Area Sports

      By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — St. Paul’s let a fourth-quarter lead slip away and fell to St. Michael Catholic 39-35 at E.E. Delaney Stadium Friday night. Roberts Law, who stepped in for injured quarterback Hayden Fincher with just under four minutes left in the first quarter, gained 108 yards on 15…

    AUBURN — Auburn coach Alex Golesh can already be compared to the school’s most successful coaches in one respect. As with Shug Jordan, Pat Dye and Gov.-elect Tommy Tuberville before him, Golesh has made Tigers fans feel good about their team for the first time in a long time. Those men plugged the…

    Staff Report Ollie Poiroux booted a 32-yard field goal as time expired to lift No. 2-ranked McGill-Toolen over St. Michael 20-17 Friday night. The Cardinals tied the game at 17 following an 11-play drive that George Gounares capped with a 32-yard field goal with 6:23 remaining. “We were setting up the kick the…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD SARALAND — Around Saraland, a loss can feel like a funeral, especially one at home and especially when the Spartans are ranked No. 1 in the state, so they had some trepidation when they came to practice on Monday. There, three days after Gulf Shores ended Saraland’s 41-game…

      ATLANTA — For all the new faces and all the new coaches, what happened down on the floor of Mercedes-Benz Stadium for much of Saturday’s Aflac Kickoff Game seemed very old and nauseatingly familiar for Auburn fans. New coach Alex Golesh brought in more cumulative starting experience through the transfer portal (176…

Saraland’s Eddie Turner turns upfield against Gulf Shores Friday night in Saraland. (Todd Stacey/Call News)       By ROBERT LADNIER SARALAND — Gulf Shores scored 20 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, including a blocked field goal and ensuing 86-yard scoop-and-score, then topped things off with Elijah Malone’s 76-yard scoring run to upset No.…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE— Keevaughn Johnson rushed for 175 yards on 26 carries and three touchdowns as Blount survived 18 penalties to blast Murphy 43-0 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium Thursday night. Johnson’s touchdowns covered 18, 2 and 17 yards for the Leopards (2-1, 1-0 5A Region 1). Kaydyn Jones-Mills completed only 4 of…

          Staff Reports PRICHARD — Anthony Gill completed 12 of 16 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns while Zy Wilson grabbed a touchdown pass and returned a punt 62 yards for another score as Class 4A No. 2-ranked Vigor routed Class 6A Mary G. Montgomery 47-3 at Wolfpack Stadium Friday…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — Junior quarterback Anthony Gill completed 16 of 26 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns and No. 2-ranked Class 4A Vigor overcame numerous penalties to beat Blount 28-7 in the annual Battle of Prichard at Ladd-Peebles Stadium Saturday night. Zy Wilson grabbed two touchdown passes of 32…

  Staff Report Thaddeus Wilder completed 11 of 18  passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns to Jakenyon Allen in their Williamson debuts after transferring from Mary Montgomery in the No. 1-ranked Class 4A Lions’ 33-0 romp over Class 6A Baker Friday night. Wilder capped off the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown strike to Jacob Massey…