Sports History

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May 10, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor Last week I strolled through the Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame, located in...

April 19, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor West End High School principal Mark Stancil said it best. “The world is a better place because h...

April 16, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor This article was originally published in The Messenger on October 28, 2011 as...

April 6, 2012

By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent Etowah County has a great baseball heritage. The Gadsden Pilots were one o...

March 1, 2012

By Mike GoodsonSports Correspondent The Etowah County area has always been a hotbed of sports. People throughout the...

February 3, 2012

*This article was originally published as part of The Messenger Top-15 football teams of all-time from...

February 3, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor There is little doubt everyone loves a good sports story – especially when i...

February 2, 2012

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor The Altoona Choctaws had high expectations in 1954. The 1953 team posted an 8-2...

February 2, 2012

By Chris McCarthyEditor/Publisher ML Brackett’s career has taken him far and wide from his roots in rural Attalla...

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