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PREP FOOTBALL: Tigers end Fairview’s season with rout
ADDISON — TUSCUMBIA — Deshler High scored early and often, amassing a 56-point lead at one point, en route to a 56-23 first-round Class 4A playoff win over Fairview on Friday.
Deshler (10-1) moves on to host Central-Florence in next week’s second round. The Wildcats defeated Plainview 31-28.
Chris May got things started when he recovered a fumble in the end zone to give Deshler a 7-0 lead a little more than one minute into the game.
Fairview (8-3) was forced to punt on its first offensive possession. Deion Belue fielded the kick at the Deshler 45, made a couple of Aggies miss, then cut across the field and made the rest of the Aggies miss on his way to the end zone for a 55-yard touchdown.
“Deion is an electrifying player,” Tigers coach John Mothershed said.
Deshler started its next possession on the Fairview 36-yard line after the Aggies kicked the ball out of bounds for a 16-yard punt in what was seemingly an attempt to keep the ball away from Belue. The Tigers scored five plays later on a 1-yard J. Gardiner run.
On its next possession, Deshler once again started in Fairview territory, this time after a Belue punt return put the Tigers on the Fairview 29. Deanthonie Summerhill scored on the first play of the drive with a 29-yard run to give the Tigers a 28-0 first quarter lead.
Summerhill added a 20-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and Will Minor scored on an 18-yard run as Deshler took a 42-0 lead into halftime.
Belue scored on a 37-yard run and freshman running back Tucker Norwood scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter to give the Tigers a 56-0 lead.
“I’m proud of the way our guys played tonight,” Mothershed said. “Our defense played well. They did a
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CHAMPS AGAIN
Isaac Yarbrough wanted the ball in the final inning.
And once he got it, he wanted to face the top of Fairview’s lineup.
Yarbrough got both of his wishes. And once he did, Vinemont High got one of its own — its first Cullman County baseball title in three years.
“I was looking forward to it,” said Yarbrough, who struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh Tuesday afternoon to seal Vinemont’s 8-3 win over Fairview in the championship game of the Cullman County tournament at Hanceville High.
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WORTH THE WAIT
Larson Howse didn’t spend much time celebrating, even after his second homer of the day.
With Gregory Smith on the mound, he didn’t have to.
Howse swatted two homers and Smith tossed a complete-game one-hitter as Fairview High defeated West Point 11-1 Monday afternoon in the semifinals of the Cullman County baseball tournament at Hanceville High. -
THE TIMES ALL-AREA PREP BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM: Good Hope triple-double threat Aycock enjoyed breakthrough season
Kyle Aycock watched with pride as his father, Greg, was recognized with the Good Hope High 1988 Cullman County basketball championship team this past season.
For Aycock, it was a moment of realization. The Good Hope point guard understood why his father had been pushing him for years.
“My dad wants me to be able and enjoy the same things he did when he was a player,” said Aycock, who has been selected as The Times Prep Boys Basketball Player of the Year. -
THE TIMES ALL-AREA PREP BASKETBALL TEAM: Myrex ends storied hoops career with 3rd POY award
During her record-breaking prep basketball career at Cold Springs High, Georgia Myrex piled up enough individual awards and records to warrant an extra wing at the Myrex household.
But if the Cold Springs High senior had her way, she’d trade them all in for just one more piece of Alabama-shaped blue hardware in the trophy case at Jesse George Gymnasium.
“I would definitely trade it all in,” said Myrex, who led Cold Springs to within three wins of its third straight Class 2A state title this past season. “I’m very appreciative of all my individual honors, but nothing compares to the feeling of winning a state championship.”
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Burleson coaches Cold Springs up on way to turnaround
Sitting behind the table in a cramped interview room, a disappointed Tim Burleson broke down the Xs and Os of a heartbreaking Northwest Regional loss.
Descriptive and to the point, Burleson left no question unanswered.
And then the Cold Springs High coach answered one of his own — rattling off the most important stat of all.
“This team right here, 12-17, that’s what they were a year ago,” said Burleson following the Eagles’ 42-41 loss to Mars Hill in the Class 2A Northwest Regional semifinals. “Six of them were on that team, and they worked their tails off in the offseason.” -
BRINGING BACK PRIDE
Scott Adams came to the realization slowly — and at various points of the season.
During summer workouts, the Holly Pond High girls basketball coach noticed his players making plays they wouldn’t have made the year before. And during the opening weeks of fall practice, the sharp passing and shooting continued.
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