Local girls attend engineering seminar
Female students with high potential in Gadsden City middle schools had a fun time learning how to make simple burglar alarms
Alabama Power kicked off the iCan program for this school year.
Gadsden Middle, Emma Sansom Middle and Litchfield Middle schools participated in the program.
The students will participate in three projects during the school year.
The first exercise, this week, was based on
In & around SEC football
Alabama Week 9 Review
Amari Cooper set the tone of the last week’s game early on. On Alabama’s first play of offense, Blake Sims hit Cooper for an 80-yard touchdown. Cooper went on to set an Alabama school record with 224 yards receiving, and he also added two touchdowns on the game. The Crimson Tide won the game 34-20,
Gadsden City, Glencoe ranked in Oct. 29 ASWA football poll
Class 7A
Rank Record Points
1. Hoover (7-2) 348
2. Fairhope (9-0) 297
3. Central-Phenix City (9-1) 250
4. Oak Mountain (8-1) 213
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Local football players recognized
Several local high school football players were nominated for both the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Offensive Player of the Week and Alabama High School Athletic Association Prep Spotlight awards for the week of Oct. 24. Westbrook Christian sophomore quarterback Wil Appleton threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns in the Warriors’ 49-12 win over Ashville […]
Bulldogs edge Cleveland, gain second place in region
By Mike Goodson/Messenger Correspondent
With second place in Class 2A, Region 7 and a first-round home playoff game at stake, Gaston rallied past Cleveland, 35-28, on Friday at GHS.
The Bulldogs will host a state playoff game on Nov. 7.
The fourth quarter saw the Panthers drive 85 yards in nine plays to take their first lead of the
Southside beats Fort Payne, wins second straight region title
Chris McCarthy/Editor Due in large part to a timely stop by junior linebacker Hunter Armstrong, Southside High made school history on Friday (Oct. 24) at Barney Hood Stadium. With Fort Payne driving for a tying touchdown with under three minutes left in the game, Armstrong’s tackle of Desmon Turner for no gain on a completed […]
Blue Devils can’t hold on against Madison County
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent With 1:57 remaining in Friday’s game, it seemed all the air inside Jim Glover Field was sucked away when the referees called Juan Rios’ 35-yard field goal attempt wide right. From the spectators’ standpoint, the kick looked good, missing only by inches. The downside was that the miss gave Madison County […]
Yellow Jackets trounce Pleasant Valley
Glencoe finished off its region schedule with a 56-0 victory over Pleasant Valley on Friday (Oct. 24) at GHS. The Yellow Jackets (8-0, 6-0) rolled up 436 total yards, including 344 on the ground, while holding the Red Raiders to 155. Both Thomas Ozmint and Dylan Stone went over the 100-yard rushing mark. Ozmint ran […]
Lions blast Crossville, 52-14
By Lionel Green/Sand Mountain Reporter
Keenan Lewis had another explosive offensive rushing game and the Sardis defense recovered two second-half Crossville fumbles as Sardis cruised to a 52-14 win at CHS on Friday (Oct. 24).
Playoff-bound Sardis improved to 5-4 overall and finished 4-3 in Class 4A, Region 6. Crossville dropped to 0-9 and ended up 0-7 in region