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By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent Halloween 2014 will long be remembered as the night of the “Thriller” at West End High in Walnut Grove.  West End...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor If last Thursday’s victory served as a test for the postseason, Glencoe High aced the exam at Wilson-Darnell Field. The Class 3A No. 3 Yellow Jackets (10-0, 7-0) completed the schoo...

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Swane Morris told his Gaston High football team that it didn’t need to “limp into the playoffs.” Su...

By Ricky Smith/Sand Mountain Reporter For the third consecutive year, the Boaz-Sardis High football matchup came down to the last minute before it was decid...

Paul Ruiz scored four touchdowns as Etowah ended the regular season with a 40-14 victory over St. Clair County on Thursday (Oct. 30) in Oden...

Alabama Week 9 Review Amari Cooper set the tone of the last week’s game early on. On Alabama’s first play of offense, Blake Sims hit Cooper for an 80-yard touchdown. Cooper went on to set an Alabama school record wi...

Class 7A Rank Record       Points 1. Hoover (7-2) 348 2. Fairhope (9-0) 297 3. Central-Phenix City (9-1) 250 4. Oak Mountain (8-1) 213 5. Baker (8-1) 181 6. Bob Jones...

Several local high school football players were nominated for both the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Offensive Player of the Week...

By Mike Goodson/Messenger Correspondent With second place in Class 2A, Region 7 and a first-round home playoff game at stake, Gaston rallied past Cleveland, 35-28, on Frida...