Area Sports

The 2026 Colbert County Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the Class of 2026 will be held Friday, April 24, at the Ritz Theatre in Sheffield. The induction ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and will be available at the box office. Class of 2026 inductees are Chris Brawley, Hope…

For the first time since 2007, the Muscle Shoals Trojans football team will take to the gridiron this fall without head coach Scott Basden leading the way. Basden, who spent 26 years with the Trojans and turned them into a Class 5A/6A powerhouse, announced his retirement earlier this year. While the Muscle Shoals City School…

There might not be a single player on the Muscle Shoals High School football team that was alive the last time the Trojans took the field under a head coach other than Scott Basden. Basden has been at the helm of the program for the last 18 years, amassing a record of 170-50 overall, 28-17…

Boater Cody Harrison of Muscle Shoals caught five bass weighing 22 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Pickwick Lake. The March 14 tournament was the second of five events of the season for the BFL Mississippi Division. Harrison earned $2,320 for his victory. “I ran downriver today…

By Trent Randolph Special to the Reporter   When the call comes in, Brianna Oliver trades her softball glove for fire gear without hesitation. Oliver, a freshman softball pitcher for the Northwest Shoals Community College Patriots, also serves as a volunteer firefighter with the Hatton Volunteer Fire Department. This is a role she does not…

Though the 2025 football season will go down as another solid entry for the Muscle Shoals Trojans, the ultimate goal of a Class 6A state title still eludes MSHS. The Trojans fell to fellow undefeated opponent Clay-Chalkville in the semifinals of the playoffs by a final of 30-13. The Cougars have won two state titles…

When it comes to the AHSAA playoffs, generally the deeper a run you make, the more difficult opponent. However, sometimes there are exceptions caused by how the matchups are determined. That was the case this year for the Muscle Shoals Trojans, who seemed to have an easier time putting away Mountain Brook 24-7 on the…

The Deshler Tigers football team fell just short of a playoff berth in 2024 by falling to the West Morgan Rebels 35-35 in double overtime. The Tigers, 6-4 overall, missed the postseason for just the third time since 1984. Head coach Patrick Malone said during the summer media days that missing the postseason and a…

It was one heck of a few days for Deshler Tiger senior and multi-sport athlete Garrett Reid. On Thursday, Nov. 13, the young man signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Samford in Birmingham while surrounded by friends, family and teammates in the high school auditorium. Reid signs as a pitcher after helping…

By the second round of the AHSAA high school football playoffs, the wheat has typically been separated from the chaff. In Muscle Shoals’ case, that meant facing the reigning Class 6A state champion in the second round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. Once again, Muscle Shoals came out on top.…