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If Catholic made a statement with a 42-0 romp over Montgomery Academy in late September, the Knights put an exclamation point on it with Friday’s 52-7 rout of Trinity.
St. James 35, Ashford 8
CECIL -- Jordan Benbrook scored a pair of touchdowns to help defending state champion Chambers Academy wrap up the AA Region 1 championship with a 35-19 win over Macon East Academy that handed the Knights their first loss at home this season.
Autauga Academy 49, Southern Academy 0
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Last year, Virginia Meacham and Lily Anzalone were surrounded by talented seniors who led the Montgomery Academy volleyball team to its third straight state championship.
The Montgomery Catholic Knights defeated the Trinity Wildcats 3-1 in the 3A Area 6 volleyball tournament at Catholic on Thursday and the home court was an advantage in the intense rivalry, Catholic freshman Harper Howell said.
Both Trinity and Prattville Christian Academy knew what was at stake in the opening match of the 3A Area 6 volleyball tournament at Catholic on Thursday.
Pike Road swept the 5A Area 5 tournament at Brewbaker Tech on Thursday to advance to the South Super Regional and avoid facing perennial champion Bayside Academy in a first-round match next week.
There are still moments, St. James coach Karen Lee admits, when her nine-man volleyball squad seems a bit overwhelmed at the 6A level.
Trinity 3, LAMP 0
Prattville Christian 2, Houston Academy 0
The quarterback looks to the right and sees an aggressive defensive end pushing past his tackle, forcing him to the left. As he glances to the left, he sees another player that looks a lot like the first one, charging toward him in a bull rush.
Questions were answered at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, and Tyson Fury was not the only one garnering praise. Wilder answered more than a few questions fight fans had about him, even in defeat.
AHSAA VOLLEYBALL PAIRINGS
Alabama Christian Academy scored the game’s first touchdown against Geneva in two plays on Friday night.
Catholic 44, Childersburg 0
Trinity posted its fifth shutout of the season with an impressive defensive performance in a 3A Region 4 win over Dadeville 28-0 on Friday night at Ragsdale-Boykin Field.
Autauga Academy 31, Escambia Academy 17
256, 273, and 277 are not area codes, but are the escalating weights of Tyson Fury in his bouts against Deontay Wilder. Wilders numbers also increased from 212.5 to 231 to 237. Wilder looked extremely muscular whereas Fury, as he did in the 2nd fight’s weigh in, did not remove his shirt. Bot…
The Lady Trojans breezed to a 3-0 win over Sidney Lanier on Thursday, celebrating an undefeated area schedule and the play of four players on Senior Day in the St. James gym.
There was plenty on the line in Thursday’s volleyball match between Catholic and Prattville Christian Academy.
HOPE HULL -- The Glenwood Gators got an early jump on the Hooper Academy Colts on Thursday night and, as usual, A.J. Harris had a big part in the 62-6 win.
CECIL --- Deonte Powell threw for four touchdowns as Macon East continued its hot streak at home with a 50-22 win over Banks Academy in a Class AA Region 1 game on Thursday night.
When Alabama Christian Academy’s new athletic director Aaron Greenwood looks at the Eagles’ athletic department, one of the first things he points out is the dedication of school administrators toward continual enhancement of the program.
ALABAMA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
PIKE ROAD -- The Patriots won their fifth Area 5 match in a row with a 3-1 win over Brewbaker Tech on Monday, defeating the Rams 25-22, 20-25, 25-14 and 25-18 in the Pike Road gym.
The Trinity boys’ cross-country team placed second in their division in the Jesse Owens Invitational at Oakville Indian Mounds Park on Saturday.
Tuscaloosa’s Deon “The Equalizer” Nicholson returned to the ring on Thursday night for the first time in 5 months and scored an impressive victory against Texas fighter Craig Baker in an eight-round bout.
AHSAA REGION STANDINGS
The machine doesn’t take a week off.
St. James 52, Booker T. Washington 24
Macon East Academy 28, Jackson Academy 12
AHSAA SCORES
St. James defeated G.W. Carver in straight sets at Edward L. Wood Memorial Gym on Thursday to wrap up the 6A Area 3 volleyball championship and the top seed for the upcoming area tournament.
Trinity handed Catholic its first loss to an in-state team in more than a month on Thursday, beating the Knights 3-1 in a 3A Area 6 match in the Catholic gym.
ALABAMA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Trinity 3, Prattville Christian 0
Two players were promoted from the junior varsity, two had moved in and several others had varsity volleyball experience but were unproven at that level.
HOOVER -- Trinity lost its first two matches in the Heffstrong Tournament on Friday, then battled back on Saturday to win the silver bracket by beating Guntersville in the finals at Spain Park High.
Middle School Football
Trinity’s varsity boys’ cross country team placed three in the top 10 and six in the top 25 to take first place in the Trinity Trailblazer at Gateway Park on Saturday.
The Montgomery Biscuits got a championship-caliber performance from its pitching staff, but Mississippi was a little better as the Braves edged the Biscuits 2-1 to win the Double-A South Championship Series at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss., on Sunday night.
PEARL, Miss. – Xavier Edwards blasted a grand slam in the ninth inning as part of a furious comeback, but the Biscuits would strand the tying run on base as the Mississippi Braves escaped with an 11-9 win over Montgomery in the third game of the best-of-five Double-A South Championship Serie…
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