Lady Eagles win Southern Tourney
Laken Harvey buzzer beater and 52 forced turnovers propel JA to championship
By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer
      The Jackson Academy Lady Eagles improved to 3-4 on the season after falling to Patrician 48-29 (Dec. 4), knocking off Sparta 71-35 and Pickens 46-44 to win the Southern Academy Baseball Tournament (Dec. 7- 8). PA 48, JA 29 The Lady Eagles kept the game close in the first half only trailing 18-1...
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Lady Aggies top Leroy
By Chris Sherman SA SportsWriter
      The Jackson Lady Aggies fell to McIntosh and knocked off the Leroy Bears to improve to 2-5 on the season. McIntosh 64, JHS 38 The McIntosh Demons routed the Jackson Aggies 64-38 in Jackson Dec. 8. Vechonda Martin led the Aggies with 12 points.
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Aggies blast Bears
By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer
      The Jackson Aggies knocked off the McIntosh Demons and the Leroy Bears to improve to 5- 2 on the season. JHS 87, McIntosh 70 Jackson defeated the McIntosh Demons for the second time this season 87-70 Dec. 8 in Jackson. Cory Besteda was the leading scorer for the Aggies with 22 points. B.J.
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Bears and Bulldogs tops in state
      The rich just keep getting richer. Sweet Water and the Leroy Bears proved once again that they are two of the strongest programs in the state. The two schools have a combined record of 35-2 in the Alabama High School Athletic Association's playoffs with six state championships over the past four y...
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Millry football players honored at banquet
     Millry High School hosted its annual football awards banquet last Tuesday, Dec. 4, as they celebrated the best regular season in school history. The winners of individual awards were: James Land, senior player; Elliot Brown, senior football player; Chris Cherry, Headhunter Award; Quintin Carpenter, ...
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Foley wide receiver Julio Jones named 2007 Mr. Football winner
      Foley High School senior Julio Jones has been named by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as Alabama's 2007 Mr. Football. Jones, who led the Lions to an 11-1 record in 2007, was the overwhelming choice of the ASWA Mr. Football committee comprised of sports writers who cover prep sports in the...
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Tough week for JA boys
By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer
      The Jackson Academy Eagles' boys varsity team dropped three games this week in round ball action to fall to 1- 6 on the season Patrician 46, JA 27 JA traveled to Butler Monday, Dec. 4, to take on Patrician Academy and fell 46-27 to the 2A Saints. At halftime, the Eagles were down 31-15 and neve...
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Sweet Water routs Talladega 42-7 to repeat in 1A
From AHSAA
      Senior running back Anthony Landrum rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries and captured his third Super 6 Class 1A championship game MVP award as the topranked Bulldogs won 42-7 over second-ranked Talladega County Central.
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'Supervision Required' license increases hunting opportunities
      Christmas holidays are fast approaching and many individuals will receive firearms as gifts. Recipients of these gifts will be anxious to put them to use in the field or on the range. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division w...
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Jackson resident meet Miles
     Judith Morseth (above) met LSU coach and former Michigan player Les Miles (right) at the LSU Invitational Swim Meet at LSU Dec. 7-9. She is a native of Michigan and a big UM fan. Morseth was at the meet watching her son, Ben, an eighth-grader at JMS participating in the meet. He was fourth overall i...
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Moseley named 2007 Class 2A Back of the Year
By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer
      Leroy junior quarterback Clint Moseley was named the Class 2A Back of the Year Tuesday, Dec. 11, by the Alabama Sports Writers Association during its annual banquet at Birmingham- Southern College. "This is as good as it gets," Clint Moseley said of his week that has consisted of a 2A state champ...
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Powell 27-3 as Bears' head football coach
By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer
      When Leroy coach Danny Powell took over two years ago for Scott Phelps, no one could have imagined the success the 1968 Leroy graduate would have in his first two years as the Bears' head man. Phelps left Leroy for 6A Robertsdale in March of '06 after compiling a 103-45 record with one state cham...
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Action from the Bears' championship season
     Photos in special section by Chris Sherman, Randy Glass and Barry H. Hendrix.
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