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Sideline Sports Snead State Softball Signs Thirteen The Members of Snead State Softball’s 2024 Recruiting Class are listed below. Read more on The Sports Ledger Web site at www.thesportsledger.com Kylee Dunn, of Hubberville Jalyn Hannah, of Sardis Kailey Hyatt, of Hazel Green Ivy Marsh, of Guntersville Brooke Mathewson, of Hillcrest Amber Newman, of Hewitt-Trussville
Makayla Owen, of Sylvania Keilei Pearson, of New Hope Brinlee Phillips, of West Point Brynlee Silletti, of Sparkman Kylie Stracener, of Cullman Macayla Wilkins, of West Point Lola Wood, of J.B. Pennington
SEC Football Championship Location The Southeastern Conference Football Championship Game will be held in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium through at least 2031. The agreement is an extension of the current contract that was set to expire in 2026. It also allows the SEC the option of exercising an additional five- year extension that could keep the game in Atlanta through 2036. Read more online at www.thesportsledger.com Milroe Named Manning Award Finalist Alabama’s Jalen Milroe is a finalist for the Manning Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top quarterback. It is the only award that takes into consideration a candidate’s bowl performance. The 2023 winner of the Manning Award will be announced in January. Alabama has two Manning winners in its history, first with Mac Jones in 2020 followed by Bryce Young a year later in 2021. NASCAR Media Rights Agreement NASCAR has reached a new seven-year media rights agreement for the NASCAR Cup Series with four best- in-class distribution partners – FOX Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon’s Prime Video and TNT Sports, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery – to deliver live coverage of all 38 NASCAR Cup Series races beginning in 2025 and extending through the 2031 season. Financial terms of these agreements were not disclosed. FOX Sports and NBC Sports will continue to carry the majority of NASCAR Cup Series races with 14 events each. The FOX Sports portion of the Cup Series schedule, which kicks off the season with The Busch Light Clash followed by ‘The Great American Race,’ The DAYTONA 500, will also include live events for the entire NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season. NBC Sports’ coverage of the Cup Series will encompass the final 14 events of the season, including the Playoffs and Championship race. Both partners will feature a mix of broadcast and cable events, with five Cup events airing on FOX and four on NBC annually. The remaining events will air on FS1 and USA Network, respectively. As part of this historic agreement, the NASCAR Cup Series will welcome two new broadcast partners in 2025 – Prime Video and TNT Sports – that will evenly split a series of 10 midseason races. Both have also obtained exclusive rights to practice and qualifying sessions for the entire Cup Series schedule through 2031. NASCAR’s first fully direct-to-consumer partner, Prime Video will stream practice and qualifying live for the first half of the season through their last race of the midseason series with the exceptions of the Busch Light Clash, DAYTONA 500 and NASCAR All-Star Race, which will remain with FOX Sports. TNT Sports will initiate its coverage with the next five midseason races simultaneously broadcast live on TNT and streaming on the B/R Sports Add-On on Max. Practice and qualifying for the remainder of the season will stream on Max and air on truTV.
Cherokee County defender Jace Turner (#19) attempts to stop Montgomery Catholic Quarterback, and Class 4A Championship Game MVP, Caleb McCreary during the 2023 AHSAA State Football Championship Game. The Warriors fell to Montgomery Catholic 35-0. Cherokee County finished the season with a 13-2 overall record. The Warriors' only other loss this year was a 21-14 setback in the regular season finale against Fort Payne. shut out in 4A State Championship Game Photo Courtesy of AHSAA Cherokee County gets
Guntersville High School Senior Quarterback Eli Morrison (#4) takes a break during the Wildcats' 31-21 victory over Pleasant Grove in the Class 5A AHSAA state quarterfinals. Guntersville advanced to the state semifinals where the Wildcats finished the season with a 35-14 loss to Ramsey. Guntersville's final record for 2023 was 12-2. Photo By Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger Guntersville Falls In State Semifinals
The Geraldine football program has completed one of the best seasons in school history. The eighth ranked Bulldogs closed out the year at 12-2 overall with a 48-43 loss to Madison Academy in the 2023 Class 3A AHSAA State Semi-finals. This year was only the second time in school history that Geraldine reached the semifinal round. One of the leaders on the team this season was senior quarterback Jaxon Colvin (#4). Colvin rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another in the semifinal loss to Madison Academy. Overall, he helped Geraldine score 196 points in four playoffs this season, which is an average of 49 points per game. Geraldine Falls in State Semifinals Photo By Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger
Photo By Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger
Photo Courtesy of AHSAA, Will Carter Leroy Defeats Coosa Christian in 1A State Finals
Pisgah Finishes Season with 12 wins The Coosa Christian’s Conquerors and the Leroy Bears battled from start to finish in the Class
1A State Football Championship on Thursday, December 7, 2023. However, Leroy came out on top with a 28-21 victory over the Conquerors. It was Leroy's 7th state title since 2004.
Pisgah's Luke Gilbert (#1) drops back for a pass attempt during the 2023 Class 3A State Semifinals. Gilbert was filling in at quarterback for senior teammate Mason Holcomb who was out of the game with an injury. During the 2023 season, Pisgah scored 652 points, including putting 40 or more points on the scoreboard in every game during the regular season. The Eagles were held to a season low 14 points in a 32-14 loss to Fyffe in the state semifinals. The loss was Pisgah's second of the season to the Red Devils. The Eagles finished at 12-2 overall in 2023.
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