Elmore County’s volleyball has repeatedly proved its status as one of the most consistent programs in the state. Now, moving into Class 4A and into a new region, the Panthers will find out if 2026 will be the year that their streak of area championships will end. In Area 6, the Panthers will…
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With just under a month to go until the start of the 2026 high school football season, coaches and players are spending countless hours in the scorching heat, trying to prepare for what is always a grueling marathon. Now into July, teams have…
Confidence is vitally important to success in any sport, but especially football. When you’ve got 11 guys on the field at any given time, and each of them has to compete with the confidence that the guy to their left and to their right will b…
On Friday night, Wetumpka hosted its fourth annual Battle for the County 7-on-7 tournament. It was a mid-summer preview of what Friday nights will look like this fall, and the Wetumpka Sports Complex became a place where fans from all five E…
Each summer after the end of the high school baseball season, the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association selects some of the top rising stars in the state to represent their school at a multi-team showcase. The goal is to create exposure for th…
After baseball teams in Elmore County made playoff runs and staged upsets through the postseason, four players’ seasons culminated in recognition from the Alabama Sports Writers Association.Â
ALABAMA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE BASEBALL
Baseball is a game of mistakes and mental toughness. With each set of seven innings, players seek perfection in every facet of the game. They seek perfection knowing that in all likelihood they won’t achieve it. So athletes face each inning, each at-bat while navigating the tumult of emotion…
Former Elmore County Panther Sean Darnell is poised to play on college baseball’s biggest stage — at Troy’s first-ever Super Regional. Darnell graduated from ECHS back in 2022, after which he continued his baseball career at Wallace-Dothan Community College. In 2021, Darnell was Elmore Count…
There’s a certain type of player that can change a team and its energy as soon as he steps onto the pitch. The ability to exert so much energy and enthusiasm that it spreads throughout the team like a virus. For Elmore County’s boys soccer team, that player was Tate McNeely.Â
There is no loss more painful than the last one — the one which forces you to say goodbye to the season and welcome a new chapter. Even when the loss is painful and the end is inevitable, heart matters.Â
Elmore County’s softball team clinched a spot in the regional tournament next week after it finished in second place behind Beauregard in the AHSAA Class 5A Area 6 tournament.Â
In big moments, the best teams deliver.Â
Elmore County’s girls soccer team is on track to build its own dynasty.Â
Come next season, high school basketball in Alabama will have a new look: A quicker pace, more possessions and possibly more turnovers. Last Wednesday the AHSAA announced it would implement a 35-second shot clock for boys and girls basketball…
When it comes to the playoffs, a team’s path to the state finals can make or break its postseason aspirations. A clinched area title means a guaranteed home game in the first round of AHSAA soccer playoffs, and a clearer path to the state cha…
The best teams peak at the right time.Â
Every team has a specific game marked on its calendar at the start of the season, whether it be a rivalry game, a tough loss from the previous season that needs to be avenged or an area game that could make or break a team’s playoffs ambitions.Â
