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Shannon Fagan: New Cherokee County Hall of Fame members announced
Three new inductees to the Cherokee County Hall of Fame were recently announced. The Class of 2012 will include Sand Rock’s Lance Mackey, Cedar Bluff’s Harry Tucker and Cherokee County’s Ronald Roo...
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McGinnis receives special honor from JSU
JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State head softball coach and Spring Garden native Jana McGinnis got a special surprise at her team’s 11th annual Softball Fan Day at University Field on Sunday, one tha...
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Spring Garden senior guard Jordan Sides squares up for a 3-pointer against Ohatchee on Friday.
Spring Garden welcomes 1987 girls championship team back home with victories over Ohatchee
SPRING GARDEN - Jordan Sides wasn't even born when the Spring Garden Lady Panthers claimed their first basketball state championship, but she's heard all about them. On Friday night against Ohatch...
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Basketball Roundup: Gaylesville girls earn third straight win
PELL CITY — Sydney Hammett netted 21 points and Sissy Woodall added 12 to lead the Gaylesville Lady Trojans to a 58-38 basketball win at Victory Christian on Friday. Lauren Hammett contributed nin...
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Sand Rock senior post player Chad Thompson leaps high to get a shot over Spring Garden s Will Westbrook on Thursday.
Sand Rock boys hold off upset-minded Spring Garden
SAND ROCK - On senior night, basketball coaches typically try to start all their senior players as a reward for their service to the program. Sand Rock boys basketball coach Brian Mackey had a lit...
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Spring Garden freshman guard Darian Gaines eyes a 3-point shot against Sand Rock on Thursday.
Spring Garden girls hold off late Sand Rock rally, win in OT
SAND ROCK - Free throws are such a crucial part of any basketball game, and that's something Spring Garden coach Ricky Austin has magnified with his Lady Panthers of late. They've struggled making...
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Cherokee County senior guard Malandro Chambers goes airborne for a shot against Cedar Bluff on Thursday.
Basketball Roundup: Warrior boys, girls blow past Cedar Bluff
Piedmont boys outlast Pleasant Valley in 3OT
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Four area basketball teams ranked in latest ASWA poll
by Dennis Victory, The Birmingham News
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Four area basketball teams continue to be ranked, while two others are receiving consideration in the latest Alabama Sportswriters Association basketball poll, released on Thursday. Three of those...
Piedmont's Trammell inks football scholarship with West Alabama
by Shannon Fagan
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PIEDMONT - Piedmont senior offensive lineman Jameson Trammell wanted his signing day to be perfect. The 6-foot-3, 285-pound offensive lineman verbally committed to the University of West Alabama l...
Collinsville's Williams to walk on with Shorter University
by Shannon Fagan
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COLLINSVILLE - It wasn't uncommon for Collinsville football coach Alan Beckett to see senior wide receiver/defensive back Curtis Williams put in a lot of extra effort throughout his career. On the ...
Lady Warriors outlast Piedmont in double OT
by Shannon Fagan
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CENTRE – With the Cherokee County Lady Warriors down nine at halftime of Tuesday’s basketball game with Piedmont, Lady Warrior senior forward Hannah Welsh spoke up to her teammates in the locker ro...
Warrior boys rally past Piedmont
by Shannon Fagan
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CENTRE – Cherokee County senior guard Malandro Chambers said his legs felt like jello late in Tuesday’s basketball game against the Piedmont Bulldogs, but that didn’t stop him from attacking the ba...
Basketball Roundup: Spring Garden sweeps Ranburne
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SPRING GARDEN – Darian Gaines and Haley Motes both contributed 15 points to lead the Spring Garden Lady Panthers to a 55-51 basketball victory over visiting Ranburne Tuesday. Jordan Sides added 12...
  • Second season now set: Area basketball tournament brackets finalized
    by Shannon Fagan
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    by Staff Reports
    01.31.12 - 09:56 am
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    by Staff Reports
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    by Staff Reports
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    by Staff Reports
    01.26.12 - 03:13 pm
  • Spring Garden’s basketball games with Winterboro postponed
    by Staff Reports
    01.26.12 - 02:28 pm
  • Sand Rock boys return to latest ASWA basketball rankings
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    • national sports
    Belichick: Giving Giants TD gave Pats best chance (AP)

    New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, bottom right, scores a touchdown against New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Bill Belichick gave clear instructions to his defensive unit: Let the runner score.


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    Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour title (AP)

    FILE - in this July 25, 2010 file photo, three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain holds aloft the Spanish national flag during a victory lap after winning the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. he court of a Arbitration for Sport delivered the verdict Monday, 17 months after Contador returned a positive drug test in winning the 2010 Tour de France race. Contador has always claimed the positive result was from contaminated beef he eat during the race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)AP - Three days after U.S. prosecutors dropped their investigation of doping claims against Lance Armstrong, fellow Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 title when sports' highest court rejected the Spanish cyclist's story that contaminated meat caused him to fail a drug test.


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    Coughlin plans to be back with Giants in 2012 (AP)

    New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin hold up the Vince Lombardi Trophy during a news conference after NFL football's Super Bowl XLVI Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Tom Coughlin is looking forward to the parade and a couple weeks off to reflect on the Giants' second championship in five seasons. Then he will begin preparations for defending the title.


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    Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC (AP)

    Tom Amendola, of Secaucus, N.J., celebrates a New York Giants win against the New England Patriots in the NFL football Super Bowl with a homemade trophy in Times Square, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP - For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.


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