FLORENCE — Cophia Rutherford was in her Mars Hill classroom when a text message from athletic director Darrell Higgins stirred her.
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Georgiana Kavich singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday, lifting Waterloo past Mars Hill 2-1.
Mars Hill, in its pursuit for more state girls basketball championships, is turning to a coach with state championship experience.
This week’s Shoals sports schedule, according to schedules supplied by the schools. Subject to change.
Muscle Shoals and Lauderdale County reeled in the big trophies Saturday at the Northwest Alabama Bash.
One Shoals team will make a rare second-round playoff appearance, while another has to wait to end its playoff drought.
Each will be a best-of-3 series that begins with a doubleheader and, if necessary, ends with a single game the following day.
Ty Reynolds fired a no-hitter and Red Bay walked off with a Class 2A playoff sweep Friday.
Central wasted little time in stretching its winning streak to 10 games Friday, scoring nine times in the first inning in what turned out to be a 10-0 win over Florence in the first game of pool play at the Northwest Alabama Bash.
Justin Slaton shined on both ends of Lauderdale County's Class 3A playoff sweep Thursday.
Adeline Dickerson singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting Lauderdale County to a 6-5 win over Mars Hill on Thursday.
A former Deshler standout appears poised to be playing in Florence next season.
Mars Hill's position in the final state baseball rankings is its lowest to finish the season in nine years.
What from today will be remembered in the coming years?
The Shoals high school soccer scoring leaders and top track & field performances:
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