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    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — When Cottage Hill Christian Academy’s crestfallen players left locker room 7 in the dank catacombs of Garrett Coliseum late Tuesday night, they were told morning would still come. But the mourning will linger for a while. The No. 1-ranked Warriors saw a 15-point lead evaporate and had their…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — After star guard Brandon Cooks broke his collarbone in the first week of preseason practice, St. Luke’s coach Garreth Trawick still had faith his team could somehow slash through the weeds and assert itself in the playoffs if Cooks healed in time. Cooks returned six games ago with…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Just about everybody but Dothan’s bus driver took turns harassing Baker star Labaron Philon Tuesday and when it was all over the Wolves cleared a path to the state tournament’s final four. Dothan’s impervious man-to-man defense held Philon to 24 points — only the ninth time this season…

  This is an opinion column By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Elvis has been in the building and left. So have Hank and Elton and Prince. Livestock has been sold on the floor and went on to star in somebody’s hamburger. Last Thursday, a fresh name joined the list of those who have been on…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD Jeanie Curtis has been married to Terry Curtis for 50 years and been with him for all 34 seasons of his head-coaching career but she hasn’t seen a complete four quarters yet. She is always there, of course. She just can’t bear to watch. “He knows how nervous I get…

____________________ “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…

____________________ “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…

____________________ “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…

  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…

____________________ 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…