In & around SEC football: Week 7 previews
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent Alabama Week 6 Recap Alabama kept its playoff hopes alive and took a strong lead in the SEC West Division with a 26-20 win over Texas A&M last week in College Station. The Aggies led 17-10 at halftime, but the Crimson Tide defense dominated the second half in holding A&M to […]
Local cyclist rises to the occasion at national championships
Photo: A bloodied and brusied Randy Kerr celebrates after finishing in third place in the Men’s Master Division’s 65-69 age group at the recent USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships in Auburn. (Submitted photo) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor It apparently takes a bit more than a mild concussion, several bruised ribs, a sore elbow and […]
Local gridders recognized by AHSAA
Photo: Gadsden City’s Chris Butler (48) knocks the ball loose from Hazel Green’s Jonathan Mann during the Titans’ 69-0 victory in high school; football on Friday, Oct. 6 at GCHS. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) Four area football players were recognized in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Prep Spotlight for the Week of Oct 6. Southside senior […]
Legals for 10/13/2023 – 10/19/2023
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Julie Mincey, a married woman, and Joe Mincey, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee for PHH Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns, on August 5, 2010, said […]
Southside, Coosa Christian ranked in latest ASWA high school football poll
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Released October 11 Class 7A Team Record Points 1. Central-Phenix City 6-0 225 2. Thompson 5-1 171 3. Auburn 6-1 139 4. Mary Montgomery 7-0 133 5. Vestavia Hills 5-1 119 6. Enterprise 5-1 101 7. Baker 6-1 63 8. Hewitt-Trussville 5-2 51 9. Dothan 5-2 39 10. Sparkman […]
Cardinal runners compete at Charger Invitational
Photo courtesy of Gadsden State The Gadsden State cross country teams competed in the UAH Charger Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 7 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville. In the men’s 8K for the Cardinals, Lane Griffin finished 325th with a time of 28:44.90. Jordan Clark paced the GSCC women with a 214th place time of […]
Titans trample Hazel Green on homecoming
Gadsden City’s Tremonte Williams (61) breaks loose for a 28-yard touchdown run as Hazel Green’s Xavier Thompson pursues during the Titans’ 69-0 victory in high school; football on Friday, Oct. 6 at GCHS. By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor The Gadsden City High football team capped off the school’s homecoming week with a 69-0 victory over Hazel Green […]
Panthers topple No. 6 Leeds
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Courtesy of al.com Three big plays and a feisty defense helped Southside upend Class 5A No. 6 Leeds, 23-13, on Friday, Oct. 6, at Barney Hood Stadium. With the win, the Panthers (6-1, 4-0) assumed control of Class 5A, Region 6. Although pleased with the win, Southside head coach […]
Lions pick off Douglas for fifth win
Photo: Sardis’ Levi Martin (17) makes an interception in front of Douglas’ Keilan Green during the Lions’ 35-21 victory in high school football on Oct. 6 in Sardis City. (Taylor D. Beck/For Sand Mountain Reporter) By Taylor Beck/For Sand Mountain Reporter Four interceptions by the Sardis defense propelled Sardis to a 35-21 win against Class […]