Gadsden City holds off Grissom
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
After opening full throttle on Tuesday (Dec. 8), Gadsden City High downshifted a bit too much against Grissom.
A 16-point GCHS lead in the third quarter was whittled down to five with three minutes to go, providing the Tigers a chance to hand the Titans their first Class 7A, Area 7 loss.
But Gadsden City (8-2,
Lady Titans grind out area win
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Gadsden City girls head basketball coach Jeremy Brooks acknowledged that Grissom’s plan of limiting the Lady Titans’ outside game worked to an extent on Tuesday (Nov. 8).
“[Grissom] came out with some junk defenses and ran some triangles and twos, and they got pressure on us on the perimeter,” he said. “So we tried to beat
West End collars Bulldogs in area tilt
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Andre Little scored a game-high 18 points to lead West End
to a 52-40 win over the Gaston Bulldogs in Class 2A, Area 12 boys basketball
action on Tuesday (Dec. 8) in Walnut Grove.
“This is a bunch of resilient kids,” said West End head
coach Clint Brannon. “They play hard
Lady Patriots clip Gaston
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Destiney Butts and Tamia Timmons each scored 17 points to lead West End to a 44-34 Class 2A, Area 12 victory over Gaston in girls high school basketball on Tuesday in Walnut Grove.
The first quarter ended with the score knotted at 8-8 before the Lady Patriots pulled out to a 17-16 lead at the
Gamecocks beat UTC in overtime, head to third round
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
The Jacksonville State Express continued to roll on Saturday (Dec. 5), as the Gamecocks defeated Tennessee-Chattanooga, 41-35 in overtime at Burgess-Snow Field.
The Mocs rallied from a 14-point second half deficit to force the extra session. UTC threw an interception in the end zone in the extra period, however, and JSU junior quarterback Eli Jenkins
Lutzenkirchen warns students of drinking dangers
By Sarrah Peters News Editor At Rainbow City Middle School and Southside High School on Dec. 3, Mike Lutzenkirchen spoke to the students. At Southside High after school chaplain Todd Clough introduced Lutzenkirchen, a video was played. The video was a memorial to Lutzenkirchen’s son Philip, an Auburn football player. The video was made by […]
CharACTers presents Cinderella this weekend
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
CharACTers Entertainment is presenting Cinderella on December 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. and December 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. in Wallace Hall of Gadsden State Community College.
CharACTers is performing Rodgers and Hammerstein version of the timeless and enchanting fairy tale. This version of the story is brought to life with the
Local church to host One Night in Bethleham
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
On December 11 and 12, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 2001 Noccalula Road in Gadsden will host One Night in Bethleham. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be free to the public.
One Night in Bethleham is a guided tour where visitors can hear testimony from the 12 witnesses
Craig Ford – Republicans should leave teachers’ retirement alone
It’s been a rough year for the powers that be in Montgomery.
There have been more than a few bad headlines this year, and we only avoided a government shutdown after three costly legislative sessions that led to an $80 million raid on public education and $86 million in new taxes.
The wheels clearly have come off the bus