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In a lawsuit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court, former Mary G. Montgomery head football coach Zach Golson said Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Heath Harmon (above) and investigator Chuck Anderson had already determined his guilt before he was interviewed. Golson also said Mobile County Public School System Superintendent Chresal Threadgill and MGM…

  ___________________________ In the lawsuit, Golson said the AHSAA has failed to establish or provide proof that he offered inducements and intentionally sought to gain an unfair competitive advantage over another school and charged the defendants had drawn “preemptive conclusions” about him before he was interviewed by the AHSAA. ___________________________   By JIMMY WIGFIELD Former…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mary G. Montgomery had its final appeal to become playoff eligible unanimously rejected Wednesday in a special virtual hearing conducted by the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Central Board. In what is sure to be a controversial decision given the fact that the AHSAA overturned identical sanctions against Pell City…

      By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mary G. Montgomery will undertake a final appeal to the Alabama High School Athletic Association to overturn its playoff ban this year. The AHSAA has scheduled a special meeting of its Central Board on Wednesday, according to Communications Director Scott Griffin. The meeting was originally set for Aug. 31,…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mary G. Montgomery has cancelled plans to have its Aug. 21 season opener at home against Saraland televised, Spartans coach Jeff Kelly said Wednesday. Kelly said WJTC-TV officials notified him of the move, which he said was backed by the Mobile County Public School System. Saraland and the…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mary G. Montgomery’s appeal to have its restrictive probation and one-year football playoff ban overturned by its local district board was rejected on Wednesday, multiple sources with knowledge of the decision told the Call News. It is not clear if MGM will exercise its right to appeal to the Alabama…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Mary G. Montgomery’s playoff ban remained in place after the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Central Board took no action to lighten the school’s punishment Wednesday but the process is not over. Multiple sources confirmed to the Call News that no vote was taken by the Central Board…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Mary G. Montgomery’s playoff ban remained in place after the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Central Board took no action on the school’s appeal Wednesday. Multiple sources confirmed to the Call News that no vote was taken by the Central Board during a second executive session because voting in…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — After a marathon day of meetings, Mary G. Montgomery High School was set to receive a letter late Wednesday from Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Heath Harmon detailing the Central Board’s decision on the school’s appeal of a football playoff ban. After emerging from a one-hour closed executive…

Staff Report The Call News was named among the top three large weekly newspapers in the state and won for the best local sports coverage for the third time in four years during the Alabama Press Association’s 2026 Summer Convention Saturday in Orange Beach. The newspaper finished third in General Excellence in Division C and…