High School Sports

November 16, 2009

PREP HOOPS: Lee-Scott splits home openers

Lee-Scott’s boys basketball team went cold at the worst possible time in its home opener Monday night.

PREP BASEBALL: Beauregard’s Guy, Brown sign baseball scholarships

Two more members from last year’s historic Beauregard baseball team signed on to continue their careers at the next level Monday.

November 15, 2009

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: AHS boys, girls in top 10

OAKVILLE — Both Auburn High’s boys and girls cross country teams posted top-10 finishes at the Class 6A state meet at Indian Mounds Park on Saturday, with the Tigers’ girls finishing third and the boys taking seventh.

PREP GIRLS HOOPS: Lanett wins Tip-Off Tourney

LANETT — Lanett senior Jasmine Dawson stepped to the line with the score tied and 0.9 seconds to go in the title game of the James Hardy Classic on Saturday.

AREA ROUNDUP: Opelika falls in tourney title game

MONTGOMERY — Playing a rare basketball doubleheader, the Opelika girls fell in the finals of the St. James Tournament on Saturday.

November 14, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: Auburn High gets past Wetumpka

Last year’s loss was fresh on Wetumpka senior middle linebacker Jamichael Taylor’s mind.

PREP FOOTBALL: Loachapoka holds off Maplesville, faces three-time champs next week

LOACHAPOKA — Jerome Tate has used almost every superlative imaginable to describe the play of his senior quarterback, Patrick Moore, this season.

PREP FOOTBALL: Reeltown crushes St. Jude, again

REELTOWN — The Reeltown defense flexed its muscles once again, and the offense used a barrage of big plays to lead the Rebels to a dominating 45-6 victory over the St. Jude Pirates in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs at Nix-Webster Stadium on Friday.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Beauregard runners battle more than the course

Zach Sollie had spent only seven months on this earth when his parents found out he had only 12 months to live.

PREP FOOTBALL: Prattville rolls to win over Central

PRATTVILLE — Darren Daniel is listed at 6-foot-4. But even Central’s senior quarterback couldn’t see over the wave of maroon jerseys coming after him as he received the snap.

PREP FOOTBALL: Dadeville comes up short vs. Cordova

CORDOVA — Dadeville kicker Kyle Caldwell’s last-second, 48-yard field goal fell 3 yards short as the Cordova Blue Devils knocked off the Tigers, 36-33, Friday night at Hudson-Kirby Field.

AREA ROUNDUP: Opelika girls open with win

MONTGOMERY — Opelika’s girls basketball team opened its season with a 51-43 win over Prattville in the first round of the St. James Tournament on Friday night.

November 13, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: Strong passing attack carries Loachapoka into second round of playoffs

There’s been a passing craze developing in Loachapoka.

PREP FOOTBALL: Auburn High’s stout defense starts up front

In Tim Carter’s mind, the defense starts with the line.

PREP GOLF: Lee-Scott’s Garner signs with Troy

With his senior football season at Lee-Scott ending in a 17-13 loss to Bessemer in the first round of the AISA playoffs last week, Will Garner is free to hit the links.

PREP GIRLS HOOPS: Smiths Station’s Jones inks with UCF

SMITHS STATION — Erika Jones was raw when she started playing basketball for Smiths Station as a freshman.

AREA ROUNDUP: Lee-Scott opens with wins

MONTGOMERY — Lee-Scott’s basketball teams opened the season Thursday night with a sweep of Eastwood Christian.

November 12, 2009

PREP FOOTBALL: Tough draw for Dadeville in second round

Kyle Caldwell doesn’t cut a very imposing figure behind center for Dadeville.

PREP FOOTBALL: Central facing three-time champs

Ron Nelson looked at his team’s potential draw leading into the playoffs and proclaimed, “It doesn’t look promising.”

AREA ROUNDUP: Auburn High girls top LaFayette

LANETT — Auburn High’s girls basketball team opened up the James Hardy Classic Tip-Off Tournament — and its 2009-10 season — with a 35-27 win over LaFayette at Lanett High School on Wednesday.

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