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AHSAA Subregional Pairings

Subregional pairings

Birmingham, AL – Pairings for AHSAA subregional games involving coverage-area teams. Girls play Friday, boys Saturday, and all tipoffs 6 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) AHSAA subregional pairings FRIDAY, Feb. 7 Class 6A Fort Payne at Oxford (Girls), 6 p.m. Class 5A Corner at Jacksonville (Girls), 6 p.m. Lincoln at Springville (Girls), 6 p.m. Class 4A […]

’25 Jax State Football Slate

’25 Jax State football slate

Jacksonville, AL – Gamecocks to open the 2025 season at Central Florida, open home schedule against CUSA opponent Liberty.   Jacksonville State’s 2025 football schedule will feature five home games and seven road games, the school announced Thursday. The season will start where the 2024 season ended, in Orlando, Fla. Jax State will play Central Florida […]

New Gamecocks

New Jax State coach Charles Kelly talks during the school’s National Signing Day Zoom news conference on Wednesday. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Jacksonville, AL – Jax State announces class of 30, and quarterbacks, defensive backs look to have best chance to contribute immediately. Editor’s note: The full Jax State signee class can be found on this link. By Joe Medley New Jacksonville State football coach Charles Kelly just finished signing his first recruiting recruiting class. Expect to get […]

Area Basketball in Calhoun County

Area basketball

Calhoun County, AL – Jacksonville boys, girls sweep to area championships, boys in double overtime. Glencoe, Anniston boys also clinch area titles.   Class 5A, Area 11 boys JACKSONVILLE 64, ST. CLAIR COUNTY 56, 2OT: Most valuable player Quinn Weaver hit six 3-pointers on the way to 22 points, and Jacksonville pulled away from St. Clair […]

Weaver’s Seven-Year Itch

Weaver players celebrate with head coach Beau Winn (right) after beating Saks 72-42 on Wednesday to clinch the Class 3A, Area 9 titles. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Weaver, AL – MVP Marbury’s big seconds half propels Weaver to a big second half, and the Bearcats roll to their first area title since 2018. By Joe Medley Nothing feels quite so good as that which came after a long wait. For Weaver’s boys, it’s been a seven-year itch. Most valuable player D.J. Marbury […]

Anniston Signing Day

Anniston signing day

Anniston, AL – Bulldog stars Holder, Johnson and Kelly celebrate opportunities to carry on football careers in college. Video by Joe Medley Photos by Joe Medley Anniston’s Khamar Holder (left), Kevionte Johnson and Ahmad Kelly pose with teammates for pictures following Wednesday’s ceremony to mark their college signings … Holder with Miles College, Johnson with LaGrange […]

Calhoun County Area Basketball

Area basketball

Calhoun County, AL – Saks’ girls win first area title since 2016 in dramatic fashion. Piedmont girls dominate on way to area title. Anniston girls hold off Talladega for area tite. Alexandria boys victorious in 4A, Area 12. Cover photo: Saks, the 2025 Class 3A, Area 8 champion. (Submitted photo) By East Alabama Sports Today Class […]

Oxford In Full Buzz

Oxford’s Chris Latson slams home the first of his two alley-oop dunks against Shades Valley in Tuesday’s Class 6A, Area 11 final, both on assists from Jaylen Alexander. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Oxford, AL – Despite team battles with flu, Yellow Jackets continue late-season gell with dominant performance against Shades Valley in area final. By Joe Medley A lot of good things happen for Oxford’s boys when Jaylen Alexanxder drives the lane, and Chris Latson’s alley-oop dunks just might be the most entertaining of them all. Latson and […]

Tough Area

Tough area

Piedmont, AL – Piedmont’s hot 3-point shooting continues while eliminating Ohatchee, and Glencoe survives Westbrook Christian on game-ending putback. By Joe Medley It’s typically hard to judge Piedmont’s boys’ basketball team until near the end of the regular season and area-tournament time. Judging by recent games, the Bulldogs have hit their groove from the 3-point line. […]

This Week’s Calhoun County Schedule

Alexandria’s Jaylen Henderson drives against Cleburne County during Saturday’s Class 4A, Area 12 tournament action at Alexandria. Area tournaments resume Monday. (Photo by Joe Medley/For East Alabama Sports Today)

Calhoun County, AL – High school sports events for area teams for the week of Feb. 3-Feb. 8. Coaches, report schedules/results to 256-452-4240 or joe@wrightmediacorp.com. Area basketball tournaments CLASS 6A, AREA 11 GIRLS At Oxford Saturday, Feb. 1 Shades Valley 47, Pell City 24 Monday, Feb. 3 Oxford 48, Shades Valley 29 CLASS 6A, AREA 11 […]