Alabama didn't make the four-team College Football Playoff field, which was announced this morning. The Crimson Tide (10-2) was fifth in the final playoff rankings, while Tennessee (10-2) was sixth.
The B.B. Comer Tigers couldn't complete the upset and were turned away from a 2A State Championship by the Fyffe Red Devils by a score of 40-28. After another memorable season, the Tigers finished with a record of 12-3.
B.B. Comer fought powerhouse Fyffe all the way in the Class 2A state finals before falling, but this isn't a one-time deal for this program. Head coach Adam Fossett has built something to last. They've got a lot more winning to do.
All that B.B. Comer's Kamore Harris does with his sturdy frame is battle, make plays and keep coming back for more. Harris did that on both sides of the ball in the Class 2A state championship football game Friday afternoon at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
After an early touchdown run by Kamore Harris gave rise to thoughts of an upset, B.B. Comer couldn't overcome powerhouse Fyffe in the Class 2A state title game. The Tigers fell 40-28, which is unbeaten Fyffe's closest game all season.
B.B. Comer is set to face Fyffe for the Class 2A state football championship today at 3 p.m.
“We’re ready for this to get here," Tigers head football coach Adam Fossett said. "We’ve been practicing and watching film. The state championship game is a great platform for our program. We want to be tradition-rich, like Fyffe.”
In the Class 3A state meet, Elise Picard outran 147 girls for a crown.
“There was so much tension on the starting line. The girls went out fast and everybody was elbowing. At the 800-meter (mark) I started to pull away," she said.
PELL CITY — Outside the rain was pouring, but inside the Victory Christian gym, Talladega County Central sophomore Jhovi Cole proved even more relentless on Tuesday evening as he rained down seven 3-pointers to power the Tigers to a 71-48 victory.
Auburn hiring Hugh Freeze as head football coach isn't about escort services or second chances — it's about a school willingly overlooking a pattern of transgressions that have embarrassed his employers going back to his days as a high school coach.
PELL CITY — Victory Christian junior Haley Hendrix was unstoppable, literally, from her game-opening score in the first 10 seconds to her game-ending basket in the final seconds of Tuesday’s 61-36 victory over Talladega County Central.
With the first season of the Rich Rodriguez era officially in the books, it’s finally time for the Gamecocks to focus on completing the transition to the FBS level and joining Conference USA.
Winterboro's Kaleb Merritt sank a foul shot with 35.1 seconds left to give the Bulldogs a 55-54 win over Fayetteville in boys basketball Monday night.
“We worked our full court press, and we made some free throws,” Winterboro freshman guard Katlyn Brown said after a 61-34 win over Fayetteville in the Bulldogs' season opener.
Scenes and action from the Monday night basketball games between Fayettville and Winterboro high schools.
PELL CITY — Pell City junior Reagan Tarver dropped 4, 3-pointers in Monday night’s 64-20 win over Spain Park. At times, it was almost distracting how effortless her shot looked.
“After a thoughtful, thorough, and well-vetted search, we ended where we started, with Hugh Freeze,” Auburn athletics director John Cohen said in a news release. “Of all the candidates we considered, Hugh was the best fit."
AUBURN — Auburn University announced this evening that Hugh Freeze has been named the school's head football coach.
After beating Auburn 49-27 on Saturday, Alabama coach Nick Saban spent part of his news conference reminding his team's fan base that he has no use for "naysayers." It marked an unusual turn, because he rarely picks this forum to deliver this particular message.
TUSCALOOSA — From a competitive standpoint, the Iron Bowl probably ended when Alabama opened the second half with a nine-play, 72-yard drive to take a four-possession lead.
With seemingly nothing to play for, Alabama played like it had nothing to lose.
High school football state semifinal scores, finals pairings:
“Highland Home knew what was coming. We don’t fear anybody,” said B.B. Comer's Kamore Harris said after the Tigers hammered Highland Home 44-15 to make the state championship game.
Anniston Star Senior Editor Mark Edwards takes Alabama, Ohio State and Ole Miss, which will thrive as long as nobody mentions a pine box.
The B.B. Comer football machine has inhaled the region championship, minus any league defeats, in seven region games. And in the first three weeks of the state playoffs, Comer and Fossett have strung together wins over Lanett, Wicksburg and Reeltown.
