Hilliker spent the majority of his career with Northside but also coached at Hale County and Paul W. Bryant. bit.ly/2YCC7n9

Tuscaloosa area high school football teams hit the field today for the first week of camp. bit.ly/2X2aG5u

“That’s the hardest part. These guys were good ball players, but they were better men. To see them have to go through this is tough. With this group you just don’t want it to end," said ACA baseball coach Del Howell tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Petty averaged 16 points per game and was 43 percent from 3-point range in Pickens County's 1A state championship season. tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Johnson stepped down at TA in 2018 and was coaching at Lee-Scott last season. He won the AISA state title at TA in 2012. tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Goodman guided Pickens Academy to an AISA title. Quintasia Leatherwood, the 2019 Class 5A Player of the Year, is a three-time first-team All-State selection tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

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Bivens, who was the Falcons' offensive coordinator last season, takes over for Dennis Conner tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

ICYMI: The Northridge players were insistent that reaching the Final Four was not going to be enough in the future. bit.ly/3csiQuj

It’s the fourth state championship for Pickens County, its first since 2012. tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Northridge High School student Carson Ledbetter holds a poster-size face of Northridge’s Emma Bissell during the playoff game: bit.ly/2Tecwxy

Northridge, making its first trip to the state semifinals, returns most of its core players for next season. tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Twice Sumter rallied to pull close but Deshler answered the threat with big 3-pointers to extend its lead tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Hale County shot 28 percent from the field while Lauderdale County was nearly 50 percent tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Pickens County has won three state titles (2010, 2011 and 2012) and will play for another one Thursday vs. Lanett. tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Sumter Central faces Deshler at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the state semifinals. tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Davison, a four-star recruit, scored 43 points and hit 19 of 25 free throws in the win over Aliceville tuscaloosanews.com/news/2020…

Fantasia Wilson and Aniyah Cabbil scored 20 points each in the Jaguars first regional championship in school history tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

Russell scored 22 points, including all but two of the Bears' nine overtime points tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…

The Jaguars were just 3 of 21 on 3-pointers in the nine-point loss to Williamson tuscaloosanews.com/sports/20…