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Saks’ Collins headed to Florida
by Nick Birdsong
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8 hrs ago |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
You don’t become one of the state’s best high school basketball players, while generously being at listed at 5-foot-2, by being afraid. That fearlessness is part of why Saks’ Addesha Collins signed a scholarship with Tallahassee Community College (Fla.) despite not having visited the school’s campus located in the sunshine state’s capital city.
After squirreling away sweep, Oxford rallies to take title
by Nick Birdsong
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2 days 8 hrs ago |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
t doesn’t matter now. Oxford’s the 2012 AHSAA Class 6A state champions.
The Simpsons no joke as Oxford blanks Fairhope
by Joe Medley
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3 days ago |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Game 1 of Oxford’s latest crack at a Class 6A baseball title turned into an episode of “The Simpsons.” Pitcher Tucker Simpson threw a one-hitter, and little brother Trent delivered a home run off the Paterson Field scoreboard to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 2-0 victory over Fairhope.
Taylor Made: West throws perfect game to lift Saks to state title
by Nick Birdsong
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3 days ago |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Saks junior Taylor West threw a perfect game to guide the Lady Wildcats to a 3-0 win against Pisgah and lift her team to the AHSAA Class 3A state softball tournament Friday.
Piedmont’s first run to state finals ends in loss
by Joe Medley
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4 days ago |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Piedmont would prefer the years-to-come focus surrounding their historic postseason run in baseball be about how it ended. The Bulldogs will have to settle for where it ended.
Saks wins two for shot at playing for state title
by Nick Birdsong
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4 days ago |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Saks knew the troubles of slipping into the consolation bracket in a double-elimination tournament and vowed to avoid it. The Lady Wildcats made good on their pledge Thursday with a pair of wins in the AHSAA Class 3A state softball tournament at Lagoon Park.
Central of Clay County set for first Blue-Red Game
by Joe Medley
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4 days ago |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Jamario Lyles just dropped his head and laughed at his new teammate, but Jamari Staples was just being honest. What else would the former Clay County star’s favorite memory about playing in the final Clay Bowl be?
Piedmont rallies late, falls to Trinity 5-4 in Game 1
by Nick Birdsong
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5 days ago |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY — For the first time this postseason, Piedmont lost a Game 1.
White Plains more anxious than ever to bag school’s first state championship
by Joe Medley
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5 days ago |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
WHITE PLAINS — White Plains’ softball team knows what it means to carry the school’s dreams for its first state championship. The Wildcats did it a year ago.
Well-rested Saks back for try at title
by Nick Birdsong
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5 days ago |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
SAKS — The rest since this past weekend’s North Central regional softball tournament has done Saks a whole lot of good.
Alexandria girls finish second overall in state golf tournament
by Al Muskewitz
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6 days ago |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
OPELIKA — When the top of the heap is as strong as it has been in Class 1A-5A girls golf, sometimes second-best is the best place to be.
Piedmont prepared for state championship series
by Nick Birdsong
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6 days ago |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
PIEDMONT — It was a celebration, albeit a short one. After Piedmont’s 7-4 victory in Game 2 of its Class 3A state semifinals series against Plainview this past Friday night, students swung open a gate near the home dugout and stormed the field.
Cubs’ Burr signs with Cumberland
by Nick Birdsong
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7 days ago |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Unless you’re one of those old-school heads who reads the paper at the crack of dawn every morning with a cup of coffee in hand, chances are Alexandria’s Tyler Burr has already signed his college scholarship.
Alexandria in second after 1st round
by Al Muskewitz
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7 days ago |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Jordan Gregoria has only been playing competitive golf for three years, but she couldn’t have picked a better time to post the best round of her life.
Williams, Alexandria eyeing another state title
by Al Muskewitz
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8 days ago |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Madison Williams plays in the final state tournament of her high school career today and would love nothing better than to come away from it the same w
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