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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — LeFlore’s Kieman Smith-Franklin didn’t have the best game of his life in the first 32 minutes of regulation Thursday but that changed in four minutes of overtime. If not for his blocked shot on one end of the court and his game-winning lay-in on the other end with 28 seconds remaining in overtime, the Rattlers’ mission to capture their first state championship in a generation would have ended in ignominy after letting a…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — UMS-Wright eighth-grade point guard Ava Davidson has plenty of game but that is not why Bulldogs coach Terry Canova has put the ball in her hands. “When you’re an eighth grader and you have the opportunity to play with some alphas, some older kids, some big personalities, it’s a challenge,” Canova said after Davidson scored 12 points to help UMS-Wright to a 52-40 win over Andalusia Thursday in the Class 5A South Regional semifinals…
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MONTGOMERY — Teams who have had their entrails torn out by Jackson’s basketball team this season have often fought back in the only way they can, with an insult. Some opponents claim all the Aggies can do is dunk, which they certainly can, and perhaps that is what you say when you get beaten senseless. But that’s rather like saying that’s all Michael Jordan could do — and all he did was win six NBA championships. The defending…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Mobile Christian bandaged itself up as well as it could after the loss of its best all-around player but faded over the final four minutes and lost to No. 5-ranked Houston Academy 68-64 Wednesday in the Class 3A South Regional semifinals at Garrett Coliseum. Sophomore forward Rico Prince, who was averaging 13 points and 9 rebounds per game for the Leopards, suffered a knee injury over the weekend while practicing on his own…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MONTGOMERY — Trenity Jenkins-Gaines scored 17 points and Mobile Christian’s perplexing defense held Northside Methodist to only 21% shooting in a 56-27 victory Wednesday in the Class 3A South Regional girls semifinals at Garrett Coliseum. The Leopards (16-6) advanced into the regional final against No. 4-ranked T.R. Miller (21-1) Tuesday at 9 a.m. Mobile Christian wielded what appeared to be an aggressive matchup zone and never trailed in a dominant performance. The Knights (20-10)…
Read the Full StoryMOBILE — There is nothing ornate about the sign that informs you that you have arrived at the office of a great man who was not only a football coach but who fully defined and lived the title, who won not with brute force and overwhelming talent but routinely got into the heads of his opposition and gave his players the feeling that whatever he did was infallible, even his infamous preseason “County Fair,” a rite of passage…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD Pearce Boone had 26 points and 10 rebounds and No. 1-ranked Providence Christian led most of the way in a 73-61 win over Clarke County Tuesday night in the Class 2A South Regional semifinals at Montgomery’s Garrett Coliseum. TaMyus Pugh and Justavian Crayton scored 12 points apiece and Crayon had 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs, who finished 18-6. Providence Christian won despite going 0 of 17 from three-point range and getting outrebounded 40-38. But Clarke…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD Annabeth Townsend scored 22 points and Providence Christian went on an 18-5 run in the fourth period to beat Clarke County’s girls 49-43 Tuesday in the Class 2A South Regional semifinals at Montgomery’s Garrett Coliseum. Jayla Horn scored 13 points, Aleah Watkins 12 and Jakiyah Thomas 10 for the Bulldogs, who led for 21:11 but fell to defeat and finished 18-6. Watkins and Tallyah Johnson had 9 rebounds apiece. Clarke County led 24-17 at halftime…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD Chauncey Dixon had 25 points and 11 rebounds and McIntosh’s girls closed with a 9-0 run over the final 2:40 of the game to upset No. 4-ranked Kinston 49-41 Tuesday in the Class 1A South Regional semifinals at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery. Dixon made 9 of 17 field goals and 7 of 16 free throws as the No. 9 Demons (23-7) advanced to meet No. 6 Elba (18-2) in the regional finals Monday at 12:30…
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By JIMMY WIGFIELD MOBILE — UMS-Wright coach Terry Curtis walked into the Stimpson Foyer on Tuesday morning, just up the hall from his darkened office, took one look at the crowd gathered to hear him actually say he was retiring and began to weep. The tears flowed unabated as he shook hands and hugged those who had come to pay him tribute. Even his wife Jeanie worried that he wouldn’t get through the press conference without breaking down.…
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