Area players make all-state soccer
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy A number of local players were recently named to the 2022 All-State soccer teams as selected by the Alabama High School Athletic Association soccer coaches. Highlighting the boys list was Southside senior center back Ariq Chandra, who was the only area player named to the all-classification all-state team. Chandra […]
Locals named to North All-Star softball roster
Photo courtesy of Alex Chaney West End junior pitcher/infielder Josie Bunch and Glencoe junior catcher Abi Bunt were recently selected to North roster for the AHSAA North/South All-Star softball game July 19 in Montgomery. Bunch finished with 38 hits, 33 RBI, 28 runs and a .396 batting average while helping the Lady Patriots win the […]
Southside’s Griffith highlights all-county softball
Photo courtesy of Average Joe’s Sports Talk Southside senior catcher Maddie Griffith (pictured above) was named MVP of the All-Etowah County Schools softball team as voted on by the six school system head coaches. In 46 games, Griffith finished with 59 hits, 28 RBI, 26 runs and 22 steals and a .428 batting average while […]
Coaches release all county baseball
Photo courtesy of Bentley Gray Photography The head coaches of the six Etowah County Schools varsity baseball teams recently released the All-Etowah County Schools team for the 2023 season. Selected from county tournament winner and Class 5A state runner-up Sardis were junior Blaze Gerhart, junior Carson Gillilan, freshman Levi Martin, senior Luke Weems and junior […]
Area players, coach named to North all-star soccer roster
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Gadsden City High School girls soccer junior center back/defender Anna Klaire Ashley (pictured above) and head coach Samantha Corker and Glencoe junior striker Aiden Cornutt were recently selected to the North team in the AHSAA North/South All-Star girls and boys soccer games on July 19 in Montgomery. The teams […]
Lions come up short in state championship series
Photo: Sardis High School head baseball coach Kevin Vinson (picture standing at far left) addresses his players following the Lions’ loss to Holtville in the Class 5A state baseball championship on Friday, May 19 at Jacksonville State. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Sardis High’s historic run in the 2023 Class 5A state baseball playoffs ended […]
Students get glimpse of history thanks to donation
By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor Students at Etowah High School had an opportunity to flip through pages of history earlier this week. Dr. Nate Ayers, principal of Etowah High, called sophomore Leidy Lopez and freshman John Usry to the Golden Club Room in the school’s library, Tuesday, May 18, so they could help look through […]
God’s word revealed – Christ established only one Church
By John Larkins It seems impossible that anyone would study Jesus Christ’s mission campaign and accept false teachers’ claims that there is more than one Church. There it is, and untold misery in lost salvation will accompany that strange idea. Just one reminder – Jesus willingly paid the price for human salvation. Reflect on that […]
From God’s word – Dropped, crumpled and dirty
By Toni Ford Have you ever heard a speaker begin their seminar or talk by holding up a $20 bill? A speaker who recently spoke in front of 300 students asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Of course, hands started going up all across the room. He said, “I am going to give this […]