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Alabama Week 9 Review Alabama lost a crucial home game to Arkansas on Wednesday (Mar. 2) that might keep the Crimson Tide out of the NCAA Tournament. Avery Johnson’s team had its chances down the stretch, but they lost to t...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor “Without Pace [Ozmint], we would have been 5-5 this year.”  So noted former Glencoe High head football coach Lee Ozmint following the Yellow Jackets’ final game this past November. Since the 2015...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor The Etowah High softball team ended its four-game losing streak in emphatic fashion on Wednesday (Mar. 2).  The Lady Blue Devils (1-4, 1-1) pounded Douglas for 12 hits – five fo...

By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent   The hundreds of people driving on Sutton Bridge Road between Gadsden and Rainbow City each day probably notice a larg...

Alabama Week 8 Review The Crimson Tide’s NCAA Tournament chances took a hit last week, as they dropped a pair of games to Kentucky and Mississippi State. The road loss to Kentucky won’t matter as much, but...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor The Gadsden City High boys basketball program came ever so close to its first trip to Birmingham but ultimately came up short on Tuesday (Feb. 23) in the Class 7A Northeast Regional Tournament cham...

By Stan Veitch/Sports Correspondent

Take two quality teams, both built around defense, and add a familiarity with each other.

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By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent New Hope Indians scored 22 points off 21 Westbrook Christian turnovers on the way to 66-47 victory in the Class 3A Nor...

By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent The Westbrook Christian Lady Warriors ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Brindlee Mountain on Saturday (Feb. 21), comin...