Sardis back in Montgomery for second time in three years
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Two years ago, Sardis High went to the state softball tournament for the first time in school history.
Now, the Lions back in Montgomery.
“Everyone is very excited,” coach Mary Beth Gilliland said. “Especially the seniors, who know this is their last chance to play together and last chance to do something big for the
Warriors set to take on G.W. Long in 2A championship series
Class 2A championship series
No. 4 G.W. Long (30-8) vs. No. 6 Westbrook Christian (25-13)
Thursday 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.; 1 p.m., if necessary
By Gene Stanley/Correspondent
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door.
How many times must a team knock before opening the proverbial door? For Westbrook Christian’s baseball team, the brass ring is finally in sight.
After
Better late than never for Westbrook’s longball explosion
By Matthew Martin/Sports Correspondent
Westbrook Christian had been in this spot before several times over the last five years.
A month into the Alabama High School Athletic Association state baseball playoffs, the Warriors were one of the last teams left standing.
It was a familiar position, one Matt Kennedy’s squad knew all too well, as the Westbrook coach had
Westbrook hammers Randolph County, will play for state title
By Matthew Martin/Sports Correspondent
After coming so close the last four seasons, the Westbrook Christian baseball team will finally get to play in the state championship series.
No. 6 Westbrook embarrassed No. 2 Randolph County, 19-0 and 15-1, in the Class 2A state semifinals last Friday (May 10) to advance to the Class 2A state title series in Montgomery.
Southside, Sardis qualify for state softball tournament; Glencoe, Gaston fall in regionals
Southside High will compete in the Class 5A state tournament this week after finishing runner-up at the North Regional Tournament last weekend in Huntsville.
The Lady Panthers begin the state tournament with a game against Saraland on Friday in Montgomery.
Southside opened the regional tournament on May 10 with a 9-4 win over Arab, then defeated Cullman, 5-1, on
In & around SEC baseball
Week 8 review
Auburn
The Tigers won a pivotal series over SEC West foe Ole Miss last weekend. After losing the first game of the series, Auburn rallied and won the next two games. The Tigers have 18 come-from-behind victories this season. Auburn improved to 28-19 overall and 9-15 in conference play. Head coach John Pawlowski’s team travels to Gainesville this weekend
Local soccer squad wins state
The Gadsden-area Lady Fusion U-12 01 Black soccer team won the Alabama Youth Soccer Association state championship last weekend in Decatur.
In the championship game against Birmingham Legends, the Lady Fusion took a 2-0 lead into halftime. The Lady Fusion then scored early the second half to go up 3-0. After surrendering a goal midway through the second half, the Lady
Area athletes medal at state meet
Several local student-athletes turned in medal-winning performances on May 3-4 at the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Class 1A-2A-3A state track and field meets at Selma and the Class 4A-5A-6A state meets in Gulf Shores. Glencoe sophomore Thomas Ozmint won the area’s lone first-place medal with his time of 43.10 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles […]
Etowah’s Bush signs with Cardinals
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Darius Bush possesses some really good assets, assets that have combined to hand the Etowah High senior a basketball scholarship at Gadsden State Community College.
Bush was in one of those quandaries that college coaches hate. GSCC men’s basketball coach Todd Ginn wanted to sign Bush but wasn’t sure if he had the room available.
That