Mobile, United States (Local)
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Tommy Hicks' coverage mainly focuses on local sports, particularly in Alabama and Mobile. Given his emphasis on event coverage and press releases, he may be interested in pitches related to upcoming local sports events, announcements regarding coaching changes or new appointments within the local athletic community.
Since Tommy's focus is primarily on high school and college athletics with an emphasis on baseball and football, consider pitching stories that highlight achievements of local teams or individual athletes within these sports. Additionally, providing insights into coaching strategies or emerging talents in the area could also resonate well with his coverage.
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High school volleyball play along the Gulf Coast, especially in the Mobile County-Baldwin County area, has been stellar for quite a few seasons. And it doesn't appear that is going to change anytime soon, if indeed it ever does.
Cole Blaylock made the jump from high school football to Division I college football, with the additional jump of being an offensive standout at UMS-Wright to a defensive player at South Alabama. The move is paying off, both for Blaylock and the Jags.
Former Spring Hill College player and longtime women's basketball coach Jeannie Milling, 78, a member of the Spring Hill Athletic Hall of Fame, died Aug. 10 in Jasper. A pioneer in women's collegiate basketball, Milling had a strong impact on the Spring Hill program during her time leading the Badgers' women's team. Her tenure included one of the most successful stretches in program history.
The only thing as certain as the start of the high school football season is the weekly offering of Lagniappe's Prep Picks Panel. Welcome back. The same crew is along for the ride this season — Lagniappe sports editor Tommy Hicks and sports columnist Randy Kennedy, along with prep football radio personality Pigskin Pete (Tim Taylor to those in the know) and freelance writer Darron Patterson. As is tradition, there is also a guest picker each week.
Just when it seemed the door to victory had closed for the Spanish Fort Toros, it opened again. And quarterback JJ Thibodeaux ran right through it.
The Mary G. Montgomery (MGM) football team was happy to return to the field Friday night and attempt to put other matters surrounding the program on the backburner for a while. But the Vikings didn't manage the result they were hoping to achieve, dropping a 33-14 decision to Saraland on MGM's home field.
Friday night's slate of prep football games involving teams in the Mobile County-Baldwin County area included a couple of upsets and some wins for programs that have struggled a bit in recent seasons.
Saturday night Luke Bryan was scheduled to perform a concert in Charlotte, N.C. But during the day the country music star was at St. Michael Catholic School in Fairhope to watch his son, Bo Bryan and his Battle Ground, Tenn., Academy football team play St. Michael in a nationally televised season-opening game.
In a preseason media session about the upcoming season, St. Michael head coach Philip Rivers said his son, senior quarterback and North Carolina State commit Gunner Rivers, because of his size — 6-foot-4, 225 pounds — might run with the ball more this season.
A game that was expected to be a showcase of two top offenses, led at quarterback by the sons of famous fathers, turned into a one-man show Saturday when Battle Ground Academy of Franklin, Tenn., arrived in Fairhope to take on St. Michael.
