The mystique of Terry Curtis is real, from the ‘county fair’ to controlling the weather and his play-calling
____________________ “If it was raining, thundering and lightning, coach Curtis would walk outside with that hat on and his rain jacket and he’d walk around the field and look around and kick the grass and 10 or 15 minutes later there wouldn’t be a cloud in the sky. It was like clockwork. I don’t know…
Read MoreThe Tales of Terry Curtis: Players, coaches tell classic stories about Alabama high school football’s GOAT
____________________ “We were playing Foley one night when Terry was an assistant and they scored about 30 on us, maybe by the half. Terry walked up to me and said, ‘If they score a hundred, maybe the scoreboard will go back to zero.’” Former B.C. Rain coach Ed Lathan ____________________ By JIMMY WIGFIELD Tales and…
Read More‘Lucky CHARMS’ help cautious Terry Curtis pile up football victories
____________________ “He had a certain route he had to take from Murphy to Ladd. We had no escort. Those buses went down to the Loop and then Government and then went to Virginia Street but they got down there almost to the stadium and took a wrong turn and he said, ‘We’re going to turn these…
Read MoreTerry Curtis and Nick Saban are a lot alike
By JIMMY WIGFIELD UMS-Wright coach Terry Curtis and Alabama coach Nick Saban may not have started their careers pursuing greatness but it caught up with them in an uncannily synchronized fashion. Born on almost the same date one year apart, they are considered the GOATs in their respective spheres — Curtis in high school…
Read MoreWigfield: Wins record is not the legacy of Terry Curtis, the Secretariat of coaches
____________________ The indefatigable Curtis is unflaggingly consistent, yet an amalgam of contradictions. He is a masterful, unpredictable play-caller, yet must dine on the same meal at the same restaurant with his wife week after week during the season as long as the Bulldogs win. He spends hours behind closed doors on game day organizing his…
Read MoreGOAT has a nice ring to it: Twice plucked from death, UMS-Wright’s Terry Curtis is all that’s good about prep football
____________________ “It’s important to a lot of people. I’m not going to lie and say it’s not important. But there are two guys right behind me who are younger and they’re going to break the record. It’ll be nice to have it for a while but at the end of the day it’s not going…
Read MoreMOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES 2-15-23
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain Real Estate Mortgage executed by TERRANCE F. NOBLES, dated April 30, 2008 and recorded in Book 6374, Page 163, Probate Records of Mobile County, Alabama to Sixty St. Francis Street, Inc.; said mortgage was thereafter assigned…
Read MoreOne killed, one wounded in fatal shooting on Summer Street in Citronelle
STAFF REPORT One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a home on Summer Street Thursday afternoon, Citronelle police chief Chris McLean said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was transported to a Mobile hospital for treatment, McLean said. “We have called the Mobile County Sheriff’s…
Read MoreA Pearl of a choice: Baker’s Labaron Philon commits to Auburn
By ARTHUR L. MACK Baker High basketball phenom Labaron Philon said Friday his decision to commit to Auburn was easy and his coach said he is looking forward to the Hornets’ star lighting up Neville Arena. The 6-4 junior guard — one of the nation’s leading scorers at 36 points per game — revealed…
Read MoreTheodore coach Eric Collier resigns to join South Alabama staff; players vow program will carry on at high level
By JIMMY WIGFIELD THEODORE — Theodore High School coach Eric Collier is leaving a football program he built into one of the state’s best but his shocked players and coaches vowed Thursday it will continue to thrive. Collier, 54, is resigning to become the director of football development on University of South Alabama coach…
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