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Baker’s Desmond Williams (3) often faced this kind of pressure from Fairhope, including Jackson Gulley, center, but finished with 26 points after hitting 17 of 19 free throws, including 15 straight. (Helen Joyce/Call News) By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Time stopped, and not just because the buzzer went off. Breathing stopped, and not just because Marc Howard was in a blurry hurry to get the basketball out of his hands before it was too late.…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — A team as good as No. 7-ranked Foley doesn’t need to be given any help or second chances but that’s exactly what Alma Bryant provided on Friday. The Lions gave up too many turnovers and too many offensive rebounds and fell to a 62-51 defeat in the Class 7A South Regional girls semifinals at Garrett Coliseum. Foley (25-3) outscored Bryant 21-12 off 14 turnovers and 24-7 on second-chance points off 24 offensive rebounds. But…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Buoyed by its upset of No. 10-ranked Baker in the area tournament championship game, Mary G. Montgomery was confident it could make an even more unexpected voyage to the state tournament. Then Daphne showed up and punctured the Vikings’ balloon with precision playmaking. The Trojans had an astounding 20 assists on 25 made baskets and routed MGM 68-40 in the Class 7A South Regional semifinals Friday at Garrett Coliseum. Daphne (21-6) will face Baker…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Davidson’s girls lost a nine-point lead and the game to Daphne on Friday but lost far more than that. Following his team’s 56-47 overtime defeat to the No. 6-ranked Trojans in the Class 7A South Regional semifinals at Garrett Coliseum, Warriors coach Charlie Shipp said he is retiring after piling up 610 victories in 24 seasons. After falling short of getting past the regionals and back to the state tournament for the…
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MONTGOMERY — Wetumpka spent an evening with McGill-Toolen’s defense that was about as pleasant as having one’s toenails yanked off with some rusty pliers and limped out of Garrett Coliseum with a 49-35 defeat in the Class 6A South Regional semifinals Thursday night. Baylor Dumont was the only Yellow Jackets player in double figures with 10 points but all nine players scored — their bench outscored the Indians’ bench 20-5 — and all nine players had rebounds,…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — McGill-Toolen’s girls saw Pike Road take a blowtorch to a 12-point lead but held the Patriots scoreless in overtime and extracted a 39-33 victory Thursday night in the Class 6A South Regional at Garrett Coliseum. The Yellow Jackets (23-6) won their 14th straight game and never trailed but Pike Road (15-13) gradually melted the lead and forced overtime on Audrey Blaine’s short jumper banked off the glass to tie it 33-33 with 14 seconds…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Not long ago, Theodore and Park Crossing seemed to be heading the wrong way at a crossroads in their seasons. The Bobcats were 6-8 and the Thunderbirds were 7-15 and it seemed neither would even make it out of their area tournaments, much less reach the Class 6A South Regionals. Theodore then won 12 of 13 games and Park Crossing won six straight, leading them to an unlikely intersection just two games away from…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Murphy’s girls gave one of the more respectable efforts this season against No. 1-ranked Park Crossing in a 56-32 loss to the No. 1-ranked Thunderbirds in the Class 6A South Regional semifinals Thursday at Garrett Coliseum. Park Crossing (31-1), which hasn’t lost to an in-state school, has won half of its games by at least 40 points and the Panthers (15-13) are only the fourth team to hold the Thunderbirds under 60. Jasmine…
Read the Full StoryBy JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Vigor coach Lee Riley leaned up against a brick wall outside his team’s locker room, exhaled deeply, squirted some water in his mouth and uttered, “Ten deep.” He wasn’t referring to the sizable hole his Wolves found themselves in when they trailed Carroll-Ozark by 13 points in the second period Thursday. He was quietly celebrating the fact that he had plenty of tools to do something about it. Vigor’s bench outscored the Eagles’…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — The last time Vigor’s girls were in Garrett Coliseum, they lost a controversial game in which an apparent scoring error deprived them of victory. On Thursday, the Wolves weren’t going to let it be close enough to be decided by anyone other than themselves. Jamonica Chamber scored 15 points and Sealediah Brow added 14 as Vigor led from start to finish in a 45-31 victory over Brewbaker Tech in the Class 5A South…
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