Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Huntsville Times
Board may approve season at its final meeting Saturday
Alabama's Conservation Advisory Board will hold its final scheduled meeting of the year Saturday in Gulf Shores, a fitting place since just up the road a short jaunt is where the state's first alligator season will be held if a proposal to have one is approved.
Conservation Department officials formally presented the plan in February. It would entail a seven-day season in late summer with a draw-system for permits, a minimum length requirement on gators and a quota necessitating check-in of all gators killed by hunters.
Hunts would be in the Mobile Delta, which has more gators than anywhere in the state. Officials could expand the area to other locales, but right now their sights are set on starting small in the Delta.
If the advisory board approves the season, and indications are that it will, and all the ducks are in the rows with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, then we'll join Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Lousiana with seasons. Quite a good move, I believe, since the population here and the Southeast obviously can support the taking of a number of these critters.
Mississippi jumped into the gator fray last year with resounding results. Georgia's seasons have been quite successful. Even with limited numbers of permits available, each state had thousands of applications.
Why? Because it's pretty dadgum cool to try something new and then be able to tell your pals you either killed a gator and it's at the taxidermist, or you missed and a gator almost ate your flatbottom boat. I doubt many guys will be hitting the Delta in sleek bass boats at night.
- Other advisory board topics expected to be discussed include the proposed 2006-07 hunting regulations and the possibility of moving dove season up a week in the North Zone.
Hunters for years have asked for some kind of shift from the traditional Sept. 15 opener to about Sept. 8 (or thereabouts). Birds are here then, they're gone then, they were here years ago, and on and on. Discussion was held at the March meeting and a vote could be taken Saturday.
The bottom line on doves is they're migratory, just like waterfowl. It doesn't matter what you plant or how much wheat you spread out for them. They're fickle critters dependent on the weather.
Friday, June 09, 2006
gulf shores: Opp man charged as child predator
By Special to the Star-News
Friday, June 9, 2006 8:19 PM CDT
The Opp Police arrested a resident of the Country Estates Trailer Court in Opp on the charges of soliciting a child for sexual purposes by computer and transmission of obscene material to a child by computer on Tuesday afternoon as the result of a multi-agency investigation.
Winston Leroy Henley, 35, was taken into custody Tuesday at the request of the Gulf Shores Police Department for outstanding secret grand jury warrants.
The Gulf Shores Police Department in cooperation with the Baldwin County District Attorney?s Office and the Mobile F. B. I. concluded the two month internet child predator investigation, code named ?Operation Child Safe,? in which undercover police officers posed as 13-and 14-year-old children on the Internet.
As the result of the operation, 23 individuals have been indicted by a Baldwin County Grand Jury for soliciting a child for sexual purposes by computer and/or for the transmission of obscene material to a child by computer.
At least 12 of the individuals indicted came to the city of Gulf Shores to meet with the person they believed to be a 13-and 14-year-old child and who were contacted by the suspects for the purpose of committing sexual acts with what they believed to be children. Upon their arrival, they were greeted by the undercover officers.
Arrests were also made in Summerdale, Tallassee, Foley, Tuscaloosa, Eight Mile, Camden, Gulf Shores, Robertsdale, Fairhope, Mobile, Birmingham, Jemison and Dothan as well as McDonough, Ga., Thibodaux, La., and Pensacola, Fla.
Cpl. Green thanked the Opp Police Department investigators Nicky Carnley, Junior Anderson and Mark Kyser, along with officers Phillip Joyner and Jeramy Jones for their assistance in making the Henley arrest.
Henley was taken to the Covington County Jail where he remains on hold for the Baldwin County authorities.
Friday, June 9, 2006 8:19 PM CDT
The Opp Police arrested a resident of the Country Estates Trailer Court in Opp on the charges of soliciting a child for sexual purposes by computer and transmission of obscene material to a child by computer on Tuesday afternoon as the result of a multi-agency investigation.
Winston Leroy Henley, 35, was taken into custody Tuesday at the request of the Gulf Shores Police Department for outstanding secret grand jury warrants.
The Gulf Shores Police Department in cooperation with the Baldwin County District Attorney?s Office and the Mobile F. B. I. concluded the two month internet child predator investigation, code named ?Operation Child Safe,? in which undercover police officers posed as 13-and 14-year-old children on the Internet.
As the result of the operation, 23 individuals have been indicted by a Baldwin County Grand Jury for soliciting a child for sexual purposes by computer and/or for the transmission of obscene material to a child by computer.
