SAKS — It all came down to one play, one play that seemed to go on forever. While this one play could never define Saks’ season, it certainly punctuated it.
Clay County shuts out Saks 21-0 Clay County, the team known for its shutout-producing defenses, got another one in the final regular season game in the school’s storied football history. The Saks Wildcats were the Panthers’ victim Thursday night, falling 21-0.
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Rip Donovan, Star Sports CorrespondentAnniston Star
Weaver defense downs Saks WEAVER — Who needs offense?
Weaver certainly didn’t Friday night as the Bearcats used four timely interceptions, a safety and a 90-yard kick return to down previously unbeaten Saks 29-19 at Bill Bryan Stadium.
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Jared Gravette, Star Sports CorrespondentAnniston Star
Saks stays undefeated for injured teammate SAKS — Inspired. Focused. Emotional. Tough ... Though all fitting, those adjectives fail to sufficiently summarize Saks’ play Friday in its 24-14 victory against Glencoe.
Saks continues strong start with win over White Plains SAKS — The white of Saks’ helmets provides quite the canvas for collecting other teams’ paint — greens, purples, blues and even a little of their own red — as souvenirs of its undefeated season.
Saks races to big victory, moves on to regional final JACKSONVILLE — Saks coach Michelle Morgan goes into every game with a luxury, and the Wildcats’ speed proved too much for Pisgah in Thursday’s Northeast Regional semifinals.
Addesha Collins scored a game-high 31 points to go with five steals, and the Wildcats pressured Pisgah shooters into 35-percent shooting.
Heckle this: Saks’ Collins silences Glencoe crowd, keys win Collins finished with a game-high 26 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, to the lead the Lady Wildcats to their first Northeast Regional appearance under third-year coach Michelle Morgan.
No. 3 Jacksonville gets last-second basket, edges No. 2 Saks It took more than three quarters but Friday’s girls semifinal game between No. 2 Saks and No. 3 Jacksonville finally created its share of Calhoun County basketball tournament excitement. Jacksonville sophomore forward Kenyatta Ervin nabbed an offensive rebound and scored a put-back basket with three seconds left, giving the Golden Eagles a 30-29 win.
Saks races past Faith JACKSONVILLE — There wasn’t much suspense as Saks, the No. 2 seed in the girls bracket of this year’s Calhoun County basketball tournament, raced past No. 15 Faith Christian 60-10 at Pete Mathews Coliseum in the final opening round game. The Wildcats (13-5) advanced to meet Alexandria (7-12) tonight at 7 p.m. Faith Christian fell to 0-12.
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Rip Donovan, Star Sports CorrespondentAnniston Star
Saks’ Duke heads to UAH to play hoops Caleb Duke began playing baseball at age four.
By the time he reached Saks High School, the 6-foot-4, 175-pounder was excelling as a pitcher.
Clay Count finish on high note, down Saks 28-9 Clay County coach Kris Herron challenged his Panthers (7-3) to finish the regular season on a positive note and take some momentum into their playoff game at Hale County of Moundville next Friday.
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Rip Donovan, Star Sports CorrespondentAnniston Star
Piedmont rebounds from loss to earn region title with win over Saks PIEDMONT — Steve Smith’s team brought its collective briefcase to the Field of Champions Friday night where Piedmont defeated Saks 17-0 in business-like fashion to capture the Bulldogs’ first region championship since the early 1990s.
Saks loses two QBs, falls to No. 8 Glencoe 35-7 GLENCOE — Saks’ loss on the road against Glencoe on Friday night was eerily similar to the beating Weaver took at the hands of the Yellow Jackets just three weeks ago — all the way down to the final score.
Saks gets shutout vs. Tigers If high school football worked like its college counterpart, teams would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to play winless J.B. Pennington.
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Robert Bozeman Star sports correspondentAnniston Star
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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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