Area Sports
2020 Class of ASHF
The newly elected inductees for the Class of 2020 are as follows: Ronnie Brown, Sylvester Croom, Doug Kennedy, Q.V. Lowe, Woody McCorvery, Jorge Posada, Duane Reboul, and Steve Shaw. This is the 52nd Class inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. The eight newly elected inductees will bring the total number of inductees to…
Read MoreAHSAA football State Champions
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard Alabama high school football is over for this season and the Friday nightlights are out. We have finally crowned the State Champions for 2019. 7A State Champion the Thompson Warriors of Alabaster defeated Central of Phenix City Red Devils 40 – 14 to take home the title…
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BY COLIN “BIG C” MACGUIRE The Greenville Standard The College Football Poll now has Ohio State as No. 1 with a 28-17 over then No. 9 Penn State. LSU was No. 1 and dropped to No. 2 despite beating Arkansas 56-20. No. 3 Clemson had open date. No. 4 Georgia beat Texas A&M 19-13.…
Read MoreBragging rights for a year
As is the annual tradition, employees of Butler County who work at the courthouse posed for a picture on Wednesday, Nov. 27 sporting their team colors for the upcoming Alabama vs. Auburn game. Auburn won Saturday’s game 48-45 in a shootout and they get to claim bragging rights for a whole year. (Bruce Branum| The…
Read MoreOn this day in sports history
BY COLIN “BIG C” MACGUIRE The Greenville Standard The College Football Poll now has Ohio State as No. 1 with a 28-17 over then No. 9 Penn State. LSU was No. 1 and dropped to No. 2 despite beating Arkansas 56-20. No. 3 Clemson had open date. No. 4 Georgia beat Texas A&M 19-13.…
Read MoreAHSAA Semifinals a wrap
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard The Alabama’s Friday night lights have dimmed almost to a flicker now that the AHSAA Semi-finals are over and only the championship games remain. In the 1A semi’s Mars Hill Bible Panthers played their away semi-final game at Pickens County and defeated the Tornadoes 22 – 18.…
Read MoreAISA crowns champions AHSAA playoff continue
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard There’s a lot to cover so let’s us get started with AISA Championships. The royal blue and white Southern Academy of Greensboro is king of mountain and AISI 1A State Champions. The Cougars finish their run 11-1 season against a12-1 Chambers Academy Rebels with a 14-8 victory.…
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BY COLIN “BIG C” MACGUIRE The Greenville Standard Who’s Number One? 1. No. 1 LSU beat Ole Miss 58-37. LSU gained 714 yards in offense and gave up 614 yards to the Rebels. Ole Miss gained 402 yards rushing. Nov. 23 LSU will face Arkansas. LSU is favored by 42.5 points. On Nov. 30…
Read MoreArea football rundown
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard BUTLER COUNTY SCHOOLS OUT OF PLAYOFFS GREENVILLE TIGERS EDGED BY CHOCTAWS The AHSAA 5A Greenville Tigers shut the doors on their season with a loss to Centreville’s Bibb County Choctaws. The hard fought defensive battle ended in a 12-6 victory for Bibb County and will bring…
Read MoreFDA stages Game Day
ESPN GAMEDAY was sponsored by the Fort Dale Academy Faulty Members on Nov. 8. Students dressed as sportscasters and technicians and a Fort Dale GAMEDAY was held in anticipation of the first round of the AISA playoff competition. The program was designed as a motivation and celebration event for the Fort Dale Eagles, and even…
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