history of the VFW in Alabama, especially here in Etowah County.
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