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Mac Jones Develops Friendship With Cancer Patient
The tradition of Alabama QB s going the extra mile to help out those in need has continued.
Mac Jones has developed a close friend of his own in recent weeks, with 13-year-old Tervelle “Xavier” Lee Jr.
Jones shared a heartfelt video on Twitter, detailing the story of how he met Zay.
Lee is battling Pleomorphic Sarcoma, a form of muscular cancer.
According to Rick Karle of WVTM 13 Birmingham, Lee has been at the USA Children s & Women s Hospital in Mobile for the last 45 days.
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The two met during the Senior Bowl, where Jones promised to give Lee a pair of white Gucci slides
Alabama gymnastics only has one loss in the season so far, and it was a close one. The ladies latest meet in Athens, GA Friday against the Dawgs ended in a final score of 197.00 VS 197.275. This puts the team at 4-1 on the season and 2-1 on the road. Although the Tide lost, a combined team score of 197.00 is the highest of the season thus far and there is still plenty of time to bounce back.
No. 8 Alabama softball has new opponents for their opening weekend, the team announced late Thursday night.
As early as this morning, the Crimson Tide were expected to travel to Austin, Texas tomorrow for the Texas Classic Tournament. The Longhorns announced the cancellation of the tournament due to freezing conditions occurring in parts of Texas.
After several hours of searching for opponents, coach Patrick Murphy and Team 25 have solidified three replacement opponents to save their opening weekend.
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The new schedule for this weekend is as follows:
Friday Feb. 12 vs Alabama State - Montgomery, Alabama (5 p.m. CT)
Tuscaloosa County High To Hire Adam Winegarden
The Tuscaloosa County Wildcats play in the toughest division in Alabama high school football. The Wildcats finished 3-7 overall and 1-6 in Class 7A s Region 3, Tuscaloosa County High School decided to relieve head coach Jay Todd of his duties and therefore has to hire a new coach. The Tuscaloosa County Board of Education has voted to hire Adam Winegarden as the new Wildcats coach, according to Ray Allen of the Tuscaloosa Thread.
Winegarden will be coming back to Tuscaloosa after stints with Fairhope and Auburn. He is coming off a heart-breaking loss with his Auburn Tigers to Thompson. He has a career record in Alabama of 105-30, Winegarden spent two seasons in Tuscaloosa in charge of Hillcrest Tuscaloosa where he went 21-3.