Sports

June 22, 2026

New Sardis football coach expects early success

July 14, 2022

Submitted phot0 By Robb Corker/Staff Correspondent Sardis High School’s new head football coach Chris Stephenson (pictured above) seeks to insp...

Cardinal cagers flying to next level

July 14, 2022

Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor The Gadsden State men’s basketball program is well on its way to serving as a local pipel...

Hokes Bluff ace highlights All-Messenger softball team

July 7, 2022

By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor For someone who considered herself a basketball-first student-athlete, Kileigh Blackwell...

Casting on the Coosa - It ain’t no luck, I learned to duck

July 7, 2022

By Marty Dixon/Staff Correspondent I hope everyone had a happy 4th of July. Judging by the number of boaters on the Coosa R...

Casting on the Coosa - Fairy wands, frog jigs and turkey calls

July 1, 2022

By Marty Dixon/Staff correspondent I managed a few days out on the water this past week and got to fish for a few hours with m...

Etowah well represented on All-Messenger baseball team

July 1, 2022

Photo: Etowah High’s Caleb Freeman (12) is congratulated by teammate Jameson Scissum after Freeman’s two...

Local thrower steps up on national stage

July 1, 2022

Phot0 by Jim Bogle By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Kodie Bogle’s recent 2,100-mile airplane flight to Track Town, USA, via Birmingham, Omaha a...

Casting on the Coosa - No injured reserved list for The Surgeon

June 23, 2022

By Marty Dixon/Staff Correspondent It’s been a slow week for fishing. I did manage a few bites during the two-hour time fra...

Ashville's Drinkard, Westbrook's Henry highlight All-Messenger track and field teams

June 23, 2022

Messenger file photo by Chris McCarthy By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Carl Henry and Emma Drinkard didn’t just perform under pressure this past track and field...