Every week of the high school sports season, there will be a poll to honor the Tallapoosa County area’s top athlete with the Alex City Outlook Fans’ Choice Player of the Week.
Kenderious ‘Poochie’ Byrd did not make his way to the quarterback just once, not twice, nor even three times — he did it on four separate occasions last Friday.
At just about the halfway mark for most football teams in the state of Alabama, it’s time to see who’s in and who’s out at this point in the season across the coverage area. Â
Considering how his night began, Benjamin Russell’s Alijah Johnson could have easily given up then and there against then No. 6-ranked Spain Park. But that’s simply not in his DNA.
Horseshoe Bend School continued to be frustrated on the football field as the Generals were felled by the visiting White Plains Wildcats 40-7 on Homecoming.
There is nothing more rewarding to an athlete than the appreciation of those around them. And that’s something parents at Benjamin Russell High School are doing with their tailgates before each of the Wildcats' football games.
It is not every day you see an all-star cross country runner make the transition from tying up his shoes for a race to buckling up a helmet. However, that’s the case for Horseshoe Bend senior Loughton Spates.