At least 12 of the individuals indicted came to the city of Gulf Shores to meet with the person they believed to be a 13-and 14-year-old child and who were contacted by the suspects for the purpose of committing sexual acts with what they believed to be children. Upon their arrival, they were greeted by the undercover officers.
Arrests were also made in Summerdale, Tallassee, Foley, Tuscaloosa, Eight Mile, Camden, Gulf Shores, Robertsdale, Fairhope, Mobile, Birmingham, Jemison and Dothan as well as McDonough, Ga., Thibodaux, La., and Pensacola, Fla.
Cpl. Green thanked the Opp Police Department investigators Nicky Carnley, Junior Anderson and Mark Kyser, along with officers Phillip Joyner and Jeramy Jones for their assistance in making the Henley arrest.
Henley was taken to the Covington County Jail where he remains on hold for the Baldwin County authorities.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
gulf shores: Orange Beach, Gulf Shores appoint school boards
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
On Monday morning, the Orange Beach City Council appointed a former teacher, an orthopedic surgeon, a one-time elementary school principal, a retired health care executive and the city's administrator as the first members of its recently created board of education.
Later Monday, in Gulf Shores, that city's council named a lawyer who works as a consultant for the Alabama Department of Education, a retired chief financial officer and three Parent-Teacher-Student Organization members: a chiropractor, a financial consultant and a real estate agent as the first members of its new school board.
The five-member bodies, which were authorized in February, will work to break the cities' campuses away from the Baldwin County Public Schools System, and later manage what local leaders hope will be the most well-funded schools in Alabama. The county school system has opposed the break.
The new school board members, who won't be paid, are appointed to staggered terms. The boards will work together because, while the cities have their own elementary schools, they share a middle and high school.
Elected leaders of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach together have studied the feasibility of breaking away from the county system for the past three years.
In Orange Beach, the council voted unanimously in a special morning meeting to appoint:
Jeff Moon, the city administrator since 2001, to a one-year term.
Missy Tyler -- who's taught in Trussville and Birmingham and volunteered at schools in Warsaw, Poland; Wellington, New Zealand; San Francisco and Orange Beach -- to a two-year term.
Rick Blevins, who's worked as a teacher, athletic coach and principal in the Selma area and now works as a surveyor in Pensacola, to a three-year term.
Dean Mason, an orthopedic surgeon, to a four-year term.
By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
On Monday morning, the Orange Beach City Council appointed a former teacher, an orthopedic surgeon, a one-time elementary school principal, a retired health care executive and the city's administrator as the first members of its recently created board of education.
Later Monday, in Gulf Shores, that city's council named a lawyer who works as a consultant for the Alabama Department of Education, a retired chief financial officer and three Parent-Teacher-Student Organization members: a chiropractor, a financial consultant and a real estate agent as the first members of its new school board.
The five-member bodies, which were authorized in February, will work to break the cities' campuses away from the Baldwin County Public Schools System, and later manage what local leaders hope will be the most well-funded schools in Alabama. The county school system has opposed the break.
The new school board members, who won't be paid, are appointed to staggered terms. The boards will work together because, while the cities have their own elementary schools, they share a middle and high school.
Elected leaders of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach together have studied the feasibility of breaking away from the county system for the past three years.
In Orange Beach, the council voted unanimously in a special morning meeting to appoint:
Jeff Moon, the city administrator since 2001, to a one-year term.
Missy Tyler -- who's taught in Trussville and Birmingham and volunteered at schools in Warsaw, Poland; Wellington, New Zealand; San Francisco and Orange Beach -- to a two-year term.
Rick Blevins, who's worked as a teacher, athletic coach and principal in the Selma area and now works as a surveyor in Pensacola, to a three-year term.
Dean Mason, an orthopedic surgeon, to a four-year term.
gulf shores: Gulf Shores comes up short
Monday, May 22, 2006
By DEREK BELT
Sports Reporter
MONTGOMERY -- Gulf Shores softball players, coaches and supporters are feeling those familiar mixed emotions today -- pride over another awesome season, but disappointment over another near miss.
A sixth straight trip to the state tournament yielded similar results for the Lady Dolphins' softball team, as Gulf Shores fell just short of the Class 4A state title after dropping two gut-wrenching games to St. James in the championship round Saturday.
The victories awarded St. James its second straight state title, while the setbacks handed Gulf Shores its second runner-up finish in three years.
