Area Sports

  SEMMES — Among a throng of celebrating players, Mary G. Montgomery coach Zach Golson lifted the trophy given to the winner of the Battle of West Mobile Friday night so everybody could get a good look at it through the smoke lingering over the field. You can’t go 9-0 or 10-0 or even 15-0…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD SEMMES — It was hard to tell if plume after plume of celebratory smoke that wafted over Grider Stadium Friday night was coming from a newly erected Viking ship behind one end zone or from underneath Jared Hollins’ helmet. Hollins passed for two touchdowns, both coming after spectacular escapes from the Hornets’…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD The most anticipated game in the Baker-Mary G. Montgomery rivalry is already one for the history books before a football has left the ground but both coaches tried to put a bridle on the hyperbole and looked at what could be ahead after an overflow crowd departs and…

By ARTHUR L. MACK Irv Mulligan rushed for 115 yards on 23 carries while Jason Brown was 14-of-26 passing for 202 yards and three touchdowns as Jackson State beat Alabama A&M 45-30 in the Gulf Coast Challenge Saturday night at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Dylan Watson kicked a 40-yard field goal, Jacobian Morgan had two touchdown runs…

LEROY — The sign adjacent to U.S. Highway 43 has remained unchanged for years, much like the success of Leroy’s football team. “The churches of Leroy welcome you,” it says. Then there is the church of the Bears, which cuts across all denominational lines, as well as the line of scrimmage, and is most unwelcoming…

  By JIMMY WIGFIELD LEROY — All the players involved in winning Leroy’s six state championships are enshrined for eternity on six plaques squeezed onto the Wall of Champions at the front gate of Farish Field at Palmer Stadium. Unfortunately for St. Luke’s, several of those players jumped off their bronze-emblazened spaces on the 2022…

  Ponder this question: When was the last time the Baker versus Mary G. Montgomery football game meant anything other than some territorial pride? The answer is never. But when it comes to the Hornets and Vikings, people are learning to never say never. It’s possible — probable, even — that Baker and MGM will…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Leroy coach Jason Massey is accustomed to giving orders but he knows how to take them, too. On Labor Day weekend, he received official orders to deploy with his Alabama National Guard unit for an unspecified time beginning in October, which means he’ll miss the rest of the season with the defending…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD MOBILE — Acting Monroe County coach Labary Jones had seen enough film of No. 2-ranked Mobile Christian to have a robust idea of what the Tigers were getting into Friday night. Being on the field in a 57-8 loss was an even more numbing experience. “We knew coming in they…

    By JIMMY WIGFIELD SEMMES — Zero is becoming Mary G. Montgomery’s favorite number and if the Vikings keep doing what they’re doing, the opposition will have zero chance. MGM still has no turnovers and no losses this season after quarterback Jared Hollins was nearly perfect, the Vikings’ defense was nearly flawless and, halfway…