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ORANGE BEACH — Mako basketball coach Chris Laatsch likens his team's "summer competition" program to a preseason of sorts. He has all his players, including those who'll soon be showing up for …
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By John Mullen
Gulf Coast Media Contributor | 7/1/26 |
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ORANGE BEACH — It's summertime, and the three-week basketball window for teams in Alabama to practice and travel for games against other schools has closed. But Orange Beach Lady Mako Coach Terry …
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By John Mullen
Gulf Coast Media Contributor | 6/25/26 |
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After nearly 25 years, hockey is returning to Mobile.
Mobile's new hockey team with an old connection, the Mobile Mysticks, was unveiled during a special event at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile …
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BY COLIN JAMES
Reporter colin@gulfcoastmedia.com | 6/24/26 |
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Last week's heavy rain didn't slow down the Gulf Shores High School football team, and it won't have to moving forward.
The Dolphins are practicing in their new covered outdoor facility at the …
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BY MICAH GREEN
Chief Digital Officer/Photojournalist micah@gulfcoastmedia.com | 6/23/26 |
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GULF SHORES — It wasn't exactly like old home week when Carter Davis took an official visit to West Virginia to consider continuing his football days with the Mountaineers.
But when the …
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By John Mullen
Gulf Coast Media Contributor | 6/23/26 |
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Orange Beach softball's MK McMullan was named Alabama Player of the Year by MaxPreps for the 2026 season.
McMullan, a sophomore who pitches and plays first base, played a key role for the Makos …
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BY COLIN JAMES
Reporter colin@gulfcoastmedia.com | 6/16/26 |
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Gulf Shores wide receiver Carter Davis has decided to take his talents to Morgantown for his college career.
On social media Monday, June 8, Carter, a Class of 2027 recruit, announced his …
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BY COLIN JAMES
Reporter colin@gulfcoastmedia.com | 6/9/26 |
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Orange Beach teams swept the top three spots in the catch-and-release category during a record-setting 30th anniversary of the Orange Beach Billfish Classic at The Wharf.
A fleet of 62 boats …
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By Emma Parvin
Gulf Coast Media Contributor | 6/9/26 |
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Six players from Baldwin County across baseball and softball have been named to the 2026 North-South All Star Game, the AHSAA announced in a press release.
All of Baldwin County's players will …
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BY COLIN JAMES
Reporter colin@gulfcoastmedia.com | 6/2/26 |
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In 2021, after Orange Beach’s softball team won their first state championship, Ava Hodo, who was then a seventh grader, went up to head coach Shane Alexander.
“She told me ‘Before I leave …
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BY COLIN JAMES
Reporter colin@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/22/26 |
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In her first NCAA tournament start, Daphne native and grad Vic Moten’s pitching propelled the University of Alabama to its NCAA-record 20th Super Regional berth with a 9-0 win over USC Upstate May …
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By KAYLA GREEN
Executive Editor kayla@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/21/26 |
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The 30th annual Orange Beach Billfish Classic took place last week as a record fleet of boats and crews from across the Gulf competed for nearly $1.6 million in tournament prizes.
The tournament …
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BY COLIN JAMES
Reporter colin@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/18/26 |
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Ellee Jaye Jarvis, an eighth-grade student at Elberta Middle School, has earned a position on the Alabama National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Guthrie, …
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5/15/26
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After announcing earlier this year that he would retire from Alabama public schools at the conclusion of the 2025-26 academic year, longtime Baldwin County coach and educator Mike Ebert is already set for his next chapter.
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BY KAM WICKER
Sports Editor kam@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/12/26 |
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The No. 4-seeded United States Sports University baseball team is set to make its postseason debut in the 2026 USCAA Small College World Series.
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5/11/26
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The curtain closed on Baldwin County's baseball season Friday night, with Gulf Shores standing as the county's final team alive in the state playoffs before its postseason run came to an end in the 6A quarterfinals.
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BY KAM WICKER
Sports Editor kam@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/11/26 |
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For the first time in program history, the St. Michael Catholic boys soccer team is bringing a Blue Map Trophy back to Baldwin County.
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BY KAM WICKER
Sports Editor kam@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/8/26 |
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Two Baldwin County boys basketball programs will enter next season under new leadership after Robertsdale promoted assistant coach Terrence Pinkney, while Daphne did the same on the Eastern Shore by promoting veteran assistant coach Garreth Trawick.
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BY KAM WICKER
Sports Editor kam@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/8/26 |
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Another week deeper into Alabama's spring postseason means the margin for error is shrinking, and Baldwin County's remaining contenders are beginning to separate themselves from the pack.
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BY KAM WICKER
Sports Editor kam@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/7/26 |
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Current Louisiana freshman phenom and Spanish Fort High product Haley Hart has already added a career milestone to her collegiate softball career, earning 2026 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year honors after a breakout debut season with the Ragin' Cajuns.
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BY KAM WICKER
Sports Editor kam@gulfcoastmedia.com | 5/7/26 |