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High school baseball: John Stowers of Alabama, Addy Scott of Florida top national home run leaderboard
According to statistics submitted to MaxPreps, John Stowers of St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.) and Addy Scott of Seffner Christian (Seffner, Fla.) are high school baseball's national home run leaders. Stowers is hitting .416 on the season and has hit five home runs in his past five games. The sophomore...
Southern Super Series Prepares For Gulf Coast Doubleheader Weekend
The first look at the entry list for the ASA Southern Super Series has been released for this weekend's Gulf Coast Doubleheader at Five Flags Speedway and Mobile International Speedway. A total of 25 cars will compete under the Southern Super Series banner over the course of the weekend. The...
Ryan Morvant of Baker High School
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — This week, we honor Ryan Morvant as the WKRG News 5 Scholar Athlete of the Week. Morvant is a senior at Baker High School where he has been on the bowling team for four years. His best bowling score is 233. Morvant is the drum major in the marching band and […]
Four-star point guard Labaron Philon requests release from NLI to Kansas
Labaron Philon, the No. 32 overall recruit in the 2024 class, has requested his release out of his National Letter of Intent to Kansas, a source tells 247Sports. The 6-foot-4 guard out of Branson (Mo.) Link Academy is one of the top point guards in the senior class and a native of Mobile, Alabama.
Team Focus hosting ‘An Evening with Kalen DeBoer’ in downtown Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer is coming to Mobile next month. DeBoer will be the keynote speaker at Team Focus’ annual fundraising event on Thursday, May 2, at the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel. BANQUET LOCATION: The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction, and dinner will be […]
Thursday Baseball Roundup: Mobile Christian sweeps Shelby County, Fayette County stuns Piedmont
No. 9-ranked Mobile Christian swept past No. 5 Shelby County on Thursday in a battle of top 10 teams in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs. The Leopards won the opener 13-2 in five innings and the nightcap 9-2. In the opener, Mobile Christian scored seven runs in...
Shaefer Heard park closed over the weekend for West Point Lake triathlon
MOBILE, Ala. — R. Shaefer Heard Day Use Park and the road across West Point Dam will be closed to all vehicular traffic on Sunday, April 28, 2024, for the annual West Point Lake Triathlon. The post Shaefer Heard park closed over the weekend for West Point Lake triathlon appeared first on Valley Times-News.
Raiders tennis takes state title for fifth time since 2018
MOBILE, Ala (WDHN) — The Houston Academy boys tennis team has claimed the state title a year after finishing state runners-up. The Raiders took their fifth title since 2018 today t the AHSAA Class 4A-5A state championship held at the Mobile Tennis Center. With three individual champions and two...
USSA holds 2024 Scholar Athlete of the Year banquet, Baker’s Hendrix wins top honor
DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — Several of the Gulf Coast’s top student-athletes gathered at the United States Sports Academy for the annual WKRG Scholar Athlete of the Year banquet. Baker High School’s Helen Hendrix was named the 2024 Scholar Athlete of the Year — Hendrix is a senior and has served as captain of the Hornets […]
South Alabama safety Keith Gallmon to enter NCAA transfer portal
If Keith Gallmon is to play a seventh season of college football, it won’t be at South Alabama. Gallmon, a former Mobile Christian School standout, announced Wednesday he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. He was a three-year starter for the Jaguars before injuries marred his 2022 and 2023 seasons.
Two Transfer Specialists Coming On Visits This Weekend
A transfer punter from Northern Arizona and a long snapper from South Alabama will be on campus this weekend for official visits. Brody Richter is a 6’3, 210-pound punter who played for the Lumberjacks and averaged 43 yards per punt last season. Travis Drosos spent a year at Colorado...
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