SPORTS
Hussey captures state track title
Clayton Hussey, a senior at Lowndes Academy, captured two medals in the Alabama Independent School Association state track meet April 12 at the Mickey Miller Blackwell Stadum in Gulf Shores. He won first place in the high jump and third place in the triple jump.
Press-Register Power 5 baseball rankings: Plenty of movement after Round 1 of playoffs
The first round of the Class 1A-6A playoffs this past weekend shook up the Press-Register Power 5 baseball rankings. Faith Academy and Bayside Academy fell out after their first-round eliminations, while Spanish Fort and Fairhope entered the poll. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...
Gulf Shores High Coach inspires students through sports and art
Gulf Shores, Ala. (WKRG) — We waited to bestow this Golden Apple where many students at Gulf Shores High School like to hang out when they have some downtime —Coach Austin Boyd’s art classroom. You can see they take art seriously here. “But I coach soccer, basketball–I’m...
Gulf Shores gears up for last year of NCAA Beach Volleyball championship
Next month, Gulf Shores will host—for the last time—the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship tournament that it has hosted for more than a decade. “It has been a distinct honor to play a major role in growing the sport of beach volleyball by creating a dynamic and downright fun championship alongside the NCAA,” Michelle Russ, vice president of sales, sports and events for Gulf Shores | Orange Beach Sports & Events, said in a news release. “We highly encourage locals to come out and support this championship to experience this energetic event first-hand – all on the beach.”
All the info on the NCAA’s 2024 National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship
That’s how much NCAA women’s beach volleyball has grown over the past 10 years. The 2013-14 season had 39 teams. In 2023-24 that total is up to 97 teams, all with the same end goal: Win a national championship. Seventeen teams will be selected for the 2024 National...
Conference-by-conference breakdown as NCAA beach volleyball heads into postseason
Pac-12 Four programs from the last hurrah of the “Conference of Champions” seemingly are locked into bids. As in every season in which the NCAA has sanctioned a national tournament, the title likely will run through the stacked Pac-12. USC (29-4) has its sights set on a fourth...
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