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
Westbrook sweeps Gadsden Area Golf Tournament
The Westbrook Christian boys and girls golf teams won the Gadsden Area Tournament on Monday and Tuesday (Apr. 11-12) at Twin Bridges and Silver Lakes. Led by individual first place winner John Hilliard Catanzaro, the Warriors finished with an overall score of 600. Catanzaro shot 140. He shot a 71 score at Twin Bridges and […]
Miracle in fine form in Southside win over Fort Payne
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent The Southside High baseball team needed two wins in three games this week against Class 6A, Area 13 rival Fort Payne to clinch a state playoff spot. Competing without four key players on Tuesday (Apr. 12), it appeared that head coach Blake Bone would need a miracle to accomplish said goal. But […]
Local student named Bryant-Jordan state winner
A pair of Etowah County student-athletes were recognized at the 31st annual Bryant-Jordan Student Athlete Awards Banquet on Monday (Apr. 11) in Birmingham.
Hokes Bluff’s Emily Frederick and Glencoe’s Will Brown were two of one hundred and four high school regional senior honorees awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships. Frederick was selected as the 2016 Class 4A state winner
Local youth soccer program helping to ease more than hunger
G.O.A.L. Foundation, a non-profit organization in the Etowah County area, kicked off its first after-school program session on March 16 at Gaston High School.
G.O.A.L. is a free mentoring program for ages 5-16 for students within the Etowah County school system. Fab 4 Futsal is a fast-paced indoor soccer game held every Saturday morning at Gaston School’s elementary gym.
Southside rolls to fifth straight county softball title
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
For fifth consecutive year, the Southside High Lady Panthers are the Etowah County softball champions.
“I’m proud that our seniors have never lost a championship game,” said SHS head coach Angie Sanders. “I feel like our work ethic and togetherness creates our success.”
The Lady Panthers (26-4) defeated Glencoe, 16-1 in five innings in the