Contributed
(Feb. 8, 2010)
Former Jeff Davis High School star Courtney Fortson of Arkansas was named SEC Player of the Week after he averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in wins over Georgia and Auburn.
The conference also has announced its 2010 SEC Baseball television schedule, the first under a new 15-year contract with ESPN. The regular-season package will include 46 broadcasts in 2010
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Pairings for this week's AISA Regional finals at Huntingdon and Faulkner are listed below. Winners advance to the State finals beginning Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Huntingdon College.
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Tide players celebrate first win over Auburn since 2006. (Photo courtesy Unv Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(Feb. 8, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA. - Junior forward Tierney Jenkins notched her 10th double-double of the season and 22nd of her career with a game-high 17 points and 13 rebounds to lead the women's basketball team to a victory over rival Auburn, 55-53, at Coleman Coliseum on Sunday.
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Contributed
(Feb. 8, 2010)
Tanner Williams’ two-out pinch-hit single, scored Charles Lester and sent Auburn University at Montgomery to a 5-4 comeback win over 11th ranked Tennessee Wesleyan College. The win for AUM was the program’s 900th win in the 23-year history of the program, and was also Q.V. Lowe’s 900th career win at AUM.
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Combined Reports
(Feb. 8, 2010)
The Huntingdon baseball team dropped its second-straight decision to open the 2010 season on Sunday, falling to in-state rival Birmingham-Southern, 16-4, at Posey Field.
The Panthers (1-1) blew the contest open with 10 unanswered runs, including seven in the ninth inning.
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Staff Report
(Feb. 7, 2010)
Several local media experts made their choice in the annual River Region Sports Super Bowl contest. The majority like the Indianapolis Colts to win this year's championship of the National Football League.
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Head coach Anthony Grant watched his team blow a 23-point second-half lead against Ole Miss on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Unv Alabama Athletic Dept.)
Contributed
(Feb. 7, 2010)
OXFORD, Miss - Sophomore forward JaMychal Green scored 18 points while freshman forward Tony Mitchell added 16 points and eight rebounds but it wasn’t enough to counter a furious second half rally that allowed No. 25 Mississippi to pull away with a 74-67 victory over Alabama on Saturday at C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum.
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Results and schedules for the ASHAA Area Tournaments which continue through Feb. 8. Scores are updated through Saturday's games.
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Contributed
(Feb. 7, 2010)
Junior Adrian Williams scored a season-high 19 points to lead four Huntingdon players in double figures, as the Huntingdon men’s basketball team defeated the top team in the Great South Athletic Conference Piedmont, 87-79, on Saturday at Roland Arena.
Senior Kayla Schuran and junior Ashton Salter each scored 11 points, but the Huntingdon women’s basketball team could not find an answer for the inside presence of Piedmont’s Sada Wheeler, who finished with 29 points, in a 55-40 victory for the Lady Lions on Saturday at Roland Arena.
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Contributed
(Feb. 7, 2010)
BERRY, Ga.—Will Blackwell poured in 32 points to lead Berry College to an 80-75 overtime win over Auburn University at Montgomery. It was the second consecutive overtime for the Senators in the past three days.
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Contributed
(Feb. 7, 2010)
ROME, Ga. - Shorter overcame a big deficit with a pair of big runs in the second half and then raced away from Faulkner for a 69-61 victory Saturday afternoon in a key Southern States Athletic Conference game.
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Contributed
(Feb. 6, 2010)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Courtney Fortson scored eight of his game-high 24 points in overtime to go along with 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead Arkansas to an 82-79 victory over Auburn in Bud Walton Arena on Saturday. Frankie Sullivan and Tay Waller each scored 18 points and Lucas Hargrove 15 to lead the Tigers.
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Struthers tied a career high with 29 points in Trinity's win over LAMP on Friday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(Feb. 6, 2010)
Blake Struthers and Ed Wilcoxon didn’t have career nights in Trinity Presbyterian’s 53-49 victory over LAMP on Friday.
But as a combination, it may have been their best ever.
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JD guard Jada Williams drives past a Prattville defender in the Lady Vols' win in the Class 6A Area 6 semis at Lanier on Thursday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(Feb. 5, 2010)
LaKenya Knight will take any victory at this time of the year.
The head coach of the Jeff Davis Lady Vols understands after last season’s surprising berth in the Class 6A Central Regional that anything can happen.
