Infielder Addie Jennings signed with Marion Military Institute on Thursday, becoming the third Valley Cub to sign in the past week. Pitcher Rylee Gattis signed with Carson-Newman on Friday, and shortstop Ashlen Phillips signed with Jacksonville State on Tuesday. Former Valley Cub Emmah Rolfe, now playing for Bob Jones High School, signed with Auburn on Nov. 11.
The senior shortstop is a was an all-state and 4A-6A All-Calhoun County selection in 2021, batting .382 with a .483 on-base percentage and .618 slugging percentage.
Two Jacksonville residents were arrested Monday and charged with arson in the first degree after a fire Nov. 7 at Pheasant Run Apartments, police Chief Marcus Wood said.
Gattis the reigning Calhoun County 4A-6A player of the year and Alabama Sports Writers Association's Class 5A pitcher of the year.
An inability to slow down Khalifa Keith and a controversial fourth-quarter call cost Alexandria Friday night in a 41-34 second-round playoff loss to Parker.
Pleasant Valley's Cayden Nelson and White Plains' Maddyn Conn led all area runners with second-place finishes.
Alexandria’s defense overwhelmed visiting Ardmore in the first half. On offense, the Valley Cubs’ offense didn’t punt until just five seconds remained before intermission. That combination was the cornerstone of a 52-6 win for Alexandria.
Anniston and Oxford each chose to cancel their respective high school football games on the night of Nov. 1, 1996, on account of rain, but the next morning’s paper did bring accounts of two games that weren’t canceled.
Javais McGhee threw two touchdown passes, ran for another and caught a touchdown pass as the Valley Cubs avenged a 2020 loss to Piedmont 25-20 on the Field of Champions on Friday.
Pleasant Valley’s boys, Alexandria’s girls, White Plains’ girls and Lincoln’s boys won their cross country sectionals Thursday.
