Area baseball roundup
Messenger file photo by Alex Chaney Class 3A No. 4 Westbrook Christian swept Glencoe, 8-2 and 5-2, in an Area 11 doubleheader last Thursday (March 23) in Rainbow City. High Windle pitched a complete game for the Warriors (11-3) in the opener, scattering seven hits and two walks while striking out seven. At the plate […]
Local softball roundup
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Southside banged out 14 hits in a 9-3 win over Class 3A No. 5 Glencoe last Thursday (Mar. 23). A four-run first inning gave the lady Panthers (11-10) the lead for good. For Southside, Maddie Griffith went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI; Jalyn Allen went 3-for-4 with […]
Regional Clinic practitioners form community
Photo: Regional Clinic medical providers pose for a photo in their office on Goodyear Avenue in East Gadsden. Pictured, from left: Dr. Ramesh Chellamuthu, MD, MBA, Nephrology; Justin Ford, DNP, CRNP; Josh McCamy, CRNP; Wil Mullins, CRNP; Cody Gray, CRNP; Bart Clapp, DNP, CRNP; Dr. Faris Al-Faris, MD, Critical Care/Nephrology. (Emma Kirkemier/Messenger) By Emma Kirkemier, News […]
Oak Hill Village offers independent retirement community
Photo by Emma Kirkemier/Messenger Husband and wife duo Jerry Paul and Melissa Tinsley (pictured above) aspire to redefine independent senior living. In 2020 the couple opened Oak Hill Village, a continuing care retirement community consisting of 12 stand-alone craftsman-style homes. Jerry has been involved in senior care for as long as he can remember. He […]
Vice elected ECMSCA chairman
Due to the departure of Chairman Hugh Stump, the Etowah County Mega Sports Complex Authority board unanimously elected Randy Vice as Chairman. Vice is a Rainbow City Councilman, a History, Government, and Economics Teacher at Southside High and the school’s boys head soccer coach. He has served on the ECMSCA Board for over two years […]
City, DGI to clean up high-risk trees on Broad Street
Photo by Emma Kirkemier/Messenger Downtown Gadsden, Inc. and the City of Gadsden are partnering to address 23 high-risk trees located along Broad Street. After a tree recently fell on Broad Street, DGI contracted local ISA Master Arborist Lee McBride to survey the 83 trees in the downtown area. “We have a beautiful downtown, and our […]
All-Messenger basketball teams announced
By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor During a 2022-23 high school basketball season that featured a number of stellar performances, four local players put forth above-average efforts game in and game out. Southside senior Madison Shaw, Glencoe senior Jaxon Sizemore, Etowah senior Josh Graham and Gaston sophomore Mica Merriman are the All-Messenger Basketball Team Co-Players of Year for […]
Area teams ranked in latest ASWA baseball, softball polls
Photo courtesy of Average Joe’s Sports Talk Released March 23 Softball Class 7A 1. Thompson 2. Fairhope 3. Hewitt-Trussville 4. Vestavia Hills 5. Spain Park 6. Hoover 7. Central-Phenix City 8. Tuscaloosa County 9. Enterprise 10. Auburn Class 6A 1. Wetumpka 2. Hartselle 3. Athens 4. Helena 5. Oxford 6. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 7. Saraland 8. Hazel […]
Sardis hires local product as football coach
Photo: Pictured is Sardis head football coach B.J. Brooks and his wife Allie and daughters Maylee, Berkley and Olivia at a Hoover High School football game last season. (submitted photo) By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter 2008 Glencoe High School graduate B.J. Brooks grew up viewing Sardis as a rival he always wanted to beat. […]