February 1 marked the return of fishing season at 20 of Alabama’s 23 State Public Fishing Lakes. Commonly known as state lakes or county lakes, these waters are noted for their amenities and their quality fishing for bream, largemouth bass, channel catfish, and crappie (in some lakes). Because these smaller lakes warm more quickly than larger reservoirs, early spring fishing can be excellent. Anglers may fish from the pier, bank, rental boat or personal boat.

“State public fishing lakes are the ultimate family fishing destination,” said Jack Turner, State Lakes Supervisor for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF). “All lakes except Pike County Lake have a concession building with snacks, drinks, restrooms and personnel who provide fishing advice. The concessionaires have mowed areas along the shoreline for fishing.

The Huntingdon baseball team scored four runs in the first two innings and four runs in the fifth inning to knock off Rhodes College 8-3.
 
The game was the first of two scheduled games for the Hawks (1-1) on Saturday in the Millsaps College Invitational. The Hawks were also scheduled to play Millsaps. The score and the results for the second game were not available as of Saturday night.
 
Joseph Odom and Caleb Astin led the Hawks at the plate. Odom drove in three runs on two hits and Astin drove in two runs on two hits.
 
Odom singled in Astin and Grant Brown in the first inning and hit a solo home run in the fifth inning. Astin singled in Brown and Evan Agnew in the second inning.
 
Leading 5-1 in the fifth, Jordan Freeman doubled to score Trey Smith. Freeman later scored on a Tyler Blackwell sacrifice fly.

AUM men's basketball team evened its season record with a 65-59 victory over Huntingdon on Monday.  Junior LaRel Jackson scored a season-high 12 points and fellow junior Reshad Bickham added a double-double during the game.

With the win, the Warhawks improved to 9-9 on the season, while the Hawks fell to 5-13 overall.

“I really tip my hat to Mike Pugh’s team,” head coach Larry Chapman said. “I thought they really battled, made winning plays all night and hit the free throws they were given. I think we were fortunate to be able to make some plays late in the game and earn the victory. I appreciate the turnout and the atmosphere here tonight. This was a great thing for local college basketball.”

Joining Jackson in double figures was Bickham and sophomores Quay Davis and Michael Willis with 11 points each. Bickham also added a game-high 11 rebounds.

“I thought LaRel played well for the whole game,” Chapman said.