High School Sports

November 02, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: George making mark in Europe

As a graduate assistant at Auburn University in the early 1980s, Marcus George got to talking with a master’s student about working overseas.

October 31, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: Auburn High caps 10-0 season with blowout

TUSKEGEE — Calvin Jenkins came out early in Auburn High’s 49-14 win against Booker T. Washington on Friday.

PREP FOOTBALL: Playoffs to start without Opelika

Seventy-five seconds in Dothan kept Opelika out of the playoffs for the first time since 1997.

PREP FOOTBALL: Valley takes dramatic win over Smiths Station to snap two-game skid

VALLEY — After two losses in as many weeks, the Rams needed to remember how to win before heading down to Vigor for the first round of the playoffs next week.

PREP FOOTBALL: Handley humbles Beauregard

ROANOKE — Minutes after Handley finished its 48-7 beatdown of visiting Beauregard, Tigers players jumped up and down at midfield holding up all 10 fingers.

PREP FOOTBALL: Ballard shuts down North Georgia Christian

An unnamed Ballard Christian player tested coach Buddy Hammock’s patience at the end of a practice this week, prompting him to repeat what he’d been saying ever since the Eagles clinched their first-ever playoff berth.

PREP FOOTBALL: Beulah ends season on high note

BEULAH — This game went back and forth all night long, with the Bobcats holding on to win a close one over Wadley, 34-27.

PREP FOOTBALL: Central gets past Wetumpka

WETUMPKA — Central turned to its ground game to pull out a 20-12 win over Wetumpka and build momentum going into the first round of the playoffs.

PREP FOOTBALL: Lanett cruises past LaFayette

LAFAYETTE — Lanett needed one play to put away LaFayette.

PREP FOOTBALL: Ashford brothers have big night in Chambers loss

LAFAYETTE — The Chambers Academy Rebels’ matchup against the Ashford Academy Falcons presented a simple playoff scenario to the home team.

PREP FOOTBALL: Springwood holds off Hooper

LANETT — There were smiles all around at Springwood’s homecoming Friday night.

October 29, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: Lee-Scott pounds Lowndes

HAYNEVILLE — Will Garner ran for 144 yards and two touchdowns to lead Lee-Scott in a 30-13 win over Lowndes Academy on Thursday.

PREP FOOTBALL: Reeltown holds Notasulga to 5 yards in win

REELTOWN — The Rebels ran only 22 plays against Notasulga in the first half.

PREP FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Smiths Station, Valley looking for win

Mark Rose has never gone through a season like this in 11 years as a high school football coach in Alabama

PREP FOOTBALL: Central looks to stop Golden, Wetumpka

Wetumpka junior Jamal Golden is a 6-foot, 180-pound signal-caller that is lethal with his legs and can throw the ball if need be.

PREP BLITZ PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Auburn High’s Augustus Brooks

The senior has stood out in a crowded Tigers backfield this season, leading the team with 108 carries for 778 yards and 13 touchdowns.

PREP FOOTBALL: Glenwood wins game, loses coach at Lakeside

EUFAULA — Glenwood won its first football game of the season Thursday evening, but the celebration was bittersweet.

AREA ROUNDUP: Dadeville rolls to victory

NEW SITE — Led by big days from the usual suspects — Kyle Caldwell and Clint Westbrook — and a different face — Deshawn Redden - Dadeville finished off a 9-1 regular season with a 48-19 win over Horseshoe Bend on Thursday night.

October 28, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: Auburn High not looking past date with BTW

Auburn High is the No. 1 team in Class 6A, the region champion and has already set a first-round playoff date with Lee-Montgomery.

PREP FOOTBALL: Area 5A teams await playoff fates

Beauregard coach Smitty Grider has a tough task on his hands this week, when his Hornets travel to Handley — the undefeated No. 3 team in Class 4A — to finish out their regular season.

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