In & around SEC football: Conference championship preview
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent Iron Bowl Recap “Fourth and 31” will soon be remembered in the same breath as “Kick Six,” “Punt Bama Punt,” and “Wrong Way Bo” in Iron Bowl lore. With Alabama’s playoff chances on the brink of elimination last Saturday in Auburn, quarterback Jalen Milroe connected with Isaiah Bond in the back-left […]
Etowah youth football team wins national championship
Photo: The Etowah Blue Devils U10 football team celebrates after winning the 2023 National Turkey Bowl championship in Gatlinburg, Tenn. See page 1B for article. (Courtesy of Seth Howard) ) A pair of local youth football teams performed well on the national stage over the Thanksgiving break. Competing in the 2023 National Turkey Bowl at […]
Local girls basketball roundup
Photo: Southside’s Grace Anne Rose lines up a foul shot during the Lady Panthers’ 57-23 victory over Glencoe on Tuesday, Nov. 28. (Courtesy of Bo Parker) Grace Anne Rose scored 21 points and Madison Shaw added 16 in Southside’s 54-48 victory over Talladega on Thursday, Nov. 30. Rose grabbed seven rebounds, followed by Shaw with […]
Area boys basketball roundup
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Sardis edged Hokes Bluff, 61-60, on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Hokes Bluff. The Lions led 19-18 after one period and 33-32 at halftime and trailed 44-43 after three quarters. For Sardis (5-1), Carson Gillilan had 14 points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals; Kason Moore had 14 points, […]
Legals for 12/01/2023 – 12/07/2023
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by MORIAH CHEYENNE MENDOZA, UNMARRIED WOMAN, to CADENCE BANK on NOVEMBER 10, 2021, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of ETOWAH County, Alabama, at INSTRUMENT NO. 3530743, the undersigned CADENCE […]
An innocent obsession
By Vicki Scott Well, it finally happened. I noticed some activity over at my neighbor’s house across the slough from us on Lake Martin in Dadeville. To be honest, my husband Alan and I have an innocent obsession with our neighbor’s house since it belongs to William Lee Golden’s sister, Lanette. When I met her, […]