In & around SEC football: Week 1 previews and predictions
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent For the first time since the 2012 season, the Southeastern Conference expanded and added two additional teams in Oklahoma and Texas from the Big 12, giving the conference 16 teams. The SEC abandoned the divisional format, so the sche-dules will range in difficulty for each team over the next two seasons. […]
Hokes Bluff handles Southside, 21-13
Photo: Hokes Bluff’s Colten Shields sacks Southside quarterback Ethan Sarratt during the Eagles’ 21-13 victory in high school football on Thursday, Aug. 29. (Courtesy of Alex Chaney) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor For the first time in several years, the Hokes Bluff High football team got the better of its crosstown rival. Helped by a ball-control […]
Legals for 8/30/2024 – 9/05/2024
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 James Knight And Wife Kathy Ragland Knight to CITIFINANCIAL CORPORATION, LLC dated September 8, 2008; said mortgage being recorded on September 9, 2008, as Instrument No. […]
Gadsden City, Coosa Christian ranked in latest ASWA football poll
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Released August 28 Class 7A Team Record Points 1. Central-Phenix City 1-0 216 2. Enterprise 1-0 140 3. Thompson 0-1 139 4. Auburn 1-0 137 5. Hoover 1-0 99 6. Dothan 1-0 91 7. Hewitt-Trussville 1-0 66 8. Carver-Montgomery 1-0 43 9. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 1-0 39 10. Mary Montgomery 0-1 […]
Westbrook sweeps its way to FCA tourney title
Photo: The Westbrook Christian volleyball team gathers for a photo after winning the Faith Christian Classic Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 24 in Anniston. Pictured, from left: Kathryn Elam, Sara Windle, Elyse Neal, Addison Hammontree, Caroline Taylor, Marlee Cox, Ellison Stewart, Landri Lipscomb, Kylee Wyatt, Raylee Neal. (Submitted photo) The Westbrook Christian volleyball team went 8-0 […]
Area runners compete in season-opening 5Ks
Submitted photo A number of local runners finished in the top 20 at recent high school cross county meets. At the Wildcat Twilight Invitational on Thursday, Aug. 22 in Anniston, Glencoe’s Sarah Ponder (22:20.18) finished third and Emma Godfrey placed eighth (23:22.06) out of a field of 67 runners. Hokes Bluff’s Ethan Patterson (18:15.51) came […]
Bulldogs shut out Asbury
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Gaston posted its first shutout since the 2017 season with a 32-0 win over Asbury on Friday, Aug. 23 at Cap’n Bill Boyd Stadium. For the Bulldogs, Chapman Clay was 11 for 16 in passing for 147 yards and two touchdowns. Kodie Bogle had four catches for 38 yards […]
Patriots come up short against Pleasant Valley
Photo: West End quarterback Jaxon Hamby (right) hands off to Brent Williamson during the Patriots’ 28-12 loss to Pleasant Valley in high school football on Friday, Aug. 23 in Walnut Grove. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) West End opened the 2024 football season with a 28-12 loss to Pleasant Valley on Friday, Aug. 23 in Walnut Grove. The […]
Conquerors fall to Georgia powerhouse
Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy Coosa Christian opened the season with a 41-7 loss to Pierce County, Ga., on Friday, Aug. 23 in Blackshear, Ga. For the Conquerors, John Davis Justus was 16 for 31 in passing for 137 yards and a touchdown. L.J. Mostella had three receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown, […]