Though the Lady Dolphins have made it to state six years in a row, this was truly the first time they'd come to Lagoon Park as the odds-on favorites to bring home the Alabama High School Athletic Association's blue state championship trophy. That fact certainly made the Lady Dolphins' second-place finish and resulting red trophy even harder to accept in the delicate moments following the last loss.
Despite the heartache and the disappointment, the Lady Dolphins still held their heads high. They consoled each other and hugged their fans, they thanked seniors Kristen Lambert and Whitney Harris for everything they'd given to the program the last few years and they set the forward-looking goal of returning to Lagoon Park next year for a chance at a little unfinished business.
And while they may not have won the state title this year, the Lady Dolphins' remarkable season -- in which they went 56-12-1 and reached No. 1 in the state rankings -- will undoubtedly go down in the annals of Gulf Shores High School history. It was a stellar season and an experience no Lady Dolphin will ever forget.
"It's nothing to hang their heads about," Gulf Shores coach Karen Collins said of the second-place finish. "These kids have set some personal bests and some school bests this year. It's an awesome ball club."
For awhile, it looked like this was going to be the year. The Lady Dolphins struggled to put the bat on the ball in two games Friday and an early game on Saturday, but they somehow found a way to win and rolled into the championship round with a sparkling 3-0 record.
Needing only one win to wrap up the crown, the Lady Dolphins dueled it out with St. James for five scoreless innings. Then, in the top of the sixth, Katie Pauk launched a two-run home run over the left field fence to give the Lady Trojans a 2-0 lead. The game was far from over at that point, but Pauk's dinger clearly took a little wind out of the Lady Dolphins' sails.
And they never really got it back.
By DEREK BELT
Sports Reporter
MONTGOMERY -- Gulf Shores softball players, coaches and supporters are feeling those familiar mixed emotions today -- pride over another awesome season, but disappointment over another near miss.
A sixth straight trip to the state tournament yielded similar results for the Lady Dolphins' softball team, as Gulf Shores fell just short of the Class 4A state title after dropping two gut-wrenching games to St. James in the championship round Saturday.
The victories awarded St. James its second straight state title, while the setbacks handed Gulf Shores its second runner-up finish in three years.
Though the Lady Dolphins have made it to state six years in a row, this was truly the first time they'd come to Lagoon Park as the odds-on favorites to bring home the Alabama High School Athletic Association's blue state championship trophy. That fact certainly made the Lady Dolphins' second-place finish and resulting red trophy even harder to accept in the delicate moments following the last loss.
Despite the heartache and the disappointment, the Lady Dolphins still held their heads high. They consoled each other and hugged their fans, they thanked seniors Kristen Lambert and Whitney Harris for everything they'd given to the program the last few years and they set the forward-looking goal of returning to Lagoon Park next year for a chance at a little unfinished business.
And while they may not have won the state title this year, the Lady Dolphins' remarkable season -- in which they went 56-12-1 and reached No. 1 in the state rankings -- will undoubtedly go down in the annals of Gulf Shores High School history. It was a stellar season and an experience no Lady Dolphin will ever forget.
"It's nothing to hang their heads about," Gulf Shores coach Karen Collins said of the second-place finish. "These kids have set some personal bests and some school bests this year. It's an awesome ball club."
For awhile, it looked like this was going to be the year. The Lady Dolphins struggled to put the bat on the ball in two games Friday and an early game on Saturday, but they somehow found a way to win and rolled into the championship round with a sparkling 3-0 record.
Needing only one win to wrap up the crown, the Lady Dolphins dueled it out with St. James for five scoreless innings. Then, in the top of the sixth, Katie Pauk launched a two-run home run over the left field fence to give the Lady Trojans a 2-0 lead. The game was far from over at that point, but Pauk's dinger clearly took a little wind out of the Lady Dolphins' sails.
And they never really got it back.
Monday, May 29, 2006
gulf shores: Beaches expect a busy summer
Friday, May 26, 2006
By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
GULF SHORES -- Until Hurricane Ivan struck in September, the summer of 2004 was the busiest ever on Baldwin's beaches.
Occupancy rates for condominiums along the beach peaked at 90 percent that July; 92 percent of hotel rooms were rented that same month; and more than $329 million in retail sales were registered June through August in Foley, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, according to Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau data.
Now, heading into Memorial Day weekend and the start of the tourist season, rental companies are reporting reservation rates that exceed those they had prior to the start of that watershed summer two years ago.
"It's looking like it's going to be great," said Convention and Visitors Bureau President Herb Malone. "With what we've been through the last two years, we're ready for a great weekend and a great summer."
