When Tra’Mel McCoy first stepped onto the wrestling mats at Tallassee High School, he was just an eighth grader with little to no experience with the sport. It didn’t take much time before John Mask, Tallassee’s wrestling coach, knew that he would be special.
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Brooklyn Cottingham is not the first girls wrestler to walk the halls of Benjamin Russell, and she certainly will not be the last. However, she has built an impressive resume that will be tough to catch up to.
Wetumpka’s Juliana Eldridge is one of the premier high school wrestlers in the state, and she’s leading the charge for girls wrestling in and around Elmore County. For that reason, and of course her undeniable success on the wrestling mats, E…
After back-to-back second-place finishes at the Class 1A-4A state tournament, Reeltown sophomore Drake Wood knew he was close.
With area play on the horizon, the Elmore County baseball team refused to lose any momentum to the break as they went out to Oxford to try their luck in a spring break experience tournament. ECHS played four games in two days, winning 3-of-4.
through the playoffs and to the Sweet 16. Her impact is continuing to send ripples through the state as last week Bailey was recognized as an Alabama Sports Writers Association First Team All-State player.
Last season, Wetumpka’s baseball team was 16-5 heading into spring break. The Indians finished out area play in the following two weeks, but managed to win only three games in the final weeks of the season before exiting in the first round of the playoffs.
There’s no doubt the Wetumpka Indians are one of the best softball teams in the state. The Indians have appeared in the top five teams in Class 6A since the first round of ASWA rankings this season and competed with some of the best talent in the South.
Baseball is a game of momentum, and after a winless skid to start the season, the Tallassee Tigers are quickly building steam to make a playoff push. For that reason, the Tigers refused to take any days off even during spring break.
The Benjamin Russell baseball team opened the week on a two-game win streak. And following the completion of its doubleheader against Clay Central on Thursday night — the win streak sits at six straight.
Seemingly, nothing went right for the Central Coosa softball team in its area matchup against Horseshoe Bend on Tuesday.
I already wrote about March Madness, so I’m going to hold off writing about that more until it gets dwindled down a little further and maybe do a typical highlight of the Cinderella story later. However, after talking to Horseshoe Bend boys basketball coach Chad Kison and our shared love for…
The Elmore County Panthers took a leadoff on area play last week, facing Class 5A Area 6 opponent Valley. The Panthers (6-9) faced Valley last Thursday, winning 21-8.
The Elmore County baseball team ran the gauntlet last week, with three games against high level opponents. On Thursday, the Panthers faced the Holtville Bulldogs for a rivalry game, winning 7-2 after seven innings of stiff competition.
Holtville’s boys and girls soccer teams hosted Tallassee last Monday night, for a non-area competition in Slapout. Monday’s game was the second time the Bulldogs have faced Tallassee, this time as the host team. Holtville took losses in both …
It seems like a lifetime ago, but on Jan. 1 of 2021 the Auburn Tigers were “rewarded” with a trip to Orlando, Florida to play Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl.
The Bryant-Jordan award is a statewide student-athlete scholarship program. The AHSAA recognizes a total of 52 athletes for the Larry D. Stripling Scholar-Athlete Award and an additional 52 athletes for the Ken and Betty Joy Blankenship Stude…
Volleyball is a staple in the Alabama landscape; from travel teams to recreation, all the way up until high school, there are opportunities to play the game.
Competition is not simply a desire to win basketball games. For the best athletes, competition is about striving to become the best version of themselves, pushing limits, constantly working, constantly learning, from games to practices, to ho…
Coaching, like many things, is a calling.
Imagine having to guard a 6-foot-7 and 220-pound basketball player, all with the skillset of a point guard — good luck.
