There were lots of firsts at Van Deerman Gymnasium when the Jacksonville High School boys opened the 2021-22 season last Thursday.
Twenty-six years and 16 postseason appearances since that fateful Oct. 28 day in 1995, the Braves brought Atlanta its second World Series championship Tuesday in Houston.
Piedmont defeated Weaver and Cedar Bluff last week, but fell to Pleasant Valley on Tuesday. Piedmont plays at Ohatchee on Thursday.
Spring Garden (4-1) returns to 2A, Region 6 action at home Friday night against Gaston. Friday’s contest will be homecoming for the Panthers. Gaston is 0-6.
At the Champions Sports Academy volleyball tournament Saturday, Pleasant Valley won its pool but lost to Sand Rock in the opening round of championship bracket play.
White Plains fell behind by three scores two minutes into the second quarter and eventually lost 48-7 to Jacksonville.
Alexandria scored five touchdowns in the first half and cruised to a 50-7 victory over visiting St. Clair County on Friday of last week. The Valley Cubs led 35-0 at halftime. Javais McGhee scored on runs of one yard and 23 yards. Antonio Ross reached the St. Clair County end zone on runs of …
Spring Garden travels to Cleveland on Friday for what is expected to be the Panthers’ biggest challenge to date.
Cleburne County football is off to a 3-0 start after beating White Plains 20-3 on the road Friday evening.
Jacksonville (1-2) hosts White Plains (1-2) for homecoming Friday. The game will be a battle of teams that opened region play with a loss last week and can ill afford another region defeat.
The Panthers earned their second shutout last week at Walnut Grove with a 28-0 victory over West End. Despite the shutout, the win wasn’t very satisfying to coach Jason Howard.
Pleasant Valley hosts Weaver on Friday. The Bearcats are fresh off a win over Glencoe last week.
Piedmont was 7-1 in volleyball action last week and improved to 11-2 on the season. The Bulldogs closed out the week on Saturday in the White Plains tournament by defeating Saks (25-6, 25-17), Ranburne (25-20, 25-9) and Cedar Bluff (25-17, 23-25, 15-8) in pool play. They suffered their only …
All the excitement at halftime of Ranburne’s homecoming football game Friday revolved around the crowning of senior Abigail Howle as homecoming queen. In the home dressing room, the Bulldogs were trying to digest a 22-point halftime deficit.
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In a joint statement, Texas and Oklahoma said they have informed the Big 12 they do not intend to extend their grant of media rights past their current expiration in 2025.
Bobby Bowden has been diagnosed with a terminal medical condition, his family announced on Wednesday.
With the Olympics set to kick off Friday, concerns are mounting about the safety of the games in the midst of the pandemic.
Abalena Williamson and her dad, Kyle, would pass time by watching the wild antics of the (WWE) on TV. "She would be like, ‘daddy wanna wrestle?’”
Major League Baseball announced Friday that its All-Star game, which had been scheduled for Atlanta's Truist Park in July, will be moved out of Georgia.
AUBURN — Jack Hayes is a state-final most valuable player as a freshman, three years after older brother Taylor did the same in the same stadium.
Spring Garden continued to get dominating pitching performances from junior Colby Slayton and sophomore Weston Kirk and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the AHSAA Class 1A baseball playoffs.
Pleasant Valley finished its regular-season softball schedule with a 5-4 win over visiting White Plains in nine innings Friday.
AUBURN -- Piedmont coach Steve Smith and several of his players spoke to reporters after Thursday's 23-12 loss to Flomaton in the Class 3A state finals.
