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____________________ “It’s important to a lot of people. I’m not going to lie and say it’s not important. But there are two guys right behind me who are younger and they’re going to break the record. It’ll be nice to have it for a while but at the end of the day it’s not going…

  STAFF REPORT One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a home on Summer Street Thursday afternoon, Citronelle police chief Chris McLean said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was transported to a Mobile hospital for treatment, McLean said. “We have called the Mobile County Sheriff’s…

  By ARTHUR L. MACK Baker High basketball phenom Labaron Philon said Friday his decision to commit to Auburn was easy and his coach said he is looking forward to the Hornets’ star lighting up Neville Arena. The 6-4 junior guard — one of the nation’s leading scorers at 36 points per game — revealed…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD THEODORE — Theodore High School coach Eric Collier is leaving a football program he built into one of the state’s best but his shocked players and coaches vowed Thursday it will continue to thrive. Collier, 54, is resigning to become the director of football development on University of South Alabama coach…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK Baker junior guard Labaron Philon has become one of the nation’s leading scorers with an imagination which first conquers imaginary opponents before carving up flesh-and-blood players. Philon (6-4, 175), who started playing basketball when he was 3 years old, gave Hornets coach David Armstrong a glimpse of the future…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD The last place Saraland star quarterback K.J. Lacey expected to learn he had been offered a scholarship to Alabama was while visiting Florida State on Saturday. Lacey, a sophomore who led all of Class 6A in passing during a state championship season in 2022, had already received offers from Auburn, Texas…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — In one watershed moment, Ryan Williams was holding the coveted Mr. Football award, emblematic of the best high school player among the 30,000 who put on pads last season in Alabama. Four hours later, after driving back to Saraland through parts of a winter squall, he was catching…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Cole Blaylock may have thought he did all he could do for UMS-Wright after running for 2,000 yards his senior season but Bulldogs coach Terry Curtis doesn’t think so. Blaylock, who was named the Class 5A Back of the Year Thursday, will continue to contribute to his alma…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Mobile Christian defensive end Sterling Dixon just finished a superlative junior season by committing to Alabama, becoming a three-time MaxPreps first-team All-American and being named the Class 3A Lineman of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association on Thursday. That would be a career for most players but…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Saraland’s Ryan Williams made history by becoming the first sophomore to be selected the state’s Mr. Football Thursday but after the pomp and photos and chicken and macaroni and cheese for lunch had been cleared away in the Renaissance Hotel ballroom, he knew how he was going to celebrate.…