The Alley to host AHSAA state bowling tournament
Photo: The Alley manager Emily Gibbs is readying the facility for the state bowling tournament January 27-28. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor For what is believed to be a first, a venue in Gadsden and Etowah County will host an Alabama High School Athletic Association-sanctioned state tournament. The AHSAA Class 1A-5A and Class 6A-7A […]
Casting on the Coosa – Uncooperative fish and a lack of good fortune
By Marty Dixon/Staff correspondent Author’s note: This week’s column contains little or no valuable fishing information. Continue reading at your own risk. Since last week, I’ve fished a total of three hours and recorded zero catches. I mostly stayed close to home and fooled around with a jerkbait. The fish were evidently jerks because they […]
Local basketball roundup
Photo by Chris McCarthy/Messenger Girls basketball Nine players scored for Sardis in the Lady Lions’ 61-16 Victory over Gaston last Wednesday (Jan. 19) in the Etowah County Schools Tournament semifinals. Jayda Lacks paced Sardis with 12 points, followed by Kay-len Wallace with 10, Bella Trammell and Kytha Ed-wards with nine each and Caroline Johnson with […]
Area basketball teams ranked in latest ASWA poll
GIRLS Class 7A 1. Hoover 2. Davidson 3. Vestavia Hills 4. Hewitt-Trussville 5. Bob Jones 6. Sparkman 7. Fairhope 8. Theodore 9. Auburn 10. Foley Class 6A 1. Hazel Green 2. Park Crossing 3. Mortimer Jordan 4. Hartselle 5. Chelsea 6. Pelham 7. Hueytown 8. Gulf Shores 9. Mountain Brook 10. McGill-Toolen Catholic Class 5A […]
Local runners compete at MLK meet
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Several area athletes turned in top 10 performances at the Martin Luther King Jr. Track and field meet last Monday (Jan. 17) at the Birmingham Cross Plex. Southside’s Luke Holcombe (pictured ar right) had a pair of top 10 efforts, placing fourth in the boys’ 1600-meter run at 4:39.28 […]
Legals for 1/21/2022 – 01/27/2022
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain real estate mortgage executed by SHELLEY HUDGENS, a married woman, to SAMUEL LEE ROY HILL dated February 5, 2020 and recorded in Instrument No.: 3497347 in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Etowah County, Alabama, and the […]