Local players make ASWA all-state softball
Photo courtesy of Alex Chaney By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Eight local high school softball players recently made the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s 2024 All-State teams. Selected to the first team were Southside’s Peyton Burrell in Class 5A and Hokes Bluff’s Abby Payne and Glencoe’s Abi Bunt in Class 3A. A senior centerfielder, Burrell batted .500 […]
Local baseball squad wins 6U state championship, finishes season as top ranked team in the country
Photo: The Coosa Christian 6U baseball team gathers for a photo after winning the Triple A state championship on Saturday, June 1 in Pell City. Pictured, bottom row, from left: Elijah Simmons, Cai Avila, Jenson Barber, Brix Embry. Middle row, from left: Kix Hollingsworth, Ledger Moore, Lewis Boyd, Jaxon Ball, Greyson Diffee, Tucker Wadsworth. Back […]
Area schools affected by realignment, CBR
Photo: The Coosa Christian football team will compete in Class 2A this fall as a result of the AHSAA Competitive Balance Rule. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor The Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board of Control recently approved school alignments for the spring sports of baseball, softball, soccer, tennis, golf, and outdoor track […]
Matt Harris back at home in Walnut Grove
Photo: Matt Harris was recently hired as head football coach at West End High School. Pictured, from left: Etowah County Schools Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby, West End Principal Ron Daugherty, Etowah County Board of Education member Susan Spiker, Matt Harris. (Submitted photo) By Taylor B. Beck/For Sand Mountain Reporter Matt Harris is finally where he’s […]
Legals for 6/07/2024 – 6/13/2024
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ETOWAH Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Barbara Howell Thacker An Unmarried Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Homecomings Financial, LLC (F/K/A Homecomings Financial Network, Inc., its […]