LEROY — Three days after Tabitha Baggett’s death, the scoreboard at Baggett Field was dark and mute but there was no need to wish it could speak of all the things that happened underneath it through the years. No, the only score that mattered that Sunday was kept by the 32 former…

    A column by Jimmy Wigfield God filled out his starting lineup for Thursday and in one of the boxes He wrote, “No. 5, T. Baggett. Position: Heaven.” By the time Chan Lowe learned of Tabitha Baggett’s departure while sitting in an airplane on a tarmac in Atlanta, Baggett had already triumphantly circled the…

      By JIMMY WIGFIELD Tabitha Baggett taught her Leroy softball players more than how to successfully handle the nuances of the sport. Even as her life ebbed away on Thursday, it was obvious she had long ago lit an eternal flame that will be carried for generations by the thousands of people who…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD SARALAND — Such is life in Saraland that the Spartans can lose one of the state’s all-time greatest quarterbacks and not be concerned that they are about to fall into a ditch full of cottonmouths. K.J. Lacey has gone to Texas’ Forty Acres after three years. Jamison Roberts is now…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD Jackson’s E.J. Crowell, who is considered the nation’s top running back in the class of 2026, will reveal his college choice on June 26 at a commitment party, he announced on social media. The five-star prospect dramatically moved up the timing of his commitment, which was originally planned for Dec.…