With a new personal record that also extended her own school record, Elberta senior Morgan Thrift won the Class 4A-5A shot put state championship with a distance of 36’ 4” for a …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 2/4/24 |
MOBILE — The job interview is finished.
After all the pomp and circumstance, training and meetings — on top of the actual job interviews with all 32 NFL teams — Spanish Fort …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 2/3/24 |
Baldwin County’s representatives at the AHSAA State Bowling Championships in Mobile were eliminated in the first round of Friday’s finals to find the end of the road.
In the Baker …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 2/2/24 |
SPANISH FORT — Who says you can’t go home?
Kris Abrams-Draine and DJ James took a trip to their old stomping grounds on Friday for a Spanish Fort Day presentation. The pair had …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 2/2/24 |
MOBILE — After the dust settled on the traditional bowling rounds on Thursday at Bowlero Mobile, three local teams find themselves in the bottom of Friday’s Baker format best-of-7 series …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 2/1/24 |
"The Toro Way" leads to Spanish Fort reunion at Senior Bowl between cornerbacks Abrams-Draine, James
MOBILE — A pair of SEC cornerbacks used the lessons they learned at Spanish Fort High School to reach the Senior Bowl, college football’s longest continually running all-star game.
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/31/24 |
Alia Vickrey can add another win to his career total as a Baldwin County High School wrestler after he was selected as the Seacrest Furniture Athlete of the Week.
The Tiger senior, a three-time …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/31/24 |
Already the state championship MVP of the undefeated Gulf Shores Dolphins, Ronnie Royal added one more major accomplishment to his standout senior season.
During Tuesday’s Alabama Sports …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/30/24 |
MONTGOMERY — The Alabama State Games enters Year 41 with a championship supporter: the Alabama State High School Athletic Association. The AHSAA for a long time has encouraged student-athletes …
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GULF SHORES — Inspired by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the V Foundation, South Baldwin Christian Academy hosted its own version of Coaches vs. Cancer on Friday, Jan. 19, …
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1/25/24
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board of Control met on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the AHSAA office for its Winter meeting.
The Central Board voted to open …
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GULF SHORES — With sports specialization encouraging athletes to lock into one sport at an earlier age than ever before, Gulf Shores senior Ethan Sharkey bucked that trend on Wednesday by …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/24/24 |
Kalyse Hill, the three-time state champion wrestler from Daphne, was selected as the Seacrest Furniture Athlete of the Week by a singular vote.
Hill added one more win to her …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/24/24 |
A pair of all-county football players from Foley made their commitments to ascend to the next level on recent college visits where each will trade their Lion manes for Tiger stripes.
Defensive …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/23/24 |
Spanish Fort tight end Chandler Wilson made his college decision on Sunday and committed to the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks and former Toro head coach Bryant Vincent who now leads the program.
The …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/22/24 |
A trio of Baldwin County bowling teams has a shot at winning a state championship just across the Bay in Mobile after top finishes from the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s South …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/20/24 |
Behind three individual state champions, the Daphne Trojans wrestled their way back to the top of the mountain as team state champions for the third time in four years.
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/19/24 |
BIRMINGHAM — The boys’ team from Elberta and girls’ teams from Foley and Orange Beach earned top seeds in their classification from the Alabama High School Athletic …
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The Reese’s Senior Bowl announced Terrell Williams and Jeff Ulbrich as the head coaches of the American and National teams respectively on Wednesday, Jan. 17. The 75th Anniversary Reese’s …
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ORANGE BEACH — After coaching at the Class 7A level since 2014, something had to pull Wade Waldrop to take over a Class 4A program in Orange Beach.
“The alignment between the city …
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BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/17/24 |