WICKSBURG — Wicksburg let a three-run lead slip away in the top of the seventh in the second game of a doubleheader with Andalusia with four defensive errors. Owen Brown saved the Panthers, belting a walk-off grand slam in the bottom half, giving Wicksburg a split of the twin bill, 8-4.

Most Auburn supporters wanted Jeff Lebo to succeed — to at least have a chance of making it into the new Auburn Arena as the Tigers’ basketball coach.

TUSCALOOSA — Marcell Dareus is Exhibit A for why Alabama’s fourth-quarter conditioning program was particularly intense this offseason.

ENTERPRISE — Wallace College swept a twinbill from Enterprise State on Friday, winning the opener 9-0 and the second game 1-0.

HARTFORD — Clay Holmes pitched a two-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts and Slocomb scored all five runs in the second to take a 5-0 win over rival Geneva County.

AUBURN — For moments, when he contemplated the future of Auburn’s basketball program, Jay Jacobs pretended that the big, new, $92.5 million arena sitting outside his window was a mirage.

Providence first-year head coach Pete Coachman got the better of his younger brother, Cottonwood head coach Danny Coachman, Thursday as the Eagles (1-4) beat the Bears 17-7 at the Providence Christian campus.

A goal midway in the second half propelled the Dothan boys to a hard-fought victory, while the Northview girls came to life after a slow start for a win in games played Thursday between the cross-town rivals at the Westgate Complex.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the horn sounded on the second media timeout in Thursday’s second half, Alabama trailed South Carolina by 15 — three better than it had less than a minute earlier and six more than Anthony Grant wanted at the next such sideline huddle.

Troy will go into its Sun Belt opening series possibly without its top pitcher.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — If you haven’t heard by now, don’t expect Jeff Lebo to let you in on what’s going on.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Just going by his resume, Chuck Person appears to have a pigeon-holed future as an NBA coach or executive.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On a similar makeshift podium last year in the bowels of the Tampa St. Pete Times Forum, Jeff Lebo stumped for his team’s candidacy as an at-large NCAA Tournament team with the gusto of a politician.

A Dothan High School soccer player who was seriously injured in a game Feb. 26 is back home and progressing well after spending 10 days in a Columbus, Ga., hospital.

Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant has spent much of the season stressing concepts like team play, defense and building his program.

AUBURN — The numbers are stacked against Auburn and coach Jeff Lebo heading not only into today’s SEC Tournament, but into the future.

TUSCALOOSA — With all they’ve accomplished and as much as they have been dissected the past three, four or five seasons, Alabama’s departing players unveiled a few surprises at the Crimson Tide’s Pro Day.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — The smallest player on the court made the shot of the season for North Texas and the shot that broke the hearts of Troy.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Troy left Summit Arena heartbroken for the second straight year, just barely missing out on an NCAA Tournament bid after losing 66-63 to North Texas in the title game. Last year, the Trojans were upset in the quarterfinals by South Alabama.

It was the first section contest for both Providence teams and it came against one of the other favorites, if not the favorite, to win the section.

Wallace College softball coach Gene Dews was a bit irritated when his club left the bases loaded in the bottom of the first inning after having them full with only one out.

AUBURN — Walt McFadden and Antonio Coleman came to Auburn’s Pro Day with two different sources for personal redemption.

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama and Auburn baseball teams left Riverwalk Stadium Tuesday night with their reputations intact, their uniforms clean and their fans soaking wet.

WICKSBURG — Headland scored 10 times in the top of the seventh after Wicksburg scored 11 times in the bottom of the sixth as the Rams won a wild 18-15 game on Monday in softball action.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Brandon Hazzard couldn’t sleep Sunday night, but he was unconscious from long distance in the first half of Troy’s 54-48 Sun Belt Tournament semifinal win over Western Kentucky Monday night.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Richard Delk was calling for the ball. He took one pump fake, then drilled the shot of his life.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Troy’s tournament jinx against South Alabama lasted just a year, but head coach Don Maestri wasn’t thrilled with the way his team played in the Trojans’ 67-55 opening win in the Sun Belt Tournament quarterfinals.

KINSTON — In what’s been an emotional time for Jeff Fultz since the loss of his 21-year-old son, the driver from Troutman, N.C., had something to smile about on Sunday.

KINSTON — The soothing sounds of gospel music by the Giles Family greeted the early fans and the roaring sounds of race cars zooming around the track kept them focused to the very end.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Troy took all the swagger and confidence in the world into last year’s Sun Belt Tournament, with good reason.