Hurricane Ivan put a quick end to the beach season in 2004 and caused enough damage to carry over into the summer of 2005. That season was further dampened, and reconstruction efforts slowed, by a succession of four evacuation-forcing named storms.
More than 13,000 condominium units and hotel rooms are ready for rent on the beach this season and, weather permitting, those in the tourism business are predicting that most will be filled throughout the summer.
Marie Curren, director of marketing and reservations for Brett/Robinson, said each of her firm's 1,841 condos is spoken for this weekend and, as of late Wednesday, the real estate conglomerate's two Gulf-front hotels had about 20 unreserved rooms between them.
Most of the 200 or so condos that Bender Realty rents have been claimed through June, which is a good indicator of how the rest of the summer will go, owner Bill Bender said.
"I would say that by the end of June, we'll see 80 percent occupancies," Bender said. "In July, we should exceed 90 percent."
The high occupancy rate extends beyond the beach into Foley, where at least two new hotels are planned or under construction and the eight there now are booked for most of the summer, said James Wood, manager of the Holiday Inn Express on Alabama 59.
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By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
GULF SHORES -- Until Hurricane Ivan struck in September, the summer of 2004 was the busiest ever on Baldwin's beaches.
Occupancy rates for condominiums along the beach peaked at 90 percent that July; 92 percent of hotel rooms were rented that same month; and more than $329 million in retail sales were registered June through August in Foley, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, according to Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau data.
Now, heading into Memorial Day weekend and the start of the tourist season, rental companies are reporting reservation rates that exceed those they had prior to the start of that watershed summer two years ago.
"It's looking like it's going to be great," said Convention and Visitors Bureau President Herb Malone. "With what we've been through the last two years, we're ready for a great weekend and a great summer."
Hurricane Ivan put a quick end to the beach season in 2004 and caused enough damage to carry over into the summer of 2005. That season was further dampened, and reconstruction efforts slowed, by a succession of four evacuation-forcing named storms.
More than 13,000 condominium units and hotel rooms are ready for rent on the beach this season and, weather permitting, those in the tourism business are predicting that most will be filled throughout the summer.
Marie Curren, director of marketing and reservations for Brett/Robinson, said each of her firm's 1,841 condos is spoken for this weekend and, as of late Wednesday, the real estate conglomerate's two Gulf-front hotels had about 20 unreserved rooms between them.
Most of the 200 or so condos that Bender Realty rents have been claimed through June, which is a good indicator of how the rest of the summer will go, owner Bill Bender said.
"I would say that by the end of June, we'll see 80 percent occupancies," Bender said. "In July, we should exceed 90 percent."
The high occupancy rate extends beyond the beach into Foley, where at least two new hotels are planned or under construction and the eight there now are booked for most of the summer, said James Wood, manager of the Holiday Inn Express on Alabama 59.
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gulf shores: American Land Lease Buys Gulf Shores Area Community For $5 Mln - Quick Facts
Friday, May 26, 2006; Posted: 04:16 PM
(RTTNews) - American Land Lease, Inc. (ANL | charts | news | PowerRating) said Friday that it has purchased The Grove, an age-restricted manufactured home community, for about $5 million.
The Grove, a 425 home site community in Foley, Alabama provides residents with a lifestyle near boating, fishing, and Gulf Shores activity areas and easy access to the Gulf of Mexico beaches, less than 10 miles away.
The gated community contains 91 occupied home sites, an additional 74 home sites that are fully developed, and additional 260 home sites to be developed.
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(RTTNews) - American Land Lease, Inc. (ANL | charts | news | PowerRating) said Friday that it has purchased The Grove, an age-restricted manufactured home community, for about $5 million.
The Grove, a 425 home site community in Foley, Alabama provides residents with a lifestyle near boating, fishing, and Gulf Shores activity areas and easy access to the Gulf of Mexico beaches, less than 10 miles away.
The gated community contains 91 occupied home sites, an additional 74 home sites that are fully developed, and additional 260 home sites to be developed.
Copyright(c) 2006 RealTimeTraders.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Thursday, May 25, 2006
gulf shores: Investors buy land for hotel in Gulf Shores
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Local investors bought 2 acres on West Commerce Avenue off Alabama 59 in Gulf Shores for more than $1 million, and plan to build a four-story, 96-room Holiday Inn Express , according to Robbie Jaeger and Eric Nelson of Meyer Real Estate , who represented the buyers. The land was part of 10 acres owned by Leonard Kaiser of Kaiser Realty . He plans to build a new office there and develop the rest as a business district, according to Kaiser.
