Area Sports

    By ARTHUR L. MACK The Mobile County School Board on Monday approved Justin Hannah as Murphy’s new head football coach, filling a vacancy which had lasted several months. The Murphy position is the first head coach’s job for Hannah, 35, who spent the 2022 season as defensive coordinator at Jackson-Olin. He has also…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Theodore all-state running back Brayden Jenkins is having a tougher time finding openings with Division I programs than he did while prying opposing defenses apart for 2,000 yards rushing and 26 touchdowns as a senior. Jenkins (5-10, 180), who is a member of the National Honor Society and has a 3.9 GPA,…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD After learning he was Gatorade’s Alabama Player of the Year, Saraland wide receiver Ryan Williams thought more about what is ahead of him than what was behind him — and with Williams, those things are usually far behind. “As soon as we let Ryan know he won the Gatorade award, he was…

This is an opinion piece By JIMMY WIGFIELD AUBURN — After winning its first football state championship with only four senior starters, Saraland’s immediate prospects for adding more Blue Maps will depend more on how it reacts than what the Spartans’ opponents will do. After securing the trophy every team wants — it was fitting…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD AUBURN — There is decent speed, great speed, greased lightning and hypersonic speed, then there is Ryan Williams speed, which comes with the added shock of having your insides unzipped if you’re not wearing a Saraland jersey. Williams relishes being the fastest kid on the playground and he’ll smilingly snatch…