No. 1-seeded Sylacauga advanced to the Talladega County Tournament finals with a 77-62 win over Childersburg on Friday night.
Talladega and Sylacauga have been on a collision course since the Tigers claimed a three-point victory at Sylacauga on Jan. 15 when Talladega senior Keontae Funderburg scored four points in the final two minutes to retake the lead.
The home run king and Hall of Famer was a lot more than a baseball player to many, including Talladega College President Dr. Billy C. Hawkins.
Long regarded as one of baseball’s true titans, Hank Aaron has died at age 86 according to the Atlanta Braves. A cause of death was not immediately known, although the Braves released a statement saying Aaron “passed away peacefully in his sleep.”
How did we get here?
The thought had to be racing through the minds of every Winterboro fan in attendance on Thursday night as Talladega outscored the Bulldogs 12-1 in the final 3:30 to cut the Bulldog’s lead down to just four points with 12.2 seconds left on the clock.
SYLACAUGA—TC Central defeated B.B. Comer 49-42 in the semifinals of the Talladega County Tournament on Thursday night. This is the second season in a row that the Lady Fighting Tigers have advanced to the championship game of the Talladega County Tournament.
It’s not uncommon for Fayetteville coach Amber Smith to notice one of her bowlers get frustrated at the lanes during practice, but Smith almost never makes it over there in time.
The University of Alabama has named its athletic performance center for former Alabama football player and athletics director Bill Battle.
The Sylacauga Board of Education voted 3-0 on Wednesday morning to accept the resignation of physical education teacher and head varsity football coach Andrew Zow.
No.3 seed Talladega dominated Lincoln 105-64 in the quarterfinals of the Talladega County Basketball Tournament on Wednesday night.
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Childersburg head coach Johnny Johnson is in quarantine because of possible exposure to COVID-19.
Trinity Webb scored a game-high 23 points to lead No. 5-seeded Talladega to a 49-42 victory over No. 4-seeded Childersburg in the Talladega County tournament quarterfinals.
The Sylacauga defender had the perfect angle on Winterboro seventh-grader Katelyn Brown, but the middle schooler wasn’t slowing down.
No. 1 seed Sylacauga team put on a shooting clinic in the quarterfinals of the Talladega County Basketball Tournament on Tuesday night. The Aggies connected on 14 3-pointers en route to a 90-41 win over No. 8 seed TC Central.
Talladega freshman Trinity Webb broke the home crowd’s heart again and again on Friday night at Sylacauga.
PELL CITY—Austin Grill signed a scholarship to play tennis at Coastal Alabama Community College in the Pell City Center for Education and Performing Arts Building on the campus of Pell City High School on Friday afternoon.
Everything changes — the last few months have proven that — but the color of the confetti always seems to come up crimson. At least that must be what it feels like to the rest of the country.
The Winterboro High School’s boys basketball team was ready to get the bad taste out of its mouth after losing last week to rival TC Central by 28 points.
PELL CITY -- Grace Pruitt signed scholarship papers to play softball at Bishop State Community College in Mobile.
The Andrew Zow era at Sylacauga is over. Zow announced Monday his intent to accept a position with the football program at Clemson University.
All the air, and the drama, seemed to get sucked out of the gym at once when Childersburg sophomore Jada Swain buried a 3-point shot with almost four minutes remaining in Tuesday night’s game.
Talladega defeated Alexandria 82-68 on Monday night. The Tigers trailed 18-15 at the end of one, but they used a big second quarter to take a 42-34 lead into intermission. Talladega increased the lead 70-51 going into the final period.
HOWELL’S COVE -- The streak is over.
On Thursday night, an “awful” third quarter doomed Childersburg in an 82-68 loss to Lincoln. It was a movie Childersburg coach Johnny Johnson had seen several times this season already.