So, when the Vols defeated Prattville, 61-44, to advance to the Area 6 championship, there was a sigh of relief.
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Contributed
(Feb. 5, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA - Senior guard Mikhail Torrance scored a game-high 22 points to go along with five assists, but it wasn't enough as Alabama dropped a heartbreaker to Florida, 66-65, Thursday night at Coleman Coliseum. The game was the first meeting between Alabama head coach Anthony Grant and his former mentor, Florida head coach Billy Donovan.
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Contributed
(Feb. 5, 2010)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Troy's Mike Vogler sank a pair of free throws with 18 seconds left as Troy held on for a 70-67 win in Sun Belt action on Thursday.
Vogler scored 16 points and Brandon Hazzard led the team with 21 points, including 14 in the second half.
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Contributed
(Feb. 5, 2010)
MACON, Ga. ---- Senior Lori Bonds scored a season-high 23 points, while matching a career-high 11 rebounds to post her fifth career double-double to lead the Huntingdon women’s team past Wesleyan, 66-55, and complete a season sweep of the Pioneers on Thursday at Porter Gym.
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Contributed
(Feb. 5, 2010)
MT. BERRY, Ga. - Faulkner hit its first six shots and never looked back en route to a 63-58 victory over Berry here Thursday night.
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Contributed
(Feb. 5, 2010)
ROME, Ga.-Auburn University at Montgomery outscored Shorter College 10-3 in overtime to defeat the Hawks 79-72. It was an improbable win for AUM who trailed 39-27 at halftime, and after being outscored 9-0 to start the second half, trailed 48-27 with 15 minutes left in the game.
Shelby Farrer scored 16 points to lead Shorter College to a 65-60 win over AUM in women’s Southern States Athletic Conference basketball action.
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Contributed
(Feb. 5, 2010)
The Montgomery Biscuits will hold their seventh annual Job Fair on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Montgomery’s Riverwalk Stadium.
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Stanhope Elmore quarterback Arsenio Favor signed with Southern Mississippi on Wednesday. (Staff Photo)
Staff Report
(Feb. 4, 2010)
On Wednesday, several local high school seniors signed a Letter of Intent, a.k.a. a football scholarship.
The group includes 12 players who signed with Stillman College and four with Alabama State. Four players signed with SEC schools.
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Auburn signees Jawara White (left) and Kenneth Carter were part of Wednesday's event at WSFA. (Staff Photo)
Combined Reports
(Feb. 4, 2010)
Auburn and second-year coach Gene Chizik made the biggest splash, securing a class rated in the top 10 nationally.
"This was a great day for Auburn,” Chizik said. “A year ago at this time, literally a year ago on this day, we came together and we really laid down a vision for what we wanted to try to do for the next recruiting year. When we came in last year, it was a different scenario because we had about three weeks to recruit our class...."
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Prattville's Nick Perry was one of 18 players to sign with the University of Alabama on Wednesday. (Staff Photo)
Combined Reports
(Feb. 4, 2010)
TUSCALOOSA – University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced today that 18 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play football with the Crimson Tide, joining 11 players who enrolled at the Capstone in January and will compete in spring practice later this semester.
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Tallassee's Mike Smith was a part of the 2010 signing class at Troy University. (Photo contributed)
Combined Reports
(Feb. 4, 2010)
The Troy University football program continued to build on the success of four consecutive Sun Belt Conference titles by signing 25 players to National Letters of Intent on National Signing Day.
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Contributed
(Feb. 4, 2010)
Faulkner head football coach Gregg Baker was pleased with the 16 student-athletes the Eagles signed to football scholarships on Wednesday. It’s a good class that could be getting even better in the next couple of weeks.
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Tallassee's Chris Adams (purple) will be one of the favorites in this weekend's Class 1A-4A Sectional at Tallassee.. (Photo by Bart Lassiter.)
By Michael Butler
RRS Correspondent
(Feb. 1, 2010)
The Tallassee wrestling team finished its regular season with a 26-4 record in dual matches after dominating wins over Stanhope Elmore (68-12) and Russell County (66-5) on Senior Night last Thursday.
This weekend, Tallassee will be among 11 teams at Stumberg Gym for sectionals. This will be the first year Tallassee has hosted a postseason event.
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