4-Star Cornerback Carter Decommits From Alabama
Four-star cornerback Shyheim Carter from Kentwood (Louisiana High School) announced via Twitter yesterday that he has decommitted from the University of Alabama. The 6' 0", 185-pound 2016 recruit had been committed to the Crimson Tide since July of last year.
According to BamaOnline, Carter's mentor and football coach, Vincent Sanders, said that the youngster just wants to keep his options open, and wants to go back and visit more of the schools. Carter wants to talk to more of the coaches. The Tide hasn't been ruled out, but Carter just wants to re-open his recruitment.
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Tide Men's Basketball Non-Conference Scheduled Finalized
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University of Alabama men's head basketball coach Avery Johnson announced the 2015-16 non-conference schedule yesterday afternoon. This year's line-up should be more challenging for the Crimson Tide.
The Crimson Tide will open the 2015-16 basketball season on November 13th hosting Kennesaw State. This will be the debut game for coach Avery Johnson in his new position as the head coach at UA. Game two finds Alabama on the road heading to Dayton on November 17th. This will be a televised event as part of ESPN's Tip-Off Marathon, with the game being played at Noon CT. On November 20th Bama goes to Orlando, Florida to participate in the 2015 AdvoCare Invitational over the Thanksgiving weekend. Alabama's first game of the Invitation will be a contest against Xavier on November 26th, and will be televised on ESPN2 at 11 AM CT. The Tide would then face either Wichita State or USC in the second round on November 27th. The final game of the tourney is to be played on November 29th.
The month of December rolls around with Bama on the road for two consecutive games. December 4th the Tide will face Southern Miss before going to play Clemson on December 13th. The non-conference portion of the schedule concludes with a four-game home stand. The first game of that home stand actually takes place in Birmingham on December 21st when the Tide will host Oregon in Legacy Arena. Then Winthrop comes to town on December 16th, and then Jacksonville State concludes the month of December on the 29th. The final non-conference game will be on January 2, 2016 when Bama hosts Norfolk State.
The month of December rolls around with Bama on the road for two consecutive games. December 4th the Tide will face Southern Miss before going to play Clemson on December 13th. The non-conference portion of the schedule concludes with a four-game home stand. The first game of that home stand actually takes place in Birmingham on December 21st when the Tide will host Oregon in Legacy Arena. Then Winthrop comes to town on December 16th, and then Jacksonville State concludes the month of December on the 29th. The final non-conference game will be on January 2, 2016 when Bama hosts Norfolk State.
It should be noted that the Crimson Tide will play one exhibition game this season, and that will be on November 6th. Alabama will host Trevecca Nazarene at Coleman Coliseum.
The entire schedule will be released at a later date, according to RollTide.com.
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1st Full Pads Practice Of Fall Camp Yesterday
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Yesterday was the first day for full pads during Fall Camp. The Crimson Tide suited up and practiced today for two hours inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility. Fundamentals and conditioning were the key ingredients in today's practice session.
Day five is now over, with 23 more to go before Bama's season-opener with Wisconsin on September 5th. The Tide will suit up for their first intra-squad scrimmage on Saturday, August 15th and allow the coaches to get a look at the players in a somewhat game-like atmosphere.
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Tide's Quanesha Burks Captures Long Jump Gold
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Quanesha Burks has once again done it. The University of Alabama track & field standout bested the competition to win gold on Sunday in the long jump at the 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Burks finally was able to break a two-round tie with a leap of 22' 9" (6.93m) to capture the top spot in the event. It was a new best for Burks, and also broke the school record of 21' 9" (6.63m) that she herself set on April 18th of this year.
She went undefeated in long jump finals this season, including winning both the SEC and NCAA Championships in the event.
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11th Annual Crimson Tide Open
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men’s golf team will host the 11th annual Crimson Tide Open on Friday, Oct. 23, head coach Jay Seawell announced. The event, which honors former Alabama head men’s golf coach Conrad Rehling, will be held at the Jerry Pate Golf Center on the Ol’ Colony Golf Complex.
“The Crimson Tide Open is a great way for our golf family to get together and share memories of their time at the Capstone,” Seawell said. “It is also a way for us to remember Coach Rehling while helping us establish an endowed scholarship in his name."
The Crimson Tide Open has raised over $125,000 in an endowed scholarship as a tribute in former Alabama golf coach Conrad Rehling’s name. Rehling, who coached the Tide from 1972 to 1988, won SEC Coach of the Year twice (1979 and 1983) and led the Crimson Tide to its first SEC Championship in 1979, while moving Alabama golf into the national landscape. Rehling was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 1980.
This year’s Crimson Tide Open will begin with a barbecue lunch at the complex. The format of the event is a four-man scramble which will begin with a shotgun start at noon. There will be an awards ceremony and a cocktail party at the Jerry Pate Golf Center following the competition. The cost to participate in the Crimson Tide Open is $325 for an individual or $1,300 for a four-man team.
“It has been incredible to see how much this event has grown,” Seawell said. “Last year was our first full field. It also has given our student-athletes the chance to meet former players and supporters of the Alabama Golf program. It is a day we look forward to each and every year.”
This year’s grand prize is a two-night trip to Phoenix, Ariz., to the PING headquarters for 36 holes of golf and custom golf clubs. The trip includes airfare and hotel for two people.
Other prizes include golf clubs, Alabama golf gear, golf trips, Alabama football and basketball tickets and much more.
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National Pro Fastpitch Championship This Weekend
Three former Alabama alums will be among the former college all-stars competing in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league's 2015 championship tournament being held this weekend at Hoover Mettropolitan Stadium. The competition begins Friday, August 14th and features University of Alabama alums Kelley Montalvo, Kelly Dretschman and Molly Fichtner.
Montalvo played for Bama from 2006-09 and posted a .333 career average and earned First-Team All-American honors as a junior. She is in her sixth season in the NPF playing with the Akron Racers.
Kretschman is a 2001 graduate of the University of Alabama and is in her 10th season in the NPF. She is the starting center fielder for the USSSA Pride. While at Bama she wqs the program's first four-tim NFCA All-American.
Fichtner transferred to the University of Alabama in 2013 from UT-San Antonio. Over two seasons for the Tide she was the primary starting catcher, and hit .330 with 89 hits and 68 RBIs. She was named Second Team All-SEC in 2014. She was a volunteer for Bama in 2015 and will be serving as an assistant coach at Dartmouth beginning this fall.
The top four teams will play in a pair of best-of-three series. Team number one and four will meet and teams two and three will meet. All this begins Friday and will determine the championship pairing, and will meet in another best-of-three series on Sunday, August 16th. The championship series will begin at 3 PM CDT.
