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Local athletes sign to play at next level
ARDMORE, Ala. (WAFF) - Three softball players out of Limestone County signed their letters of intent Friday Afternoon. Ardmore’s Kadence Williams signed to play softball at Gadsden State Community College. “It’s really exciting,” Williams said. “I’ve looked forward to this day since I was little.”
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PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Good Hope’s 4th-quarter rally ends with 35-34 OT loss to Deshler
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – Good Hope scored 28 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime Friday night, but ninth-ranked Deshler ended the Raiders’ season with a 35-34 win in the second round of the Class 4A football playoffs. Tripp Brooks kicked the winning extra point after Armani Jones’ 10-yard touchdown run in overtime. Good Hope had taken a 34-28 lead on an 8-yard touchdown pass, but its 2-point conversion pass failed. The Raiders finished 8-4. Deshler improved to 10-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Neither team scored in the first quarter. Deshler broke the tie on a 5-yard touchdown run in the second, and Brooks’ extra point gave the Tigers a 7-0 halftime lead. A 59-yard touchdown run and another Brooks extra point extended Deshler’s lead to 14-0 in the third quarter. Jones scored on a 38-yard run early in the fourth, according to the MaxPreps scoring log kept by Evan Mayfield. The extra-point attempt failed, leaving Good Hope down 20-0. The Raiders began their comeback with a 12-yard touchdown run, then added a 10-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 20-12. Both conversion attempts failed. Jones answered with a 54-yard touchdown run. Deshler completed a pass for
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Browns Ferry veteran Mike Skaggs named permanent CEO of TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors on Thursday made Mike Skaggs its permanent chief executive officer, keeping the power supplier for North Alabama under a nuclear veteran who spent part of his career at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens. Skaggs had led TVA on an interim basis since April, when the board named […] The post Browns Ferry veteran Mike Skaggs named permanent CEO of TVA appeared first on Yellowhammer News .
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PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Cold Springs’ 10-win season ends with 50-36 loss at Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ala. – Cold Springs rallied from an 18-point deficit and twice took the lead in the second half Friday night. Lexington answered with the final 16 points to defeat the Eagles 50-36 in the second round of the Class 2A football playoffs. Cold Springs, ranked No. 10 in the final Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 2A poll, finished 10-2. Lexington improved to 11-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The Golden Bears scored first for a 7-0 lead before Sam Hunt’s field goal put Cold Springs on the board. Lexington added another touchdown to lead 14-3 after the first quarter. The Eagles scored a touchdown in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 14-10, but Lexington answered with a score of its own. An interception gave the Golden Bears another possession, and a touchdown pass extended their lead to 28-10. Cold Springs scored again before halftime, and Ethan Day’s 2-point conversion cut Lexington’s lead to 28-18 at the break. The Eagles opened the second half at the 40-yard line and scored on the third play when Day broke free for a 54-yard touchdown run. That cut the deficit to 28-24. Eli Voce intercepted a pass on Lexington’s first possession