At Valley Head on Friday, Jacksonville Christian was a woeful 2 of 20 shooting in the first half and fell to Valley Head 62-39. Read the full story
TRINITY — Reid Williamon’s stop of Colton Keith for a safety with 7:37 to play proved to be Donoho’s only points in a 20-2 loss to Decatur Heritage in a second-round playoff matchup. Read the full story
OHATCHEE — Ohatchee has missed its starting quarterback for weeks and missed him more for much of its second-round playoff game Friday night. Collinsville will miss Kaleb Jones when these playoffs end. Read the full story
PIEDMONT — Piedmont set the tone on the opening possession with a 13-play scoring drive that ate more than seven minutes off the clock and eventually defeated Lauderdale County 42-20 to advance to the Class 3A quartefinals. Read the full story
TRINITY — Reid Williamon’s stop of Colton Keith for a safety with 7:37 to play proved to be Donoho’s only points in a 20-2 loss to Decatur Heritage in a second-round playoff matchup.
OHATCHEE — Ohatchee has missed its starting quarterback for weeks and missed him more for much of its second-round playoff game Friday night. Collinsville will miss Kaleb Jones when these playoffs end.
PIEDMONT — Piedmont set the tone on the opening possession with a 13-play scoring drive that ate more than seven minutes off the clock and eventually defeated Lauderdale County 42-20 to advance to the Class 3A quartefinals.
HACKLEBURG — Spring Garden scored a 34-0 win at Hackleburg in the Class 1A playoffs Friday.
WELLBORN — Jeff Smith received a chilly surprise Friday night as the final horn sounded on The Hill.
MADISON — Jacksonville got five touchdowns from senior Rontarius Wiggins and three more from Taj Morris to earn the school’s first trip to the state quarterfinals by routing St. John Paul II Catholic 56-22 on Friday in the Class 4A playoffs.
GURLEY — A missed extra point and a late touchdown sunk Alexandria 28-27 against Madison County on Friday in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs.
The last time the Anniston Bulldogs hosted a playoff game, former Jacksonville State great and current Los Angeles Charger Troymaine “Buster” Pope was running through defenses in a 2011 sprint to the semifinals
CULLMAN — With conviction in his voice, Keith Etheredge made a strong statement about star running back J.B. Carlisle following Oxford’s 35-0 win over Cullman Friday night.
MONTGOMERY -- Montgomery Catholic scored the go-ahead touchdown with 19 seconds left in the third quarter and then held on for a 9-6 win over Handley on Friday.
A slideshow of action images from the Lauderdale County at Piedmont prep football game. It is the 2nd round of the AHSAA Class 3A state playoffs.
A slideshow of Friday Night Sights images from the Lauderdale County at Piedmont prep football game. It is the 2nd round of the AHSAA Class 3A state playoffs.
The Jacksonville Christian girls basketball team opened its season with a resounding 57-22 home victory over Gaylesville on Thursday.
Add Ohatchee’s Autumn Widgeon to a spate of college signings this week for area high school athletes.
Welp, gang’s all here. Almost all here, anyway.
SPRING GARDEN — Spring Garden keeps going deeper in the Alabama high school football playoffs, and the next step is clear.
Jayda Fair has a new title … queen of Calhoun County cross country.
Waiting for football players to become available is a fact of life for boys’ high school basketball in Alabama, and a lot of schools are waiting.
Anniston Star Sports Writer Joe Medley picks this week’s high school football games:
At Columbiana, Anniston defeated host Shelby County 63-54, improving to 1-1 on the season.
OAKVILLE — Ohatchee’s Jayda Fair won a state cross country championship Saturday when she finished first in the Class 1A-2A girls field.
PIEDMONT — Piedmont overcame J.B. Pennington’s blitzing defense with four Jack Hayes touchdown passes in the first half and defeated the Tigers 35-0 in the opening round of the Class 3A football playoffs.
FAYETTE — Anniston put the “Big Dawg” offense to big use Friday, and the Bulldogs broke a playoff drought.
ALEXANDRIA — A first-round playoff exit last year left Alexandria believing more could’ve been. A first-round win Friday leaves the Valley Cubs smiling about what can be.
