🌱 Tide Soccer Advances In NCAA Tourney + Iron Bowl Saturday

Get on up, Tuscaloosa! It’s Game Day! Grab the coffee and let’s get this rainy Saturday morning started.

In today’s Daily we have these stories and more …

• Tide soccer’s OT win.
• Iron Bowl Saturday.
• High-speed pursuit.

But first, today’s weather: Cloudy, a shower in the p.m.. High: 66 | Low: 54. 🌦

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to the No. 1 seed Alabama Crimson Tide soccer team for its 3-2 win over the Duke Blue Devils Friday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament. The Tide will now advance to the semifinals for the first time in program history.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A murder suspect from Mississippi is in custody after a high-speed pursuit ended Friday afternoon in Tuscaloosa County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Here’s more after the Tuscaloosa City Council earlier this week approved the 49-unit Royal Pines subdivision. (Mary Barron, WVUA 23 News)
3. Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit on Friday provided updates on a stabbing and unrelated accidental shooting that both occurred in the southern part of the county. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Before you get ready to roll with the Tide on this Iron Bowl Saturday, check out this informative guide for everything you need to know. (Ben Flanagan, AL.com)
5. After a win for the ages against No. 12 Michigan State on Thursday, the No. 18 Alabama men’s basketball team fell to No. 20 UConn Friday in the second round of the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Oregon for the team’s first loss of the season. (Joey Blackwell, Bama Central)

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Autograph Signing: Charlie Peprah & Antoine Caldwell (More)
• Book Signing: “Goode and Faithful Servant: The Kerry Goode Story” (More)
• Trotline @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Christmas Open House @ Pastor’s Coffee and Gift Shop (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I’m Reading Today

1. RVers roll in days before 87th Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6)
2. Ivey announces new round of appointments (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
3. The Iron Bowl: College Football’s Greatest Rivalry (Will Miller, Crimson White)
4. Alabama high school football playoff scores 2022: AHSAA semifinals results (Jerell Rushin, Tuscaloosa News)
5. Slavery’s Ghost Haunts Cotton Gin Factory Transformation (Jay Reeves, Associated Press)