Sports

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Catchin' Up...with E.C. 'Baldy' Wilson

July 18, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor E.C. “Baldy” Wilson is a jewel of Etowah County. Whether the conversation is...

Titan grid star Sanders inks scholarship

July 23, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor It is always good to see our area student athletes find success, and that usually st...

Hall steps down as varsity baseball coach at West End

August 3, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor As the old adage says, “all good things must come to an end.” After 14 seasons as head coach of West...

Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame STILL needs a woman's touch

August 3, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor The most recent inductees to the Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame were enshri...

Crowe sees many Gamecock youngsters contributing this fall

August 10, 2012

By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent Beware of the puppies! That was the message that Jacksonville State University football coach Jack Crow...

Area teams receive votes in ASWA preseason football poll

August 10, 2012

By Paul Beaudry/For ASWA Three local teams received votes in the Ala-bama Sports Writers Association’s preseason high school football poll released this week. Class 6A Gadsden City garnered 33 po...

Sophomores to lead the way for GSCC spikers

August 17, 2012

By Chris McCarthy/Editor Last season Gadsden State came within a whisker of winning its first state volleyball title since 2005, and head coach Angie Sanders is confident that her 2012 squad is m...

Southside's Hunter signs with Snead State

August 24, 2012

2012 Southside High School graduate Karlee Hunter recently signed a softball scholarship with Snead State Community College in Boaz. ...

Area volleyball squads kicking off 2012 seasons

August 24, 2012

By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent With the advent of high school volleyball season, balls started bouncing for real last Thursday, While...