Gadsden City duo highlights All-Messenger basketball teams
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Gadsden City High doubled up on local postseason basketball honors.
The Titans’ Chris Dudley and Haley Troup are The Messenger’s respective boys and girls Player of the Year for the 2014-15 season.
A 6-3 senior guard, Dud-ley averaged 23 points and seven rebounds per game while helping the Titans post a 24-6 record and qualify for
Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame to induct Class of 2015
The annual Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction will be held on Saturday, April 11, at 6 p.m. at the Gadsden Convention Hall.
Inductees are Freddie Kitchens from Etowah High School, Cassie Duncan Shields from Hokes Bluff High School, Dr. Gary White from Gadsden High School and Jimmy Wood from Glencoe High School.
Southside, Etowah baseball and softball teams ranked in state poll
Listed below are the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s high school baseball and softball polls released April 9.
BASEBALL
CLASS 7A
1. Mountain Brook
2. Spain Park
3. Vestavia Hills
4. Hewitt-Trussville
5. Auburn
6. Thompson
7. Hoover
8. Theodore
9. Central-Phenix City
10. Baker
CLASS 6A
1. Cullman
2. Pelham
3. Opelika
4. Spanish Fort
5. Hartselle
6. Briarwood
In & around SEC men’s basketball
NCAA Tournament Review
Kentucky’s dream of a perfect season came to a screeching halt on Saturday (Apr. 4) at the hands of the Wisconsin Badgers in the Final Four in Indianapolis. The Wildcats had a four point lead with less than seven minutes to play but Wisconsin took the lead and never looked back after a Sam Dekker three-point