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Mary Montgomery still has path to relief, AHSAA and county school system say
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…
Read MoreMary Montgomery playoff ban stays in place
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…
Read MoreSemmes waits for Mary Montgomery to release results of its appeal of an AHSAA playoff ban
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…
Read MoreCall News among top 3 in weekly papers, wins best local sports coverage again
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…
Read MoreMary Montgomery put on probation, Golson suspended for a year, AHSAA says
By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mary G. Montgomery High School was put on probation and Vikings head football coach Zach Golson banned from the field for a year after the Alabama High School Athletic Association ruled the school committed recruiting violations, the AHSAA announced Monday. MGM self-reported the violations, which lessened the severity of the punishment,…
Read MoreAlex Page named interim coach at Mary G. Montgomery
By JIMMY WIGFIELD Deep South Media Editor ______________________________ Mary G. Montgomery defensive coordinator Alex Page has been named the Vikings’ interim head football coach, sources told the Call News Tuesday. Head coach Zach Golson was put on administrative leave by MGM Principal David Diaz Monday in response to charges that several eighth graders…
Read MoreMary Montgomery coach Zach Golson placed on administrative leave
By JIMMY WIGFIELD Zach Golson, who built Mary G. Montgomery football into one of the state’s elite programs, was put on administrative leave Monday by the Mobile County Public School System. “He has been placed on administrative leave and it is a personnel matter, so we cannot say anything more,” MCPSS Director of…
Read MorePrivate schools don’t revolt against the AHSAA but feel more powerful after meeting
By JIMMY WIGFIELD The state’s private schools did not declare an open rebellion and sever ties with the Alabama High School Athletic Association at a meeting in Montgomery Friday but headmasters and coaches hope they can build enough leverage to alter some of last week’s historic changes. The AHSAA’s Central Board voted…
Read MoreSaraland, Mary Montgomery to meet in home-and-home series
By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mary G. Montgomery and Saraland — the two preeminent football teams in the Mobile area the last four years — will play each other in a two-year home-and-home series beginning this season in Semmes. The Class 6A Vikings and the Class 5A Spartans will open the season on Aug.…
Read MoreAHSAA splits public and private schools for playoffs, gets rid of multiplier and competitive balance
By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Central Board shook the ground under the feet of athletics on Friday and it will take two years or more to see the fallout. In an historic move, the Central Board voted 13-2 to separate public and private schools for…
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