South Alabama Sports

    By ARTHUR L. MACK CHICKASAW — Elberta broke a 15-game losing streak after an early scare and whipped Chickasaw 52-18 at John Dotson Field Friday night. Seamus Owens ran for 174 yards on 31 carries and four touchdowns for the Warriors (1-5), scoring on runs of 7, 8 and 3 yards and 1 yard. Elberta also scored on a pair of safeties and Logan Henry returned a fumbled kickoff for a score. Jonathan Nichols scored on a 91-yard…

        By JIMMY WIGFIELD ALEXANDER CITY — Vigor not only played well in all three phases of the game against Benjamin Russell Friday night, it performed as if it had invented them. The No. 3-ranked Class 4A Wolves blocked a punt to set up a touchdown, got a 54-yard touchdown run from Jhi Brown to skewer the Wildcats in the fourth quarter and its defense pulled the innards out of No. 5-ranked Class 5A Benjamin Russell from…

      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 carries and scored four touchdowns for the Saints (2-3, 1-2 Class AA Region 1). Law’s touchdown runs covered 1 yard, 2, 6 and 2 yards.…

    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 holes of a sinking ship and made the staunchest Auburn zealots feel that the program was in the proper hands. Golesh is doing the same.…

    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 whole time on the last drive,” Yellow Jackets coach David Faulkner said. “We just wanted to keep running it and get him as close as…

        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 home winning streak with a 34-24 victory, the players found coach Jeff Kelly in no mood to celebrate his 47th birthday by blowing out candles…

      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 starts and 57 newcomers) than any SEC program. Among the 15 players who made their first starts for the Tigers, Auburn fans were most excited…

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. 1-ranked Saraland 34-24 Friday night. “We had plays early in the game where we missed some opportunities,” said Spartans coach Jeff Kelly, who saw a…

    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 10 passes for 65 yards but one was a 53-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Bush. Blount’s other scores came via a safety on a high…

          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 night. Demetris Johnson had touchdown runs of 26 yards and 1 yard and Terrell Prince caught four passes for 94 yards and a score as…