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Alabama Ledger
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February 2022
Alabama Football University of Alabama football fans can put the 2022 schedule in ink. The Crimson Tide is set to compete in 12 contests during the regular season, including five on the road and seven in Tuscaloosa. For the first time since 2011, Alabama will kick off its season at home by playing host to Utah State at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Sept. 3. The next week, the Crimson Tide will square off against future conference foe Texas in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 10. It will mark the first time the Tide has challenged Texas since 2010, and the first time the Tide has traveled to Austin in exactly 100 years. Alabama will return to Tuscaloosa for a pair of home contests, hosting UL- Monroe on Sept. 17 and then opening its conference campaign with Vanderbilt on Sept. 24. Flipping into the month of October, UA will visit Arkansas in Fayetteville, on Oct. 1, before returning home to host Texas A&M on Oct. 8. The Crimson Tide begins the second half of its schedule at Tennessee in Knoxville on Oct. 15, before playing host to Mississippi State on Oct. 22. The Crimson andWhite will have a bye week on Oct. 29, before beginning the final month of the regular season with a pair of road games at LSU in Baton Rouge on Nov. 5 and at Ole Miss in Oxford on Nov. 12. Alabama closes out the season with home games against Austin Peay on Nov. 19 and the Iron Bowl versus Auburn on Nov. 26. A-Day Set for April 16 Wilbur Jackson and John Mitchell will be honored during the 2022 Golden Flake A-Day Game on Saturday, April 16, at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Jackson and Mitchell’s leadership was instrumental in changing the course of the Alabama football program forever, breaking down barriers, opening doors and providing opportunities for generations to come. In 1970, Jackson made history by becoming the first African American scholarship student-athlete on the Crimson Tide football team, and a year later, Mitchell cemented himself in the record books as the first African American to play in a varsity football game for Alabama. Jackson, a native of Ozark, Alabama, went on to earn All-SEC honors and was captain of the 1973 national championship team. He was then drafted ninth overall by San Francisco in the 1974 NFL Draft, playing nine years professionally. Jackson closed out his career as part of Washington’s Super Bowl XVII championship team and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. Mitchell transferred to Alabama after an All- American career at Eastern Arizona Junior College. That success continued in the crimson and white for the Mobile, native with Mitchell becoming All- American, All-SEC and team captain. Mitchell then added another first to his name as the first African American to coach at Alabama, joining Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s staff in 1973. Later in his coaching career, he won Super Bowls XL and XLIII with Pittsburgh. He also is a member in the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
The Guntersville varsity boys' basketball team won the 2022 Class 5A Area 14 Tournament on Friday, February 11, 2022 with an 89-70 victory over Fairview. It was Guntersville's third straight Area Championship. Brandon Fussell paced the Wildcats with 28 points in the Championship game. Teammate Cooper Davidson also scored 28 points. Curt Blanchard added 14 points and Tucker Leach had six points. Kade Wilson and Treyvon Avery had four points each. Brody Perry scored three points and Noah Fitzgibbons chipped in two points for the Wildcats. Guntersville Wins Area Title Photo by Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger
The Douglas Eagles fell to Boaz 57-49 in the finals of the Class 5A Area 13 Tournament to finish as the Area Runner-up team. The members of the Eagles' basketball team include: (L-R) Eli Teal (#2), Judah Bearden (#33), Tanner Holland Edmondson (#12), Oscar Conriquez (#25), Issac Baker (#13), Brody Gage Campbell (#1), Yael Lucas Mendoza (#20), Jackson Sims (#0), Warren Alexander (#3), Issac Eubanks (#10), Raygan Edmondson (#22), Logan Puckett (#5), Kenyon Latrell Watkins (#23), Jaylen Spain (#4), and Dekota Stewart (#24). Douglas Finishes Second In Area Tournament Photo by Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger
The Sardis Lady Lions celebrate winning the 2022 Etowah County Basketball Tournament. Caroline Johnson made three crucial 3-point goals and finished with 11 points to lead Sardis to a 53-47 win over Hokes Bluff to claim the school’s first-ever girls’ Etowah County Title. The varsity girls historic season continued in the Area Tournament, as the Lady Lions defeated the Douglas Lady Eagles 67-53 to win the Class 5A Area 13 Championship. The win for Sardis marked the program's first Area Tournament crown under the current AHSAA format. Photos by Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger Sardis Girls Win First-Ever Etowah County Title
Luke Martin (#23) recently scored 31 points in the finals of the Etowah County Basketball Tournament to help lift the Sardis Lions to a 76-67 win over Hokes Bluff. Martin scored 16 of his points in the fourth quarter, including going 8-of-8 from the free-throw line to seal the victory. He was named the MVP of the boys’ tournament. Martin also posted 25 points in Sardis’ 80-62 semifinal win over Glencoe. For his efforts he earned recognition in a recent AHSAA spotlight. Other spotlight honors from the Etowah County Tournament were awarded to Hokes Bluff's Jordan Presley. He had 32 points for the Eagles against Sardis and 19 points in Hokes Bluff's 42-32 semifinal win over Southside-Gadsden. Martin Helps Lead Sardis To County Title
TheGuntersville junior varsity boys basketball teamdefeatedAlbertville 58-47 on Saturday, January 22, 2022 to win the Marshall County JV Championship. The members of the Guntersville JV championship team are (Front L-R) Maddox Werkmeister (10), Date Peterson (12) Ty Yancey (1), and EJ Havis (3); (Back L-R) Coach Matthew Miller, Carter Britt (33), Royce Baucom (42), Chris Love (24), Braden Boozer (34) and Noah Fitzgibbons (30). 2022 Marshall County JV Champs
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