In & around SEC football – bowl recap
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent Eleven of the 14 schools from the SEC made bowl games, the most of any league in the country. The conference currently is 6-5 in bowl games this postseason, and Alabama has an opportunity to improve that record to 7-5 with a win over Clemson in the national title game on […]
Former GCHS cager to participate in benefit game for local Boys and Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Gadsden/Etowah will host the BGC Basketball Classic this Saturday, Jan. 5, at 4 p.m. at the Gadsden City High School gymnasium. The game features the Talladega College men’s team against Carver College of Atlanta, Ga. Former Boys and Girls Club of Gadsden/Etowah County member and 2018 Gadsden City High […]
ASWA Back, Lineman of the Year finalists include pair of local gridders
By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Two area high school football players were among 56 finalists for the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Back/Lineman of the Year awards for the 2018 football season. Etowah senior defensive end Jamin Graham is a finalist for Class 5A Lineman, while Hokes Bluff junior running back Darrian Meads (pictured above) is a finalist […]
Gadsden City holds off Etowah for Christmas tournament title
Photo: Etowah’s Jamin Graham follows through on a slam dunk as Coosa Christian’s Dartavious Britton (1) and Mikel Mooneyham look on during the recent Greater Gadsden Area Christmas Classic at Gadsden City High School. (Gary Wells) By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent The championship game of the Greater Gadsden Area Christmas Classic lived up to its advance […]
Cardinals named to ACCC honor roll
Pictured is Gadsden State sophomore Morgan Blalock (right) during a basketball game last season. Thirty Gadsden State student-athletes were named to 2018 Alabama Community College Conference Commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll. Recognized were Andrew Bennett, Sloan Gartman, Stephen Walker, Alex Ivey and Justin Blake in men’s tennis; Morgan Blalock, Dalayia Crawford, Brooklyn Dutton, Morgan Frazier, Kaylan […]