Photo: Etowah High’s Hunter Humphries (left) scores a seventh-inning run as Mobile Christian catcher Ty Mancha awaits the throw home during the Blue Devils’...

By Marty Dixon/Staff correspondent It’s been a while since we last talked. Let’s get this past week’s tournament results in first. For the Tuesday night...

Photo: Ashville High School senior Ashton Vann signs a cross country scholarship with Gadsden State on May 11. Pictured, sitting, from left: mom Stacy,...

Photo: Glencoe High School senior Daijah Hammond signed a scholarship with North Idaho College on May 12. Pictured, sitting, from left: mom Alicia Kline,...

Photo courtesy of JSU Jacksonville State senior and 2017 Hokes Bluff High School graduate Tylynn Register closed out her collegiate career with a bronze...

Photo: Homewood’s Annie McBride (left) tries to move past Southside’s Camryn Davis during the Lady Panthers’ 5-2 loss in the Class 6A state...

Photo: Westbrook Christian’s Ella Keene (left) tangles with East Limestone’s Brianna Proudfoot during the Lady Warriors’ 2-0 loss in the Class...

Photo: Etowah High’s Briggs Freeman scores a fifth-inning run during the Blue Devils’ 3-0 victory over Hamilton in the Class 4A state baseball semifinals...

Messenger file photo by Alex Chaney By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor The Hokes Bluff High softball team’s season fell a game short of the state tournament...

The Westbrook Christian boys golf team placed fourth and three locals finished in the top 10 individual standings at the Class 3A state golf tournament...

Messenger file photo by Alex Chaney Hokes Bluff went 1-1 during the opening day of the Class 3A East Regional softball tournament on Tuesday, May 10 at...