Area Sports

    By ARTHUR L. MACK PRICHARD — Jabarrius “Chicken” Garror broke the state sack record while Demetris Johnson rushed for 144 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns as No. 1-ranked Vigor routed Valley 37-7 in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs at Wolfpack Stadium Friday night. Garror picked up his state-record…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD DEATSVILLE — Citronelle coach Jason Rowell has seen moments both rewarding and nonsensical while building a football program designed to compete at a championship level but nothing like what he and his Wildcats experienced on Friday night. Rowell has taken Citronelle to the playoffs in three straight years,…

___________________________ Using the career standard, Roberts stands atop a mountain of numbers. Considering 2026 only, Roberts has more TD passes and a higher QB rating than all the other top prospects and done it without a receiver the magnitude of Ryan Coleman-Williams or Deshawn Spencer. ___________________________   There is a strong chance that Thompson’s Trent…

      By ROBERT LADNIER THEODORE — Kam Smith ran for 141 yards and three touchdowns and caught a TD pass as Class 6A Mary G. Montgomery beat Theodore 35-13 Friday night to close their season on a six-game winning streak. “(This win) means we got better and better all throughout the year,” said…

    By JOHN VELLA MOBILE — Jeremiah Johnson rushed for 125 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown run, to lead Davidson to its only victory this season, a 21-20 win over B.C. Rain 21-20 Thursday night. The Warriors avoided their first winless season in school history while the Red Raiders (0-10) finished with their third…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD SARALAND — Considering that Saraland had led at halftime by scores of 45-3, 35-0, 40-10, 36-8, 50-0, 49-0 and 42-14 in the previous seven games, the fact that Auburn managed to tie the Spartans 13-13 at intermission Thursday night with a backup quarterback who couldn’t throw should have…

      By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Officials with the fledgling Gulf States Independent Athletic Association said Thursday that they don’t want the organization to be viewed as a counterpunch to the Alabama High School Athletic Association but revealed they are drawing interest from a vast number of private and public schools. Newly appointed…

AUBURN — By necessity, Auburn fans are a patient lot, for they have had to be and must continue to be. As such, they clung to some positives after a 38-17 loss to No. 18 LSU (and, even more distastefully, Lane Kiffin) on Saturday. First, it had been a week since the Tigers had defeated…

    By ROBERT LADNIER MOBILE — UMS-Wright quarterback Max Fowler ran for pair of second-half touchdowns to lead the No. 3-ranked Bulldogs to a 20-17 win over No. 2-ranked McGill-Toolen Friday night. Fowler scored on an 11-yard run in the third quarter and a 1-yard plunge in the fourth for UMS-Wright (8-1, 7-0), which…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — R.J. Gardner’s 6-yard touchdown run with 20 seconds left lifted Alma Bryant to a 24-21 win over host Davidson Thursday night and put the Hurricanes in the playoffs for the first time since 2013. Gardner’s decisive score was set up by Makai Vongsengphachanh’s 44-yard pass to Kaleb…