🌱 Montana Fouts Hurls Perfect Game + Tide At NFL Combine

Get on up, T-Town! Rub the sleep out of your eyes and get this Monday morning started with us!

In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...

• Montana Fouts' perfect game.
• Tide baseball moves to 12-0
• Bama at NFL Combine.

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But first, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 82 | Low: 61 ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Monday morning goes to Alabama softball ace Montana Fouts, who threw the eighth perfect game in program history Sunday as part of a pair of shutouts over Longwood and Mercer. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Don't miss this feature on how Crimson Tide sports are a family affair for baseball freshmen Riley Quick and Alton Davis. (Mikey DiLullo, Tuscaloosa News)
2. Here's a column about how the annual Wooden Award — presented to the best player in college basketball — had joined the rush to judge Alabama's Brandon Miller far ahead of the facts. (Kevin Scarbinksy, AL.com)
3. The Elections Board at the University of Alabama is expect to hear a complaint for potential violations of election fraud and campaign ethics against President-elect Collier Dobbs for potential violations of the UA Elections Manual. (Bhavana Ravala & Kayla Solino, Crimson White)
4. The NFL Draft Combine is underway in Indianapolis, so here's a look at how athletes from the University of Alabama are performing. (James Benedetto, Tide Illustrated)
5. No. 20 Alabama Baseball moved to 12-0 Sunday with another blowout win over the UIC Flames at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. (Austin Hannon, Bama Central)

🏆 Winners of the Day 🏆

The University of West Alabama men's basketball team on Sunday won the 2023 Gulf South Conference Tournament Championship title by defeating the No. 4 seed West Georgia inside Pete Hanna Center. (More)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Wagner's & Cobra Run Safe Event @ Wagner's Runwalk (More)
• "Goodnight, Veggies" by Diana Murray and Zachariah OHora @ Jaycee Park (More)
• Multiply Monday Disciple Making @ Next Level Church of Tuscaloosa (More)

👀 Heads Up 👀

Hey Tuscaloosa Patch readers, you know me and know I can't resist a ground-level look at national politics. Stay tuned today for my long-read feature on what I saw and thought about when President Joe Biden came to Alabama on Sunday. Stay tuned!

Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow morning for your next update.

— RP

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