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By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SPRING GARDEN – The Spring Garden Panthers and Cedar Bluff Tigers both like an up-tempo pace. It was anything but that during their Class 1A, Area 12 tournament title game on Thursday night. The pace was lethargic much of the game. Only two players – one from each team

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SAND ROCK – It’s a senior-night basketball tradition for the Sand Rock Wildcats to bring out the throwback uniforms. For the past three years, senior point guard Jacob StClair has worn No. 10 in lieu of his regular No. 1 jersey for the special occasion. When asked why not

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SPRING GARDEN – Spring Garden boys basketball coach Levi Hatcher felt like the Panthers didn’t have the fire last week in the Cherokee County Tournament. That led the Panthers to have what he called a “fiery, physical practice on Monday and Tuesday, to the point where guys were getting

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CEDAR BLUFF – Johnny Amison wanted to bring back the Cedar Bluff boys basketball culture of old when he came back as head coach this season. He’s got the Tigers competing for a chance at hosting the area tournament on Thursday night at Spring Garden. It took a complete

Staff Reports CENTRE – Austin Richardson sank five of Cedar Bluff’s 11 3-pointers and finished with 17 points to lead the Tigers to a 67-51 varsity boys basketball win over Gaylesville in the Cherokee County Tournament on Thursday. Richardson also had four steals, three assists, three rebounds and a block for the Tigers. Bucky Leek

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SAND ROCK – John Blackwell is preparing the Sand Rock Wildcats for the stretch run of the basketball season. He knows opponents are going to try and take away sharpshooting senior point guard Jacob StClair, so he’s trying to find other options in which to produce offense. Blackwell seems

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Defensive lineman Tae Diamond certainly didn’t suffer through a sophomore slump this past football season for the Cherokee County Warriors. He became a sophomore sensation. As a freshman in 2021, Diamond delivered 53 tackles, including 19 for loss, with 8 ½ sacks, three fumble recoveries (one for

Compiled by WEIS Sports Director Shannon Fagan Cherokee County 74, Sand Rock 56 CEDAR BLUFF – Jaden Wilson led four Cherokee Warriors in double figures with 20 points, including two 3-pointers, in a 74-56 victory over Sand Rock in the Alabama ONE Cherokee Invitational on Monday. Jack Amos and Eli Martin both netted 13 points

CEDAR BLUFF – All week long, Cedar Bluff football coach Alan Beckett warned his Tigers how talented a quarterback Decatur Heritage senior Bo Solley is. He described Solley as “a Johnny Manziel type.” Solley

CEDAR BLUFF – Cedar Bluff senior quarterback Bucky Leek says he’s hardheaded. Even playing on a bum left ankle, Leek wasn’t going to let