Opening ceremonies for Dixie Youth were held for girls and boys on Saturday, April 7 at the Sportsplex in Athens. The youngsters showed their team spirit with signs and balloons as they marched around the ballfield.
Sports
- Sports
-
-
Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season
Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought. A week before opening, regulators announced that the recreational season in federal waters for the popular game fish will be 17 to 34 days instead of nine to 28.
-
Frazier leads Mississippi State past Texas A&M 6-4
The Bulldogs scored three runs in the fifth, two of them unearned.
-
LSU blanks Alabama 3-0 in SEC tournament
Cody Glenn pitched seven scoreless innings as LSU beat Alabama 3-0 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Wednesday.
-
Bears LB Urlacher announces his retirement
CHICAGO (AP) — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher is calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
The eight-time Pro Bowl player announced his retirement on his Twitter account Wednesday. In a statement, he said, "After spending a lot of time this spring thinking about my NFL future, I have made a decision to retire."
-
Bulldogs outlast Missouri 2-1 in 17 innings
The game lasted more than 4½ hours and ended at 12:25 a.m. The 17 innings matched the longest game in tournament history with Auburn-Arkansas in 1994.
-
Alabama rallies past Auburn 6-3 at SEC tournament
Alabama used a 3-run rally in the eighth inning to push past Auburn for a 6-3 victory in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday.
- Former Tide WR Woodson transfers to South Alabama
- Alabama's Grant promotes Pettway, Brannen
- Vanderbilt, LSU headline expanded SEC tournament
- Dothan museum hosts exhibit of World War II images
- More Sports Headlines
-
Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season




