In & around SEC baseball
Auburn Week 4 Review
The Tigers dropped a crucial weekend series on the road at Missouri and now reside at the bottom of the Southeastern Conference standings. Auburn started the series with a thrilling 11-9 win that included 17 hits, three from rightfielder Jordan Ebert. However, the Tigers dropped the next final games of the series. Auburn fell to
Area teams ranked in April 14 ASWA baseball, softball polls
BASEBALL
CLASS 7A
1. Sparkman
2. Vestavia Hills
3. Auburn
4. Central-Phenix City
5. Smiths Station
6. Bob Jones
7. Hoover
8. Theodore
9. Hewitt-Trussville
10. McGill-Toolen
CLASS 6A
1. Cullman
2. Hartselle
3. Decatur
4. Florence
5. Spanish Fort
6. Muscle Shoals
7. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa
8. Oxford
9. Opelika
10. Southside
CLASS 5A
1. Russellville
2. Charles Henderson
Local sports hall of fame inducts Class of 2016
The Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame inducted four new members last Saturday (Apr. 9).
The 2016 class included Gadsden High graduate Danny Carlisle, Emma Sansom High graduate Gene Jelks, Southside High graduate Jerry Jones and Hokes Bluff High graduate Mike Robertson.
West End’s Hunter Grant and Etowah’s Kaylee Fore were selected as the hall of fame’s 2016 scholarship
Local players named to North basketball roster
Three area high school juniors were selected participate in the annual North/South All-Star girls basketball team.
Gadsden City’s Haley Troup and Brooke Burns and Hokes Bluff’s Kendall Johnson were named to the North rosters earlier this week. The girls’ and boys’ basketball games will be played at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome on the Alabama State University campus on July 20