A Dauphin Island house that has its front pilings sitting in the Gulf of Mexico was purchased for $525,000 by Gadsden investors who plan to move the house back from the water about 50 feet, according to Daniel Prickett of Prudential Cooper & Co. Realtors , who represented the buyers. The 2,200-square-foot house in Audubon Place received minor damage during Hurricane Katrina , Prickett said. The buyers plan to renovate the house on the 300-foot lot and resell it, he said.
Local investors bought 39 acres on Wortel Road, one mile east of Baldwin County 95 in Elberta, for $497,500, according to John Flynn of Yance, Inge & Associates.
American Auto Paints bought 2 acres on the east side of the Beltline Highway just north of Moffett Road for $90,000 and plans to build a showroom/retail center; a warehouse and distribution center; and a training facility, according to Nancy Stone of White-Spunner & Associates .
Mobile Bar Pilots LLC purchased a quarter-acre lot at Jackson and St. Anthony streets in DeTonti Square for $75,000 and plans to build its headquarters there, according to Diane Horst of Dauphin Realty , who represented the sellers. David Dexter of Grubb & Ellis/Peebles & Cameron worked for the buyers.
Addicted to Dogs , a dog grooming salon, has leased 1,000 square feet in Baker West Shopping Center at 9120 Airport Blvd., and Inner Strength Martial Arts has leased 2,500 square feet at the center, according to David Stein of Stein Investments . Both businesses will open in June.
A business named i-Tans will open in June in 1,750 square feet in Palmetto Place at 960 S. Schillinger Road, according to Angela McArthur of Prudential Cooper & Co. Realtors commercial division. Langan Development Co. owns the center.
City officials are considering buying the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission building at Church Street and Washington Avenue, according to Mobile Mayor Sam Jones . The 11,500-square-foot building is for sale for $1.15 million, said John Peebles of Grubb & Ellis/Peebles & Cameron, who is working with the city and the property owner. The city would like to move some city departments from leased space in the AmSouth Bank building on Royal Street to the SARPC site, Jones said. The city also wants to move its last occupant, the city's main frame computer, out of City Hall North at 350 St. Joseph St., and put the building up for sale. The proposal will soon be presented to the City Council.
Sterling Resorts of Destin, Fla., has been hired to manage operations and on-site rentals at The Beach Club , a resort with 600 condominium and cottage units, a European spa, restaurants and retail on Fort Morgan, according to the Head Companies of Point Clear. Head and W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Co . will retain ownership of The Beach Club and continue with development there, according to David Head Jr .
Local investors bought 2 acres on West Commerce Avenue off Alabama 59 in Gulf Shores for more than $1 million, and plan to build a four-story, 96-room Holiday Inn Express , according to Robbie Jaeger and Eric Nelson of Meyer Real Estate , who represented the buyers. The land was part of 10 acres owned by Leonard Kaiser of Kaiser Realty . He plans to build a new office there and develop the rest as a business district, according to Kaiser.
A Dauphin Island house that has its front pilings sitting in the Gulf of Mexico was purchased for $525,000 by Gadsden investors who plan to move the house back from the water about 50 feet, according to Daniel Prickett of Prudential Cooper & Co. Realtors , who represented the buyers. The 2,200-square-foot house in Audubon Place received minor damage during Hurricane Katrina , Prickett said. The buyers plan to renovate the house on the 300-foot lot and resell it, he said.
Local investors bought 39 acres on Wortel Road, one mile east of Baldwin County 95 in Elberta, for $497,500, according to John Flynn of Yance, Inge & Associates.
American Auto Paints bought 2 acres on the east side of the Beltline Highway just north of Moffett Road for $90,000 and plans to build a showroom/retail center; a warehouse and distribution center; and a training facility, according to Nancy Stone of White-Spunner & Associates .
Mobile Bar Pilots LLC purchased a quarter-acre lot at Jackson and St. Anthony streets in DeTonti Square for $75,000 and plans to build its headquarters there, according to Diane Horst of Dauphin Realty , who represented the sellers. David Dexter of Grubb & Ellis/Peebles & Cameron worked for the buyers.
Addicted to Dogs , a dog grooming salon, has leased 1,000 square feet in Baker West Shopping Center at 9120 Airport Blvd., and Inner Strength Martial Arts has leased 2,500 square feet at the center, according to David Stein of Stein Investments . Both businesses will open in June.
A business named i-Tans will open in June in 1,750 square feet in Palmetto Place at 960 S. Schillinger Road, according to Angela McArthur of Prudential Cooper & Co. Realtors commercial division. Langan Development Co. owns the center.
