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Ranking Gadsden-area's best QBs in 2024 Alabama high school football season
The Alabama High School football season is quickly approaching and there are plenty of top quarterbacks around the Gadsden area. The group is senior dominated with eight of the top 10 being seniors outside Collinsville Mason McAteer and Hokes Bluff's Bryce Whitaker. There are plenty of familiar faces with Gadsden Times all-area selections from last year making the list including Dax Varnadore, Tyler Pierce, John David Justus and Jameson Scissum. ...
Derrick Sewell is back at home at Gaston and ready to take them back to where he knows they can be
GASTON − Derrick Sewell has returned to his first teaching/coaching job, after a long road back to what he now calls his dream job. Sewell started his career at Gaston High School, climbing to head baseball coach, where he hired now baseball coach and one of his top football assistants Jesse Pruitt. While the ending of his first stint at Gaston wasn't ideal, it never changed the fact that he would have wanted to return one...
Locals participate in North/South All-Star Week
Photo: Southside High’s Camren Thompson (10) heads in a first-half goal during the North’s 4-1 soccer win over the South on Wednesday, July 18 in Montgomery. (Josh Bean/For AHSAA) Southside’s Thompson, Westbrook’s McHugh named MVPs. Several local high school rising seniors participated in the recent AHSAA...
Anniston Museum and Gardens Event Explores Olympic History through Artifacts
Anniston, AL – Delve into a captivating journey through history at the Anniston Museum and Gardens this Saturday, July 20th, from 2 to 3 pm. The museum is set to host an engaging event that connects the dots between the Olympics, ancient Rome, and the French Revolution through artifacts from its esteemed Berman Museum collection. […] The post Anniston Museum and Gardens Event Explores Olympic History through Artifacts appeared first on Calhoun Journal.
JSU athletics announces new playing field, renovated north side at Burgess-Snow Field at AmFirst Stadium
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) - After the announcement of a new name for JSU’s football stadium (Burgess-Snow Field at AmFirst Stadium), the athletics department also announced that players and fans will see many changes when they return to the stadium this fall. According to JSU athletics, new turf will be...
Jacksonville State University reaches agreement with AmFirst on football stadium naming rights agreement
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (WBRC) - For the first time in history, Jacksonville State will have an official corporate naming sponsor for what has been known as ‘Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium.’. In what the university calls an ‘unprecedented partnership’, the stadium will now be known as AmFirst Stadium in a...
EA Sports College Football 25 ratings for Jacksonville State and Troy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.(WIAT) — The new EA Sports College Football 25 video game releases Friday, July 19, but those who pre-ordered the game gained three days early access. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks make their first appearance in the game as they became an FBS team in 2023. Left guard Clay Webb is Jax State’s top player […]
Jacksonville State football announces new field surface. See the new design featuring the AKC logo
In the second announcement surrounding Burgess Snow Field now at AmFirst Stadium in as many days, Jacksonville State football announced a new turf surface. The design will also change as part to the new playing surface. The design will feature the vintage AKC logo with 'Jax State' now in the end zone. Previously a JSU logo was in midfield and the word 'Gamecocks' was featured in both end zones. The field will also have logos for AmFirst, adding to the new sponsorship, along the sidelines.
Early 2024 Preview: Liberty vs Jacksonville State
We have begun our series of an early look ahead to the teams on Liberty’s 2024 schedule. We will give a quick preview of all 12 teams that stand in the Flames’ way of a second straight unbeaten season as second-year head coach Jamey Chadwell prepares his team to defend its 2023 CUSA title.
Name games: Luke Balaskiewicz, Emmett Kuhlenkamp share Jacksonville Amateur lead at 4-under
Luke Balaskiewicz and Emmett Kuhlenkamp have something in common besides both being rising high school seniors with long surnames (for Scrabble fans, Balaskiewicz tops Kuhlenkamp 29-24 if proper names were allowed). They’re also in their first Jacksonville Amateur Championship and they never looked like nervous rookies in Thursday’s first round at the Jacksonville Golf...
Anthony Silkwood Promoted to Jax State’s Pitching Coach – Coaching Successes and Background Highlighted
Silkwood, previously Director of Baseball Operations and Player Development at Jacksonville State, has been promoted to assistant coach overseeing the pitching staff. With a strong background in coaching, particularly working with pitchers, Silkwood's experience includes successful stints at Parkland College and University of Illinois Springfield, contributing to player development and MLB draft selections.
Auburn to host Jacksonville State in 2026
Auburn will hope its next matchup against Jacksonville State is nothing like the first. The Gamecocks will travel to Jordan-Hare Stadium during the 2026 season, Jacksonville State athletic director Greg Seitz confirmed Friday. Seitz told Auburn Undercover the game is set for Sept. 26. Auburn's 2015 home opener was an...
ETSU men’s basketball to play Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville IN 2024-25
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 18, 2024) – The ETSU men’s basketball team will play a pair of ASUN teams this upcoming 2024-25 season, as the Southern Conference and ASUN announced a two-year scheduling alliance on Thursday. Each SoCon team will play two games against ASUN opponents through this alliance with games taking place in early November and […]
Titan Football, 2024 Community Service Day ~ Downtown Gadsden
Mayor Craig Ford recognized our Titan Football team today for doing some community service work today in downtown Gadsden. Scroll all the way to the bottom to also see the live news coverage from Fox6 News. “Thank you to the Gadsden City High School football team for improving public safety...
According to TDA, Gadsden City Elite 4-Star DB attracting attention far and wide
Zyan Gibson is on pace to be one of the nation’s top cornerback prospects and one of the faces of the state of Alabama’s 2026 recruiting class. Gibson is a product of Gadsden City High School in Gadsden, Alabama. His recruitment is constantly growing with recent offers from Florida and Oregon to go along with previous offers from Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and others .
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