Pleasant Valley Set Down
Jacksonville, AL – Lady Raiders hold own in first half, but Ider freshman Traylor gets loose for 25 in second half and sends Pleasant Valley to regional defeat By Al Muskewitz Things couldn’t have gone better for the Pleasant Valley girls early in their first Northeast Regional game in seven years and there was a real […]
State Wrestling
Calhoun County, AL – Here is the lineup for Saturday’s championship matches in the AHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in Huntsville AHSAA STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT CLASS 1A/4A TEAM SCORES (Top 15): Weaver 97, Ashville 84.5, Dora 82.5, St. James 76.5, New Hope 66, Ohatchee 63, Ranburne 62, Deskler 58, Saks 54, Madison County 53.5, White Plains 51, […]
Weaver Leads
Huntsville, AL – Bearcats hold slim lead over Ashville in 1A-4A after first day of state wrestling tournament; includes highlights for all area teams that were active Thursday Defending Class 1A-4A state champion Weaver holds a slim lead after the first day of the state wrestling tournament. The Bearcats have 42 points, and second-place Ashville stands […]
End of the Line
Jacksonville, AL – Huffman adjusts to Oxford’ zone, comes to life after scoring its first basket midway through first quarter, eliminates Yellow Jackets in tight regional semifinal By Al Muskewitz The players on the Oxford basketball team will wake up Friday morning to a day unlike any other they’ve experienced in the last four months. There […]
Dead End for Oxford
Jacksonville, AL – Huffman’s press, traps overwhelm Oxford girls in Northeast Regional semifinals: ‘It’s tough for them to go out like that’ By Joe Medley It was hard enough for Melissa Bennett to look at the end of her bench and see woosy senior Justice Woods, hands on head and working with a trainer. Pulling seniors LaMya […]
Anniston’s New Rico
Anniston, AL – BOE votes to hire Tarrant’s Jackson to replace White, become Bulldogs’ 22nd head football coach By Joe Medley Rico Jackson draws his greatest coaching inspiration from family, and he saw first hand what a football family coming together after a player’s death can do. The guy who helped to lift Aliceville to its first […]
Jackets Pull It Out
Oxford, AL – Young guns Alexander, Perry key a late rally that lifts Oxford past Shades Valley for its seventh straight trip to the regionals By Al Muskewitz Joel Van Meter has had some memorable victories during his tenure as Oxford’s basketball coach, but Tuesday night, given the magnitude of the game, may have topped the […]
Pleasant Valley Roper’s Run
Pleasant Valley, AL – Senior erupts for big second half, gets Pleasant Valley over nerves, Horseshoe Bend to earn Raiders’ first Northeast Regional berth since 2016 It doesn’t take much to tweak nerves in a loser-go-home game, so file moving the bench from one side the court to the other before Pleasant Valley’s subregional […]
Roaring into Regionals
Ohatchee, AL – Crook, Ohatchee girls swamp Saks in final home game of season to earn trip to Northeast Regionals CLASS 3A NORTHEAST SUBREGIONALS Glencoe 66, Piedmont 50 Susan Moore 72, Sylvania 42 Ohatchee 73, Saks 25 Plainview 70, Vinemont 31 By Al Muskewitz Lamar Bradford appreciates generational talent as much as any basketball coach out […]
Wildcats D it Up
White Plains, AL – White Plains turns up the defense, takes down Anniston on its floor to reach 4A Northeast Regional By Al Muskewitz Chris Randall gathered his White Plains basketball team in the locker room and told them they were one of 16 teams left in the state playoffs. What he didn’t say, but Carter Johnson […]