Local teams ranked in first ASWA basketball poll
Photo: Sardis’ Ava Knight (23) and Glencoe’s Libbie Hufstetler (14) vie for a rebound during the Lady Lions’ 70-44 victory in girls basketball on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at GHS. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) Released December 19 Girls Class 7A 1. Hoover 2. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 3. Vestavia Hills 4. Auburn 5. Foley 6. Bob Jones 7. Hewitt-Trussville 8. Daphne […]
Ashville hires homegrown product as football coach
Submitted photo By Chris McCarthy/Publisher Homecoming 2025 came several months early at Ashville High. Mark Sanders was named the school’s head football coach at a meeting of the St. Clair County Board of Education on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Sanders replaces Kirakias Shepard, who was 1-19 in his two years with the Bulldogs. A 2001 AHS […]
Yellow Jackets inflicting potent sting so far
Photo: Glencoe’s Garrett Morgan (2) drives for a layup as Sardis’ Jackson Holcomb (left) and Cole Lankford defend during the Yellow Jackets’ 71-39 victory in boys basketball on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at GHS. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy/Publisher An 0-2 start to the season may have been the best thing that happened to the 2024-25 […]