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ACS ends season with tourney setback
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Gage Gades scored 25 points to lead Atmore Christian School past Alethia, 76-62 in overtime, during the first round of the Panhandle Christian Conference West Region Championships in Robertsdale, but that was to be the team’s last hurrah. Gades scored the bulk of his points during the overtime period of the contest, played last Friday, February 7. Gades scored 12 points during the overtime period,…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
Nettles scores 20, helps lead JUB to another area championship
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter JaDaniel Nettles scored almost half his team’s points as J.U. Blacksher knocked off Leroy 43-36 to claim the school’s second consecutive AHSAA Class 2A Area 2 championship. According to Principal Donald Baggett, the last time a Blacksher team captured back-to-back area championships was in 1967 and 1968. “We are extremely proud of our kids,” Baggett said. “To be successful in both football and basketball in…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
Coaches needed
Cal Ripken baseball registration underway By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Signups for Atmore Cal Ripken Youth Baseball are now in full swing. Registration will run through February 29 and includes Majors Division (11 to 12 years old), Minors Division (9 to10), Machine Pitch (7 to 8) and T-Ball (4 to 6). Registration is $40 per player for all divisions, and interested players and parents can sign up their child Monday…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
JUB knocks off Leroy, Excel
Bulldogs capture 2A, Area 1 regular season championship By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter With a defeat over Leroy, 61-50, on January 28, J.U. Blacksher’s Bulldogs captured the Class 2A, Area 2 regular season championship and gained the spot as the host for the Area 2 championship tournament for the second year in a row. K.D. Rabb helped rally the Bulldogs to victory over Leroy, racking up 29 points. Bubba Nettles…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
ACS wins 1, drops 2 in Ohio basketball invitational
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Atmore Christian School’s Rams received a rare treat, traveling hundreds of miles to take part in the Rosedale Invitational Tournament in Plain City, Ohio. Following a long bus ride, the Rams squared off last Thursday, January 30, against Galilean Christian Academy, a small school from Kentucky. The Rams fell 63-49 in that contest. “In my more than 20 years of coaching experience, I have never…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago