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      By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — In two lengthy spasms of testimony Monday within earshot of each other, former Mary G. Montgomery coach Zach Golson admitted he “skimmed” through the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s handbook but AHSAA Executive Director Heath Harmon offered no documentation that the rules he used to punish Golson…

      By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — A hearing on a federal lawsuit brought by the mothers of two Mary G. Montgomery students who were ruled permanently ineligible to play football at the school has been postponed until next week. U.S. District Judge Bill Lewis reset the hearing for Monday at 2 p.m. at…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — A hearing on a federal lawsuit brought by the mothers of two Mary G. Montgomery students who were ruled permanently ineligible to play football at the school was postponed Thursday until next week. U.S. District Judge Bill Lewis reset the hearing for Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the…

      By JIMMY WIGFIELD A federal lawsuit claiming their constitutional rights and those of their sons were violated by the Alabama High School Athletic Association has been filed on behalf of two mothers of Mary G. Montgomery students who were declared permanently ineligible to play football there by the AHSAA. Tameka Dale and…

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…