Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of high school football from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile's St. Paul's Episcopal School enters the 2026 football season with senior linebacker Will Abrams as the undisputed leader of its defense, a hard-hitting four-year starter now drawing college recruiters.
Two plays from the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, Orange Beach returns a dozen starters and two recruited underclassmen as it enters a Class 4A region stacked…
Jackson running back E.J. Crowell, the nation's top-ranked back in his class, is reclassifying to 2026 and leaving high school after his junior season, following a path similar to former…
Two Citronelle football fathers who fought in the stands after a game have publicly apologized, with one asking the school to reinstate suspended quarterback Daylon Edmunds.
Citronelle's 3-0 start under second-year coach Jason Rowell has the Wildcats talking about their best season in decades, with quarterback Daylon Edmunds and playmaker Sye Byrd leading the way.
Saraland's Ryan Williams, the nation's top unsigned football prospect, says he's ready to end a grueling recruiting process as he weighs a final decision between Alabama, Auburn and Texas A&M…
Defending Class 6A champion Saraland heads a strong group of Mobile-area teams in the 2023 Alabama Sports Writers Association preseason football poll, with Theodore, Spanish Fort, Mary Montgomery, UMS-Wright and…
ESPN will nationally televise Saraland's Aug. 25 season opener against nationally ranked Lipscomb Academy, a matchup coach Jeff Kelly calls the toughest opening opponent the program has ever faced.
Mary G. Montgomery's football turnaround under coach Zach Golson is being driven by a deliberate strategy to keep Semmes-area youth talent from transferring elsewhere, with two freshmen already drawing Division…
Saraland junior quarterback K.J. Lacey, a national four-star prospect coming off a Class 6A state title season, committed to Texas over Auburn and Alabama, becoming coach Steve Sarkisian's first pledge…