By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director BIRMINGHAM – On most nights when the Sand Rock dynamic duo of senior point guard Jacob StClair and senior guard Kaden Justice are scoring, the Wildcats are in pretty good shape. But on Monday night against No. 9 Aliceville in the Class 2A state basketball semifinals, the Yellow Jackets
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director JACKSONVILLE – There’s a gospel song that’s one of Sand Rock boys basketball coach John Blackwell’s favorites. It’s called “Through the Fire.” Blackwell likens a few of the lyrics from that song to this year’s Wildcats. “It goes ‘He never promised the cross would not be heavy, a hill
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director JACKSONVILLE – You can call the Sand Rock Wildcats students of the game. They take the scouting reports head coach John Blackwell gives them, study film, communicate with each other well, and make adjustments when needed. Add in some strong fundamental play and you get the result they had
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SAND ROCK – The North Sand Mountain Bison are perennially one of the state’s most prolific scoring teams in Alabama high school basketball. This season they’ve averaged over 72 points per game with shooters all throughout their lineup. The Sand Rock Wildcats knew it was a distinct possibility they