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  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Jackson fought back from a 12-point deficit, only to see its season end under a pile of bodies writhing and clawing for a loose ball beneath the goal. Despite the scrum and the possession arrow pointing to the Aggies, T.R. Miller was awarded the ball after calling a timeout…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Hillcrest-Evergreen made sure the Scofield Kid was shooting blanks in the final minutes and slammed Cottage Hill Christian Academy’s toe in the door leading to the state tournament for the third straight season. The Jaguars held the Warriors’ leading scorer Clay Scofield to just two points from the…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Cottage Hill Christian Academy’s girls team got into Dakota Territory Wednesday and took down the final roadblock on the way to Birmingham. Senior guard Dakota Freeman — whose return from an ankle injury is the epitome of the Warriors’ comeback season — scored 16 of her…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Vigor coach Jairus Jackson sucked in a deep breath when he walked off the floor Wednesday following a 63-48 victory over Charles Henderson that put the No. 4-ranked Wolves in the state tournament. He hadn’t been benching 300 pounds but it felt like it. “That’s a lot of weight…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Clarke County was decisively stopped only 32 minutes away from reaching the pinnacle of high school basketball in Alabama Tuesday but coach Barry Coleman vowed to return with an even better team to seek its place on a statewide stage. The Bulldogs (16-14), an unlikely candidate to reach the…

      By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Baker’s leading scorer Desmond Williams didn’t see it coming when he got poked in the eye and had to leave the game late in the first period Tuesday but Enterprise’s eyes were wide-open. With Williams at the hospital with a bulging bandage on his left eye, the…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — McIntosh never established its inside game Monday and the state tournament, which at one point looked so close, turned out to be as far away as a jump shot from the cheap seats. No. 2-ranked Georgiana beat the Demons 74-55 Monday in a Class 1A South Regional final…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — To say Chauncey Dixon is Leroy’s tower of power is perhaps an understatement given what happened after the tower collapsed in the third period against Elba Monday. Dixon, the Bears’ 6-3 junior center, was enjoying a dominant performance with 13 points and 14 rebounds and had helped Leroy to…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Micah Caster’s early foul trouble might have kept No. 1-ranked Jackson from disposing of Andalusia in the first half. But Caster, the Aggies’ leading scorer, shoved the No. 9 Bulldogs toward the exits at Garrett Coliseum when the season weighed on his shoulders. Caster’s long 3-pointer off a…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Jazmine Jones made sure there would be a tomorrow for herself and her Jackson teammates, scoring the first six points of overtime to lead the No. 4-ranked Aggies past Orange Beach 54-48 Monday in the Class 4A girls South Regional semifinals. Jackson (29-4) plays T.R. Miller (22-4) for…