In & around SEC basketball
Auburn Week 4 Review
Auburn dropped a pair of road games last week, including an 80-63 loss at Ole Miss. Rebel guard Stefan Moody out-dueled Kareem Canty in a battle be-tween two of the leading scorers in the SEC. Moody scored 24 points, including a barrage of three-pointers in the second half, while Canty was held to only eight
Area teams ranked in Jan. 29 ASWA basketball polls
BOYS
CLASS 7A
1. Central-Phenix City
2. Mountain Brook
3. Grissom
4. Lee-Montgomery
5. Oak Mountain
6. Gadsden City
7. Spain Park
8. James Clemens
9. Fairhope
10. McGill-Toolen
CLASS 6A
1. Carver-Montgomery
2. Lee-Huntsville
3. Homewood
4. Woodlawn
5. Blount
6. Huffman
7. LeFlore
8. Austin
9. Bessemer City
10. Albertville
CLASS 5A
1. J.O. Johnson
2. Sumter
Coosa Christian shoots down Purple Devils
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
With Ragland getting a little too close for comfort, Coosa Christian used some long-range shooting in the second half to put away the Purple Devils on Tuesday (Jan. 26) in Gadsden.
With the host’s lead trimmed to single digits late in the third quarter, Wesley Grizzard and Caden Davison combined for five 3-point baskets to spark
Lady Conquerors clip Ragland
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
The Coosa Christian girls basketball team didn’t disappoint its upperclassmen on Senior Night, as the Lady Conquerors posted a 52-35 win over Ragland on Tuesday (Jan. 26) in Gadsden.
Although the hosts maintained the lead from early in the first quarter, the Lady Purple Devils pulled within single digits with 3:38 left in the third quarter.
Blue Devils beat Guntersville to set up coin flip
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Emil Smith poured in 19 points to lead Etowah to a 68-59 win over Guntersville on Tuesday (Jan. 26) in Attalla.
The victory set up a coin toss to determine which school will host the upcoming Class 5A, Area 13 Tournament.
“We felt like our backs were against the wall,” said Etowah head coach James
Lady Blue Devils fall to Guntersville
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Jordyn Garmon scored a game-high 10 points to lead Guntersville to a 40-30 victory over Etowah in Class 5A, Area 13 girls basketball on Tuesday (Jan. 26) in Attalla.
The Lady Wildcats raced out to a 7-1 lead after one quarter but the Lady Blue Devils held a 19-15 lead at halftime.
Etowah led 26-22 after three quarters of
Panthers rally past Glencoe for county basketball championship
By Chris McCarthy/Editor Southside High dug itself out of a double-digit deficit in the second half en route a 44-41 win over Glencoe in the Etowah County Schools boys basketball tournament championship game last Saturday (Jan. 23) at Gaston. A 10-3 run in the third quarter turned a 33-22 SHS deficit in to a 36-32 […]
Lady Eagles hold off Southside, win fifth straight county title
By Chris McCarthy/Editor With Southside High giving Hokes Bluff all it could handle in Saturday’s Etowah County Schools girls basketball tournament championship game, the Lady Eagles relied on their junior center to bail them out. Kendall Johnson scored Class 4A No. 9 Hokes Bluff’s final 10 points, including all four of her teams’ fourth-quarter field […]
Glencoe hires Hokes Bluff grad Davis as football coach
By Stan Veitch/Sports Correspondent
Welcome home, Russell “Rusty” Davis.
At Thursday’s special called meeting of the Etowah County Board of Education, Davis was confirmed as the new head football coach at Glencoe High.
A 1985 graduate of Hokes Bluff, Davis has spent the last 24 years in various assistant coaching jobs at Smiths Station – a Class 7A school