Daphne inundated by Gulley washer in fourth period as No. 5 Fairhope surges into state tournament
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — When Fairhope’s Jackson Gulley wasn’t bending the rim with one of his six dunks, Jackson Robertson was tickling it with three-pointers Wednesday to put Daphne in a predicament it couldn’t overcome. Gulley scored 23 points, including 10 in the fourth period, and Robertson added 15, including a pair…
Read MorePark Crossing rolls past McGill-Toolen girls to win regional
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Top-ranked Park Crossing went on an 18-6 run in the third period to take control of the game and went on to defeat McGill-Toolen 61-38 Wednesday in the Class 6A South Regional girls final at Garrett Coliseum. The Yellow Jackets (23-6) — who came into the game with…
Read MoreMcGill-Toolen survives slugfest to beat Park Crossing and return to final four
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — McGill-Toolen’s Ethan Stokes remembered his first basket of Wednesday’s regional final against Park Crossing with astonishment. “I went up and I got hit,” he said, “and I was like shocked. They knocked me to the ground and I was like, ‘Wow, this is going to really be more physical…
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Read MoreHamilton’s three spree rallies Jackson past Orange Beach and back to state tournament
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Just when it seemed Jackson was being dragged into a minefield and a slow tempo it doesn’t like, Roderick Hamilton airlifted the Aggies out of early trouble Tuesday night and sent them back to Birmingham to pursue a second straight state championship. Hamilton made four 3-pointers…
Read MoreVigor avenges earlier losses to LeFlore to return to state tournament
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — When Lee Riley first met with his players after he took the job as Vigor’s coach last summer, his players belabored last year’s loss in the state championship game. “When I first got the job, that was the first thing they were talking about,” he said. “How…
Read MoreVigor’s Chambers, Brown turn UMS-Wright outside-in with 56-46 win to reach state tournament
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — When Vigor’s Sealediah Brown stroked a perfect three-pointer from the right wing on the first shot of the game, she and 6-foot-4 center Jamonica Chambers felt that it was going to be a prosperous day for the Wolves. With Brown airing up five 3-pointers and drawing defenders away…
Read MoreT.R. Miller’s defense too much for Mobile Christian in regional finals
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — T.R. Miller made sure that Mobile Christian found no refuge on the court from its tenacious defense, long a hallmark of a girls program with four state championships. That collection of Blue Maps could grow to five next week. The No. 4-ranked Tigers held the Leopards to…
Read MoreChauncey Dixon dominates as McIntosh girls return to state tournament with 56-45 win over Elba
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — McIntosh girls coach Shaynae Barnes-Dixon turned out to be an accurate soothsayer and if she keeps it up, the Demons might win their first state championship since 2012. Barnes-Dixon was Leroy’s coach last year when her daughter, Chauncey Dixon, was injured in the Class 1A South…
Read MoreBaker’s Desmond Williams nearly perfect at the line but Fairhope pulls off buzzer-beating win
Baker’s Desmond Williams (3) often faced this kind of pressure from Fairhope, including Jackson Gulley, center, but finished with 26 points after hitting 17 of 19 free throws, including 15 straight. (Helen Joyce/Call News) By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Time stopped, and not just because the buzzer went off. Breathing…
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