ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Oxford’s Michael Flint and Trae Elston wound up on the business end of the Black Team’s 49-10 loss in the fifth annual Under Armour All-America game at Tropicana Field Thursday night.
Oxford focused on Hoover, not former coach OXFORD — John Grass sees a mental minefield awaiting his Oxford team in tonight’s Class 6A semifinal clash with Hoover, but not because of the big white elephant roaming Hoover’s sideline.
Oxford routs Northridge to reach third round OXFORD — The playoffs have been a brick wall for Oxford during the school’s latest incarnation as a Class 6A football team, but the Yellow Jackets are bursting through this year.
Oxford region champs: Clay-Chalkville made to forfeit 9 victories John Grass had heard some scuttlebutt, but he wasn’t going to believe anything until he got something official. When a reporter read the Alabama High School Athletic Association press release to him over the phone and asked if that was official enough, he said: “Yeah, I’d say so.”
Oxford downs Pell City to advance to regional volleyball tournament OXFORD — It’s nearly an annual achievement.
After having a bye into the Class 6A, Area 14 volleyball tournament it hosted Tuesday night, the Lady Yellow Jackets downed Pell City 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-9) with relative ease to earn the title.
Oxford's Spurling goes for 300 yards in win OXFORD — Since the spread’s inception, high school offenses have become complex. But on Friday’s homecoming tilt, Oxford went simple.
QB Stephens leads Oxford past Pell City PELL CITY — The air at Pete Rich Stadium was electric Friday night for the renewal of the rivalry between Oxford and Pell City.
Post-Kwon era starts for Big ‘O’ John Grass knew the day would come when the nation’s top linebacker prospect no longer factored in Oxford’s plans. The Oxford coach just didn’t know life without Kwon Alexander would begin so soon.
Blocked kick in OT gives Oxford 14-13 win over rival OXFORD — Ulric Jones is a first-year varsity football player for Oxford who just so happens to stand 6-foot-5 and looks awfully menacing staring down a kicker from the middle of the defense.
Aspiring rapper pens lyrics about local standouts Jc Flamez checked himself before he wrecked himself. The 18-year-old rapper better known as Justin Caver backed out of a challenge to take on Weaver’s Chris English on the basketball court and turned back to what he’s best at — rocking the microphone.
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Williams keys Oxford win over Carrollton OXFORD — It didn’t matter to Dominique Williams. Neither he nor his teammates were going to be stopped Friday night at Lamar Field.
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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.
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.
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 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 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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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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