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John McKenzie returns to coach Vigor, led Wolves to 4A title in 2021
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Vigor football has it’s new head coach and he’s a familiar face to the storied program. John McKenzie has returned to coach the Wolves, several sources confirmed to WKRG Sports Director Simone Eli, he led Vigor to the Class 4A state title in 2021. McKenzie began coaching Vigor through summer workouts […]
ADSFR Results Show Evidence of Flounder Rebound
Nobody was more pleased when the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) added flounder to the CCA Alabama Live Weigh-In competition than Dr. Sean Powers, head rodeo judge and Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama. Powers watched the southern...
2024 South Alabama Football Odds: Total Wins Over/Under Odds | July 26
This content was writter in partnership with DataSkrive. DataSkrive leverages a combination of human expertise, machine learning, and pre-built content libraries to assemble and personalize sports content. For the upcoming 2024 campaign, the South Alabama Jaguars sport an over/under of 6.5 wins. They are -165 to secure the over and...
South Alabama not sweating relatively low expectations headed into 2024
The last two seasons have been the most-successful in South Alabama football program history, including 17 combined victories and the school’s first-ever bowl win. And yet, the Jaguars enter 2024 with relatively low expectations, at least from the outside. South Alabama was picked to finish fifth out of seven teams in the Sun Belt Conference West Division, in preseason voting by league coaches announced Monday.
Athletes Who Inspire: Olympic medalist, USSA professor Noemi Zaharia to give back in Paris
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Many athletes are on their way to Paris for the upcoming Olympic games, and that includes Dr. Noemi Zaharia, a professor at the United States Sports Academy. Dr. Zaharia is no stranger to the Olympics, having won a silver and bronze medal in the 1988 Games in Seoul. She made history […]
Athletes Who Inspire: Francois Prinsloo set to represent South Alabama Jags, South Africa in the Olympics
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — As the Olympics kick off in Paris, a South Alabama discus thrower has his mind set on winning a gold medal. Francois Prinsloo, a senior at the University of South Alabama, is a discus thrower for the Men’s Track and Field program who last month won a national title in the […]
Addison Blevins of Spanish Fort High School
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — This week, we honor Addison Blevins as the WKRG News 5 Scholar Athlete of the Week. Blevins is a senior at Spanish Fort High School where she has played defensive middle for the varsity soccer team for five years and will be on the flag football team this coming up school year.
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