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Area football players recognized by AHSAA

October 29, 2019

Messenger file photo by Sherry Abercrombie Three local football players were recognized in the Alabama High School Athletic A...

Titans beat Grissom to end nine-game skid

October 28, 2019

Photo: Gadsden City’s Jakari Embry (11) runs for a first down as Grissom’s Caleb Peake (10) pursues...

Sardis loses to Albertville, 45-20

October 28, 2019

Photo courtesy of Bentley Gray Photography By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter Class 5A Sardis led 6A Albertville 14-13 at...

Pearce comes up big in Patriots’ victory over Woodland

October 28, 2019

Courtesy of Sand Mountain Reporter West End trailed 21-6 in the first half but outscored Woodland 26-0 in the second...

Johnson's pair of field goals pushes Panthers past Crossville

October 28, 2019

Courtesy of Sand Mountain Reporter The Crossville High football team’s best defensive effort of the season put the Lions in...

Hokes Bluff falls to Jacksonville, 35-14

October 28, 2019

Photo: Hokes Bluff’s Darrian Meads (left) follows the blocking of Hunter Burke during the Eagles’ 35-14...

Southside sweeps county cross country meet

October 28, 2019

Photo by Gary Wells By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Sparked by 15 top 10 finishes, the Southside boys and girls cross country teams swept the E...

Patriots Association to induct locals into Hall of Fame

October 25, 2019

By Sarrah Peters News Editor The Gadsden-Etowah Patriots Association will hold its 45th Annual Patriots Day Luncheon and Hall of H...

JSU looks to start Athletic Training Masters Program

October 25, 2019

By Kaitlin Fleming Staff Correspondent After 14 years of athletic training at Southside High School, Chris Clark recently became a full-time professor of Kinesiology at Jacksonville State University in July...