Mobile Christian staggered early in state finals loss to Saint James but expects to get another shot
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — There are fantasies, there are dreams and there is reality. The fantasy, as it turned out, was the thought of a competitive state championship game between No. 1-ranked Saint James and No. 8 Mobile Christian on Friday, a notion that was quickly dispelled when Natalie…
Read MoreHoover blisters Bryant but Hurricanes exult in a different sort of triumph
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — Alma Bryant’s girls knew they’d have to stick a lot of harpoons into the whale known as Hoover basketball to have any chance of sinking the best team in the state Thursday. The No. 8-ranked Hurricanes didn’t throw enough of them and the ones that got…
Read MoreFire-breathing Dragons take out LeFlore with lethal fast break
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — Wenonah showed Wednesday night that a rattler can’t strike what it can’t catch and proved there may not be an antidote for its lethal transition game. The No. 2-ranked Dragons outscored LeFlore 41-21 off the fast break and routed the Rattlers 79-60 in the Class…
Read MoreSaraland can’t find the basket in second-half slump, falls to No. 1 Oxford 52-37, but star player L.J. Williams vows Spartans will be back
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — No. 1-ranked Oxford shoved Saraland’s offense into a black hole in the second half Wednesday and the sun set on the best season in school history. But with sophomores L.J. Williams and C.J. Williams returning along with most of their teammates, the Spartans might be on…
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Abandoned Vehicle Auction These Abandoned vehicles will be sold on 4-10-26 at 5781 Three Notch Rd Mobile, AL 36619 at 9 a.m. if not redeemed before then. HONDA 1HGCM66583A005745 HONDA 1HGCT1B72DA000121 HONDA 5J6RM3H79EL014087 Call News March 4, 11, 2026 | In accordance with Section 32-13-1, Code of Alabama 1975, notice is hereby given to the…
Read MoreNo. 1-ranked Plainview’s press too much for Jackson’s girls
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — No. 1-ranked Plainview didn’t need much from the nation’s all-time three-point artist Tuesday night. Instead, the Bears shattered Jackson early with a full-court press that made the Aggies feel as if they were walking barefoot on broken glass and razor blades. Junior guard Sawyer Kate Hulgan — who…
Read MoreAshville shocks No. 1 Jackson 70-55 to end the Aggies’ threepeat hopes
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — The last two years, Jackson came to regard Legacy Arena as its second home, a place where it felt comfortable and enjoyed certain memories, from Micah Caster inundating the opposition with three-pointers to Isaiah Gladney banking a shot off the glass at the buzzer to win…
Read MoreHadley Kelly backs up the talk and blocks up the lane to lead Mobile Christian girls into state finals
By JIMMY WIGFIELD BIRMINGHAM — Mobile Christian’s Hadley Kelly may not be able to sweep chimneys from the ground or knock cobwebs off the ceiling fan or replace light bulbs on streetlights without a ladder. If she is an intimidator, the spindly 6-foot-1 forward said it’s more with her words than…
Read MoreWilliams, Edwards make clutch plays as Saraland nips Murphy 47-46 to reach first state tournament
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — L.J. Williams was too good, Larry Edwards was too composed and Saraland was too determined to not let three earlier losses to Murphy ruin its season. The 6-8 sophomore Williams had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Edwards poured cement on the outcome with two…
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Abandoned Vehicle Auction The following car has been abandoned at 3267 Schillinger Rd N Semmes, AL 36575 and will be sold at public auction on April 10, 2026 at 9 a.m. 07 Mercedes S WDDNG86XX7A144797 Call News February 25 and March 4, 2026 | These vehicles will be sold on 4-3-26 at 57881 Three Notch…
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