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Keep Smiling with Rosie Preston

A short piece by Carl Sagan… What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the […]

In & around SEC baseball – Week 6 previews

By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent Auburn Week 5 Review The Tigers dropped two of three games in a road series at Texas A&M in a battle of ranked teams. Auburn lost the series opener, 4-0, as ace pitcher Tanner Burns lost his first start of the season. Burns only gave up five hits and three earned […]

Holes Bluff, Southside, Etowah, Westbrook ranked in final ASWA baseball poll

Released April 18 Baseball Class 7A 1. Bob Jones 2. Oak Mountain 3. Vestavia Hills 4. McGill-Toolen Catholic 5. Hoover 6. Hewitt-Trussville 7. Auburn 8. Prattville 9. Central-Phenix City 10. Huntsville Class 6A 1. Russell County 2. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 3. Hazel Green 4. Spanish Fort 5. Saraland 6. Faith Academy 7. Cullman 8. Hueytown 9. Oxford […]

Shane Chappell provides steady hand for Southside baseball program

Photo: Southside High head baseball coach Shane Chappell (pictured, second from left) has a word with Jacob Little (22) and Mason McGlaughn (24) during a game earlier this season.  By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent The Southside baseball team is in the process of one of the best single-season turnarounds in the state of Alabama in any […]

Coosa Christian hires Rod Cates as football coach

Photo: Rod Cates, who was recently hired as Coosa Christian head football coach, gathers with his family following a Coosa football game last year. Pictured, from left: daughter Caitlin, Rod Cates, son Caleb, son Cade, wife Rachael. By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor A new coach will roam the sidelines on Wills Creek Road this fall. Coosa Christian […]

Lady Jackets bang out 15 hits in area win

Photo: Glencoe High’s Chloe Jones swings a pitch during the Lady Yellow Jackets’ 15-1 win over Hanceville last Tuesday (Apr. 16) at GHS. (Gary Wells)  By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent The Glencoe High softball team certainly appears ready for the upcoming AHSAA state playoffs. The Lady Yellow Jackets banged out 17 hits – including three by […]

Southside boys win tennis sectionals

Photo: The Southside boys tennis team won the Class 4A/5A, Section 6 Tournament last Monday (Arp. 15) in Boaz. Pictured, from left: head coach Zack Blume, Noah Hefner, Ben Deike, Hayden Davis, Dylan Winningham, Colton Dugger, Hudson Hopper, Micah Prickett, Jackson Opdycke, Mason Prickett, Zach Lockridge, assistant coach Beth Russell. The Southside boys tennis team […]