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By JIMMY WIGFIELD Until Zach Golson was hired to raise it from the dust, the Mary G. Montgomery football program constantly hemorrhaged its lifeblood — the talent from the Semmes park system and Semmes Middle School to other public and private schools which won and offered better exposure for college opportunities. How else to explain…

Zach Golson didn’t come down from the heights of Semmes — it’s only a couple of Alexander Shunnarah billboards above sea level — clutching a sacred playbook to show Mary G. Montgomery the way to the promised land. Golson isn’t that presumptuous but, then again, he is not merely reviving the Vikings’ football program since…

By ARTHUR L. MACK Williamson High head football coach Antonio Coleman was all smiles after groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for the school’s on-campus stadium. The stadium will be built where the practice field is located and the Mobile County School Board will seek bids for construction once plans are approved by the state. Until then, the…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD When Bill Clark was nailing together the framework of a Prattville football dynasty which would eventually win three straight state championships, a bold, skinny kid from Autauga Academy told him he wanted to transfer in, be the leader and play quarterback. Zach Golson didn’t get the answer he wanted — “We…

By ARTHUR L. MACK Star Baker High School guard Labaron Philon, the state’s reigning Mr. Basketball, announced on social media Saturday night he is transferring to Link Academy in Branson, Mo. Philon (6-4, 177) who committed to Auburn in February, then decommitted in April, averaged 35 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists during the 2022-23…

By ARTHUR L. MACK Winners of the Africatown International Design idea contest will be announced at the Exploreum Dome Theater in downtown Mobile on Monday The event will run from 2-4 p.m. The contest seeks to leverage the finding of the slave ship Clotilda to help honor the history of Africatown with 16 land and…

By ARTHUR L. MACK Semmes city leaders are considering drawing back the police jurisdiction to one-half mile beyond the city limits, according to Mayor Brandon Van Hook. The police jurisdiction would be cut back by Jan. 1, 2024, if the plan is approved. The city council is due to address the issue in August. It’s…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Theodore four-star linebacker Cameron Pruitt said late Saturday night he has committed to Miami. Pruitt (6-2, 185), who has offers from two-dozen colleges — including Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Notre Dame and Penn State — announced his decision on Twitter during an official…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Mobile Christian four-star linebacker Sterling Dixon is experiencing what it’s like to feel the relentless pressure he so often inflicts on quarterbacks. Dixon said LSU is making a strong push to flip his commitment from Alabama. “Right now, I’m committed to Alabama but other schools are throwing the kitchen sink at me,”…