The latest class will be inducted in a formal ceremony on July 17 at 6 p.m. at the Gadsden State-Cherokee campus.
Green was an All-State honorable mention from 1938-40. He also played at the University of Alabama in 1942 and 1944-1946. He was a Second-Team All-SEC selection in 1945 and played on the 1945 Crimson Tide national championship team.
Norris, currently the baseball coach at Sand Rock, was a First Team All-State Basketball selection in 1982. He was also a three-time All-County and All-Area basketball performer (1980-82). Norris also played basketball at Snead State Community College from 1982-84 and later at the University of Montevallo from 1984-86.
In football, Norris was a two-time All-County and All-Area performer (1980-81).
Law was an All-State football honorable mention in 1967 and a First Team selection in 1968. He was also a First Team member of the 1969 All-State Basketball Team and went on to play football at Auburn University.
Tickets to the event are $20 per person, which includes dinner and admission to the induction ceremony.
For more information, contact Tommy Moon at 927-3577 or 490-9919 or JoJo Odam at 557-0610.
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The Gaylesville Lady Trojan softball team had some extra incentive to make the North Central Regional tournament, held on Friday and Saturday at Vestavia Hills' Liberty Park.
Assistant coach Curt Hendon agreed if the team qualified for regionals, they could shave his legs. On Thursday, the Lady Trojans earned the Class 1A, Area 12 runner-up spot, which punched their ticket to the regionals and Hendon's hair came off shortly after the championship game with Spring Garden.
“Before the Asbury game, we put two razors next to our helmets where we’d look at it and get motivated,” said senior outfielder Amber Moseley. “It’s pretty funny. It’s been a fun year for us. We’ve had our ups and downs, but we’ve come up pretty strong. Our coaches have led us most of the way. I’m just glad we’re going to Vestavia Hills.”
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Cedar Bluff senior Jim Nelson and junior Marcus Reese had some tough choices to make when it came to last weekend.
Both had qualified for events at the state meet in Birmingham, but both are also members of the Tiger baseball team, which hosted third-ranked Athens Bible in the Class 1A quarterfinals.
Nelson said his first love is baseball, so he stayed to catch for the Tigers.
“I was supposed to throw in the shotput (Saturday) at 10 a.m., but I had a baseball game,” Nelson said. “For me, baseball is my favorite sport, and I’d do anything to play baseball.”
On the other hand, Reese decided to pull double duty. He placed second in the triple (40'1.25") on Friday, got his medal and hurried back to Cedar Bluff just in time for the Tigers' first game against Athens Bible.
“I’m just trying to do the best I can for each sport,” Reese said, who celebrated his 17th birthday over the weekend. “I like to play every sport we have, and I just play them to my best. We put a lot of effort into baseball, and I also put a lot of effort into track.”
Nelson and Reese’s efforts helped make it a memorable weekend for Cedar Bluff. The Tiger track team claimed its fourth consecutive state championship, while the baseball Tigers took two of three games from Athens Bible to advance to the 1A semifinals for the first time in school history.
“They’ve worked hard, and I hate they weren’t able to go down and contribute (Saturday),” baseball coach Taylor Talbot said. “The good thing about Cedar Bluff is these guys love to win. Our track team has a great tradition, and we’re translating that over into baseball now. I know they hate it, because they would do both if there was any possible way, but today (Saturday) they were baseball players and they carried themselves very well here.”
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