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 Co…
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 te…
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
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 teams starting in the 2026-27 season.Â
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…
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
For the second season in a row, the Elmore County baseball team is the Class 5A Area 6 champion. After sweeping the Beauregard Hornets, ECHS took on the Valley Rams in an area series. The Panthers swept Valley, winning the first two games of …
Elmore County’s girls soccer team has been heating up right along with the weather this spring. The Panthers posted a strong start to the season, but had a bit of a drop off after the first four weeks of the season and into the first round of…
Everybody knows you can’t win a baseball game with one player. It takes a whole team; all nine batters in the lineup, all four infielders, all three outfielders, not to mention a pitcher and a catcher. Every single player has to do their job,…
The Elmore County Panthers hosted Class 5A Area 6 opponent Beauregard on Tuesday night, beating the Hornets for their first win of area play, 4-3. ECHS followed up Tuesday’s win by sweeping Beauregard in the three-game area series with 6-5 an…
With the 2025-26 school year coming to a close, senior student-athletes are making their commitments to continuing their athletic careers at the next level. At Elmore County High School, four student-athletes signed their NLIs.Â