City officials are considering buying the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission building at Church Street and Washington Avenue, according to Mobile Mayor Sam Jones . The 11,500-square-foot building is for sale for $1.15 million, said John Peebles of Grubb & Ellis/Peebles & Cameron, who is working with the city and the property owner. The city would like to move some city departments from leased space in the AmSouth Bank building on Royal Street to the SARPC site, Jones said. The city also wants to move its last occupant, the city's main frame computer, out of City Hall North at 350 St. Joseph St., and put the building up for sale. The proposal will soon be presented to the City Council.
Sterling Resorts of Destin, Fla., has been hired to manage operations and on-site rentals at The Beach Club , a resort with 600 condominium and cottage units, a European spa, restaurants and retail on Fort Morgan, according to the Head Companies of Point Clear. Head and W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Co . will retain ownership of The Beach Club and continue with development there, according to David Head Jr .
gulf shores: Gulf Shores boys team finishes fourth at state
Sunday, May 14, 2006
By DEREK BELT
Sports Reporter
It was a historic season for the Gulf Shores boys tennis team, which capped its most successful campaign ever with a fourth-place finish at state.
The Dolphins' No. 4 finish at the Class 4A state tournament, held May 1-2 at the Mobile Tennis Center, was the program's best showing ever and tops in the state this year for a 4A public school. Perennial powers UMS-Wright, St. James and Trinity -- all private schools -- finished 1-2-3 at state this year.
As a team, Gulf Shores finished with 23 points at the state tournament, as Matt Slaughter, Andrew Petrovics, Volkan Barim, Michael Mickelson, Paul Morgan and Jono Ratliff all took part in the two-day event
Slaughter, the Dolphins' No. 1 singles player, and Mickelson, their No. 4 singles player, both reached the second day of competition for the first time.
Slaughter beat Michael Birchfield of Moody (6-0, 6-0) and Brian Ingram of Jacksonville (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) to advance, then lost to eventual champion Colin Perry of UMS-Wright (6-1, 6-0) in the semifinal round.
Mickelson beat Emit Shamsutdinov of Brooks (6-1, 6-2) and Daniel Pilgrim of West Point (6-1, 6-4) to move on, then lost to eventual champion Cullen Wallace of Trinity (6-1, 6-2) in the semifinals.
Gulf Shores went 10-3 during the regular season and finished as the 4A Section 1 runner-up behind UMS-Wright.
Coach Ryan Moss called this year's team "a great team, a young team," and said they hope to make a run at the state title next year.
Rounding out the Dolphins' roster this year was: Caid Rivers, Chase Childress, Ryan Salter, Will Haggard, John Tanner, Jared West, Gary Peed, Roe Collins and Ryan Adams.
By DEREK BELT
Sports Reporter
It was a historic season for the Gulf Shores boys tennis team, which capped its most successful campaign ever with a fourth-place finish at state.
The Dolphins' No. 4 finish at the Class 4A state tournament, held May 1-2 at the Mobile Tennis Center, was the program's best showing ever and tops in the state this year for a 4A public school. Perennial powers UMS-Wright, St. James and Trinity -- all private schools -- finished 1-2-3 at state this year.
As a team, Gulf Shores finished with 23 points at the state tournament, as Matt Slaughter, Andrew Petrovics, Volkan Barim, Michael Mickelson, Paul Morgan and Jono Ratliff all took part in the two-day event
Slaughter, the Dolphins' No. 1 singles player, and Mickelson, their No. 4 singles player, both reached the second day of competition for the first time.
Slaughter beat Michael Birchfield of Moody (6-0, 6-0) and Brian Ingram of Jacksonville (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) to advance, then lost to eventual champion Colin Perry of UMS-Wright (6-1, 6-0) in the semifinal round.
Mickelson beat Emit Shamsutdinov of Brooks (6-1, 6-2) and Daniel Pilgrim of West Point (6-1, 6-4) to move on, then lost to eventual champion Cullen Wallace of Trinity (6-1, 6-2) in the semifinals.
Gulf Shores went 10-3 during the regular season and finished as the 4A Section 1 runner-up behind UMS-Wright.
Coach Ryan Moss called this year's team "a great team, a young team," and said they hope to make a run at the state title next year.
Rounding out the Dolphins' roster this year was: Caid Rivers, Chase Childress, Ryan Salter, Will Haggard, John Tanner, Jared West, Gary Peed, Roe Collins and Ryan Adams.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
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