Tim Gayle

4 days ago | montgomeryindependent.com | Tim Gayle

It's been a little more than two months since Clay Norrell was named the executive director of the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl but it's difficult to spot any changes as bowl officials prepare for the 12th annual game in December. "It's business as usual for us," Norrell said. "If it's not broke, don't fix it. We want to keep doing the things that we do really well and we want to improve on some things, always, and get better.

4 days ago | montgomeryindependent.com | Tim Gayle

IRVING, Texas -- The National Football Foundation announced on Monday the names on the 2026 ballot under consideration for induction into the NFF College Football Hall of Fame, including 79 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 100 players and 35 coaches from the divisional ranks. Included on that ballot are former University of Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans and running back Mark Ingram and former Auburn University linebacker Takeo Spikes and quarterback Cam Newton.

4 days ago | montgomeryindependent.com | Tim Gayle

Just 15 months after accepting what he considered his dream job as head football coach at St. James, Aubrey Blackwell is stepping down from the Trojans to accept another job. "I'm so grateful for (athletic director) Larry Ware and (head of school) Larry McLemore for believing in me and giving me an opportunity," Blackwell said. "I've done this for 21 years, 10 as a head coach, and for 21 years my baseball team or my football team, whichever it had been, had gotten 100 percent of everything I had.

5 days ago | montgomeryindependent.com | Tim Gayle

By Tim Gayle Earning a berth in the finals of the Alabama High School Athletic Association state softball tournament is always a remarkable accomplishment, but failing to earn a state championship might seem almost disappointing to the St. James Trojans. After all, the Trojans returned all of their players from last year's third-place team and set a goal at the beginning of the 2025 season to win a state championship.

6 days ago | montgomeryindependent.com | Tim Gayle

By Tim Gayle It's been a wildly inconsistent start to the 2025 baseball season, but the Montgomery Biscuits remain in the hunt for the Southern League's first-half division race despite an up-and-down performance. The Biscuits are two games behind Biloxi with games remaining this weekend against Pensacola, along with three remaining series, including next week's battle with the Shuckers in Biloxi.