On a hot and sunny Saturday morning in Tallassee, more than 200 kids from ages 5 to 14 flooded J.E. “Hot” O’Brien Stadium, bringing high energy, enthusiasm and a competitive spirit to the annual youth football and skills camp hosted by Tallassee alumnus Derrick Ansley.
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Football season is full of ups and downs — good weeks, bad weeks, injuries, setbacks and victories. Winning a championship means navigating those ups and downs while continuing the push towards greatness, pushing through exhaustion or sorenes…
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a six-part series featuring Players to Watch across Elmore County squads.
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…
When he took the job of football coach and athletic director, Eric Folmar knew he’d have to make some changes to Tallassee’s athletic department and its facilities to show the community he is dedicated to making sure the Tigers can continue t…
Year after year, John Mask and the Tallassee Tigers prove a winning culture is built — and maintained — by athletes who remember and strive for what was previously accomplished. Mask hosted a wrestling camp for current and prospective wrestle…
For 35 years, Will Solomon has been at Reeltown. Odds are you’ve seen him coaching in some capacity, whether it be in his role as the secondary coach for the football team or his stint as the Reeltown basketball coach, where he still assists …
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.
Tallassee softball is a historically dominant program, and for the last nine years that has continued under coach Pat Love. Last week Love confirmed that he would be stepping down from his post as softball coach, marking the end of an era for Tallassee softball.
ALABAMA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE BASEBALL
This summer, Tallassee will have at least one representative in the annual North-South All Star game hosted by the AHSAA. The North-South All Stars is a tradition where the best rising seniors in their respective sports compete with and again…
With the school year at its end, Tallassee’s athletic department is undergoing the changing of the guard. Since the departure of former athletic director Lawrence “L.A.” O’Neal and the introduction of Eric Folmar as the new football coach and…
Tallassee baseball announced last week its own standout, rising senior Brue Milner, will participate in the upcoming AHSAA North-South All Star baseball game. The selection is a huge honor for Milner and any athlete who participates, as an op…
Earlier this year, things were shaken up in the world of Tallassee athletics as news broke that football coach Lawrence “L.A.” O’Neal would be departing for Park Crossing. Shortly after, the Tallassee school board confirmed the hiring of Gree…
It came down to the wire for Tallassee softball last week, as the Tigers fought to clinch a spot in the regional tournament. In the Class 4A Area 5 tournament, Tallassee faced a difficult path to finishing in the top two spots.
Greatness doesn’t happen overnight. It requires years of practice and hard work, hours upon hours spent with your nose to the grindstone.
High school is four years of a person’s life, a period of time so short that it could be insignificant. But that’s usually not the case.
The journey of any team is one of peaks and valleys. Inevitably, the path ends.
Is it possible to inherit a knack for crushing baseballs over outfield fences? Is it possible to inherit a lethal throwdown to second base?
For Tallassee baseball, all roads seemed to head straight through Trinity Presbyterian.
