The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs, ranked No. 6 by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, defeated rival Wetumpka in the AHSAA Class 6A Area 5 tournament championship, 71-54. Both teams move on to the sub-regional round, although those games have not been announced yet. 

“Of course we wanted to win,” Wetumpka coach Harriet Winchester said. “But overall, we asked them to play as hard as they could that third and fourth quarter, they did that. I just talked to them about it in the locker room, if we put all fourth quarters together like that, we’ll be unstoppable. So that’s the mindset going forward.”