Edwards’ clutch block sends Westbrook to regional finals
By Gene StanleySports Correspondent
With 15.6 seconds left in the game on Wednesday (Feb. 19), Westbrook Christian’s Colin Edwards missed the front end of a one-and-one, leaving his fifth-ranked Warriors ahead by a meager one point in the Class 2A semifinals of the Northeast Regional at Jacksonville State.
“Oh, I remember that shot,” Edwards said with a laugh after
Ramsay cans Blue Devils in 5A regionals
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent Etowah High boys basketball coach James Graves summed up his team’s 75-42 loss to Ramsay on Wednesday (Feb. 19) in the Class 5A Northeast Regional Tournament at Jacksonville State, noting that the above outcome is what happens when a team without a big post player fails to make perimeter shots. Etowah […]
Shades Valley defeats Lady Titans in regional semifinals
By Chris McCarthy/Editor Hampered by early turnovers, poor shooting and foul trouble, the Gadsden City High girls basketball team came up short to Shades Valley, 55-35, in the semifinals of the Class 6A Northeast Regional Tournament on Tuesday (Feb. 18) at Jacksonville State. “It seems like starting off, what could go wrong, did,” said GCHS […]
Watkins drops 44 as Gadsden State tops Lawson
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Jay Watkins certainly gave Gadsden State a homecoming night to remember.
The 6’4” sophomore forward out of Decatur poured in a career-high 44 points – including a stellar 88 percent performance at the free throw line – to lead the Cardinals to a 90-85 victory over Lawson State in the school’s homecoming on Monday (Feb. 17)
Lady Cardinals get past Lawson State
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Appearance usually counts for something on a homecoming night, but that wasn’t the case for the Gadsden State women’s basketball team on Monday (Feb. 17) at Beck Field House.
It wasn’t pretty, but the Lady Cardinals grinded out a 79-71 victory over Lawson State in their homecoming game.
Gadsden State improved to 22-5 and 5-3 in
Panther grapplers finish second in state
Ryals, Kitchens, Christopher win state titles By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Southside High wrestler Haydn Ryals scored a 4 – in gymnastics – on Saturday at the Class 5A state wrestling Tournament in Huntsville. After winning his fourth consecutive state championship, the 152-pound senior put on a gymnastics show of flips that most people can’t do […]
Last-second trey sends Etowah to regionals
By Chris McCarthy/Editor Jay Whiteside’s 3-pointer basket with three seconds left gave Etowah High a 69-68 victory over Arab in a Class 5A subregional boys basketball game on Friday (Feb. 14) in Attalla. The win gave Blue Devils (22-3) a berth in the Northeast Regional Tournament this week at Jacksonville State. Etowah plays No. 8 […]
Lady Titans beat Lee-Huntsville in 6A subregionals
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Ninth-ranked Gadsden City held No. 7 Lee-Huntsville’s uptempo offense in check and survived early and late surges from the Lady Generals to pull off a 51-45 road win in a Class 6A sub-regional girls basketball game on Friday (Feb. 14) in Huntsville.
Gadsden City plays No. 3 Shades Valley at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (Feb. 18)
Titans fall to Grissom in 6A subregionals
By Matthew Martin /Sports Correspondent
A playoff game is a bad time to have a poor-shooting performance, but that is exactly what happened to the Gadsden City High boys basketball team on Friday (Feb. 14).
The Titans made just 2-of -22 shots from the 3-point-line in a 60-52 loss to Grissom in the sub regional round of the Class