SEC football is officially here and the Auburn Tigers will kick off the 2020 season at home against Kentucky Saturday morning. It will be the start to a season unlike any other in college football history.
The matchup of two teams that came into the season with a lot of young talent and high expectations and that lived up to their billing in their season openers take top billing in Week 5 of the prep football season.
Life has changed for Daniel Thomas since being drafted in the 2020 NFL draft. He packed up his things and moved to Jacksonville in July, uncertain about what would come next in his new NFL career.
Saban said the team has had a minimal amount of players test positive, but they have had some. Saban said numbers may have increased when school started, but not significantly.
Several recent public opinion polls have shown skepticism from the Japanese public and the business community that the games can go on — or should go on.
Institutions may adopt additional procedures and protocols consistent with their specific needs and circumstances to help protect the health and safety of all in attendance.
Some schools like Lee Scott Academy and Chambers Academy found ways to allow students to play sports and fans to watch games, while also enforcing social distancing.
The Central Red Devils found a new opponent for the season opener on Tuesday afternoon, as the Hoover Bucs agreed to play in Phenix City this coming Friday night.
Former Alabama linebacker Rashaan Evans and his foundation, the Razor Foundation, donated more than $40,000 worth of equipment to the Loachapoka football program; a gift that some of the players have never received.
The Eufaula Tigers are just one year removed from a second round playoff appearance. Coach Ed Rigby said the players were happy to be back on the field after a lot of time off.
Beulah High School suspended football practice for two weeks on Wednesday morning after a Bobcats player tested positive for coronavirus. The suspension means they were forced to cancel their first three scheduled games of the 2020 season.
ADPH leaders say that six-foot distancing rule for spectators likely will significantly reduce attendance at most football stadiums and at many other sports venues.
It’s how Cal Culpepper spends the middle of the week these days -- prepping for another weekend on the lake. “Just getting the boat ready, rigging my rods, getting the baits I think I”m going to need for the upcoming tournament,” Culpepper said.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets found out they will open the 2020 football season on the road at Florida State on September 12 when the Atlantic Coast Conference revealed its 2020 football schedule on Thursday morning, the first of the college conferences to release their full revised plan.
The Southeastern Conference adjusted the dates for fall training camps for SEC schools on Tuesday.The new official start date for full team practices was pushed back ten days, from Saturday to Monday, August 17.
In his first media call of the season, Saints QB Drew Brees began the conversation Saturday with a statement referencing racial injustice and his controversial comments in June.
Marion County’s football program has a different look this year, as a new coach takes over. Billy Law steps into the big chair as the head coach of the Eagles.“I’ve always known how big it was and never wanted to be in this chair, and then it came about and it’s a good thing I took it,” Law said.
The coronavirus forced another change in Major League Baseball’s schedule, bringing the league’s total to eight teams affected in the first nine days of the season.
Former Columbus High Blue Devil Jordan Weems finally reached the top after six years working his way up the minor league ladder. The 27-year old fireballer made his debut on Tuesday night in Oakland with three innings of work for the Athletics versus the Colorado Rockies.
Glenwood earned a trip to the AISA Class AAA state title game last year, but it didn’t go as planned.“We made it,” said head coach Jason Gibson. “We made it to Troy and forgot that we should have showed up and played the game.”
The SIAC announced the suspension of fall sports last week, and Tuskegee President Dr. Lily McNair confirmed the Golden Tigers will not be playing this fall due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the past 30 years two historically black colleges and universities, Albany State and Fort Valley State, have participated in the Fountain City Classic.
The Lanett Panthers have been one of the area’s dominant football programs the past four seasons. The Panthers have racked up a 50-5 record in that time with three region titles and two state championships.
Football season is getting closer and closer, and for the area prep teams that got a late start on pre-season preparations, every single day counts. The Jordan Red Jackets got their chance to begin voluntary summer workouts on Monday.
Andrew Oropeza took over the Northside football program over the winter, but with the cancellation of spring practice and then school getting scrubbed, he didn’t get a chance to actually get on the field with his guys until this week. But, he says, the delay isn’t that big of a problem.
This is the week prep football programs in Muscogee County have been waiting for. The school district gave the go-ahead and they've all gone ahead with vengeance, starting up voluntary workouts in advance of fall training camp. No one was more anxious to get started than the Carver Tigers.
Monday morning was a busy time for Hardaway Hawks head football coach Michael Woolridge. It was temperature taking time and questionnaire collecting time and introduction time for the first voluntary workout of the summer.
The name “Redskins” is seen by some as a racial slur against Native Americans, and a name that people have been pushing for the team to remove for decades.
On Tuesday, everyone got the word. There'll be no minor league baseball season because major league teams won't be supplying the players. Players like infielder Josh Lester.
Tanner Glisson was excited for the first day of practice.“It was like the first day of school when you lay out all your clothes,” Glisson said. “You had new clothes where you went shopping and we’re excited to be back. It’s like a kid in a candy store.”
Back in March, Jordan Weems was making his mark as a non-roster invitee to Oakland's spring training. He had a legit shot at earning a spot in the A's big league bullpen until things got crazy with the pandemic.
Callaway head football coach Pete Wiggins knows there will be challenges every season."There's always been adversities that you know are going to come your way, but this has been something different," Wiggins said.
Day one of practice looked different for Chambers Academy -- and it looks different now. They’re allowed to use equipment, so the football was flying around this week.
The GHSA gave to go-ahead to restart football practices on June 8, but Muscogee County schools had to wait. On Monday, the school district gave the word. Programs can begin voluntary on-campus workouts on July 6.
