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A blizzard on Snow Road? Mary Montgomery is a contender
SEMMES — The grizzled Viking painted on the finely manicured midfield grass at Grider Stadium has seen bad nights in his time. People have trampled on his nose and bent his horns askew and his hair has turned snow white waiting for this moment in history. Better check for snow in Hades, or snow on…
Read MoreMary Montgomery defense dominates Foley 28-7 in first battle of ranked teams in Semmes
Mary G. Montgomery’s Troy Flowers breaks loose for some of his 127 yards rushing in Friday night’s 28-7 win over Foley in Semmes. (Helen Joyce/Call News) By JIMMY WIGFIELD SEMMES — Friday night marked the first time two ranked teams ever met at Grider Stadium and if what Mary G. Montgomery did to Foley…
Read MoreMary Montgomery rolls past Foley 28-7
By JIMMY WIGFIELD SEMMES — Mary G. Montgomery took control early, forced four turnovers and fed Troy Flowers for 127 yards on 16 carries as the No. 8 Vikings throttled No. 9 Foley 28-7 Friday night. In the first game between ranked teams at Grider Stadium, the Vikings (3-0, 1-0 7A Region 1) took a…
Read MoreCitronelle police seek suspects in check forgery scheme
Staff Report The Citronelle Police Department is investigating a forgery case which occurred at Andrews Hardware in Citronelle, according to police chief Chris McLean. A female purchased several items from the store using a check later determined to have a fake name and address and a stolen account number, McLean said. Surveillance photos show a…
Read MoreMary Montgomery’s ‘Zach Attack’ is more than just offense as defense helps Vikings show the mark of a contender
TROY — Revenge hasn’t come often, if at all, in Mary G. Montgomery’s football history, and you can’t call what has happened so far this season a revenge tour. But the Vikings have already reversed two losses from last year, when coach Zach Golson began writing a new history for the program. Solid victories over…
Read MoreMary Montgomery navigates minefield of penalty flags, earns tough 19-7 road win over Charles Henderson
By JIMMY WIGFIELD TROY — So many yellow penalty flags littered the field Thursday night that it was hard to tell if the players were cramping or tripping over them. Neither No. 9-ranked Class 7A Mary G. Montgomery nor No. 2-ranked 5A Charles Henderson could develop a rhythm while slogging through the pile of…
Read MoreSaraland shows it can keep its hand in the fire
SARALAND — Rarely challenged last year on the way to the state championship, Saraland found itself embroiled in a genuine fight for survival Friday night against Lipscomb Academy. It was protracted combat, given all the ESPN commercials and heat timeouts, the only pauses in an otherwise honorable effort to bend each other’s faces into a…
Read MoreSaraland edges Lipscomb in OT thriller, 31-30: ‘This was about our respect’
By JIMMY WIGFIELD SARALAND — It was so hot this week that one Saraland assistant coach saw the glue in the soles of his shoes melt at practice. The Spartans’ souls were similarly laid bare once ESPN’s cameras came on Friday night for the nationally televised game against Lipscomb Academy. One wondered if…
Read MoreSaraland doesn’t want moral victory in nationally televised showdown with Lipscomb
By JIMMY WIGFIELD SARALAND — Saraland’s brand of football will be shown from Atlantic sands to Pacific forests, across the fruited plains and atop purple mountains’ majesty Friday night. When ESPN televises the Spartans’ season opener against Lipscomb Academy, it will include three state championship trophies spread across two Southern states, a half-dozen of the…
Read MoreMawae, Lipscomb get jitters out of the way, eye rebound against Saraland
By JIMMY WIGFIELD NFL Hall of Fame offensive lineman Kevin Mawae got his first loss as a head coach out of the way last week and is ready to walk a more familiar path, which happens to go through Saraland Friday night. “I’m 0-1 as a head coach right now and that’s not very…
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