CECIL -- A 29-point first quarter by Macon East Academy took care of Lakeside in Tuesday’s area matchup as the Knights substituted freely and cruised to their third consecutive win in the Macon East gym.

Trinity coach Blake Smith had a simple message for his oldest daughter.

Thanks to some poor free-throw shooting by Montgomery Academy, the Trinity boys still had a shot to win in the final seconds of Friday’s Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Joe Mooty Court.

Wins have been rare for LAMP and its first-year coach Robb McGaughey this season, so McGaughey was pleased to see his team pull out a last-minute win, 48-46, at home against Alabama Christian Academy on Friday night.

It’s difficult to put Friday’s area win by the LAMP girls in perspective.

There were times during Prattville Christian Academy’s six-game losing streak when head coach Jason Roberson questioned his team’s mental toughness.

Prattville Christian took another step toward hosting the 3A Area 6 tournament in three weeks, turning back Trinity 61-40 on Tuesday at Captain Jack Court.

Saint James won both the girls’ junior varsity and middle school tournaments in the Capital City Conference Tournament held on Monday in the Saint James’ gym.

There was a little over three minutes remaining in the third quarter of Tuesday’s Area 6 matchup between Montgomery Academy and Catholic when Catholic coach Mike Curry pulled all of his starters off the floor.

There was plenty of pressure in the final minutes of Montgomery Academy’s area game at Trinity, but Jamal Cooper shrugged it off.

Trinity coach Blake Smith has been preaching mental and physical toughness to his Wildcats and he saw it pay off on Friday as Trinity won its area opener with Montgomery Academy 53-40 at Captain Jack Court.

For the longest time, Prattville Christian Academy and Catholic were locked in a 31-31 tie in the third quarter. Both teams were struggling to find any offensive spark that could turn the 3A Area 6 game in their favor.

It isn’t often that Prattville Christian’s post players are held scoreless through the first quarter.

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It was a tense, tightly contested battle in the first minutes of Monday’s game between the Trinity girls and St. James.

Prattville Christian Academy girls' basketball coach Jason Roberson often refers to his post players as his “Twin Towers.” The dual threat of 6-foot juniors CoCo Thomas and Hannah Jones in the paint creates a tough obstacle for any 3A team that makes the Panthers a more dangerous team than t…

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Finding a player of the year in the Capital City Conference wasn’t easy this year.

The introductory video only provided a glimpse of the impact Woody McCorvey has had on college football.

The first six minutes of Tuesday’s championship game in the Jack Schweers Capital City Conference Tournament was as intense as any basketball game you could find in the state this season.

Highland Home defensive end Keldrick Faulk is the type of player that can alter a game.

Alabama Christian Academy won its case before the Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board on Tuesday morning and was reinstated as a Class 3A team in football for 2022-23 and 2023-24.

After Trinity’s pressure defense took Catholic out early of Monday’s semifinal matchup in the Jack Schweers Capital City Conference Tournament, Catholic coach Jill Clark said her inexperienced lineup could handle the 66-26 loss in one of two ways.