HATTON — Jaden Smith scored 23 points to help Central set a season high for points with Saturday's 96-78 win at Hatton.

SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. — Laney Weathers scored seven of her 10 points in the fourth quarter, helping Loretto take a 49-40 victory at Summertown on Friday.

FLORENCE — Kourtlan Kendrick and Matthew Pieroni each picked up two wins in Florence's final wrestling meet of the regular season.

Red Bay’s winning run has carried the Tigers into the state boys rankings.

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GREENHILL — Kadin Harper hit a free throw with 3.5 seconds remaining, and Rogers survived a desperation shot at the buzzer to beat Deshler 78-75 on Tuesday.

ATHENS — Luke Mosley scored 18 points and Muscle Shoals clinched the Class 6A, Area 15 regular-season championship with Friday's 53-49 double-overtime victory at Athens.

Two Shoals teams have risen in the latest high school basketball rankings to places they haven’t been in quite some time.

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ROGERSVILLE — The Central and Rogers boys basketball teams managed to accomplish something on Tuesday that had yet to be done in the 21st century.

MONTGOMERY — The Mr. Football trophy was safely tucked in Ryan Williams’ arms, the first time a sophomore had cradled it in the award’s 41-year history, and thought ahead to the next few days and then next year.