After losing the area title on a coin flip last season to its rivals, the Wetumpka girls soccer team came into this season with goals and a score to settle. Those goals? Simple.Â
The Wetumpka Indians (8-4-4, 3-0) entered this soccer season with a vendetta: beat Stanhope Elmore at all costs. Last season, the Mustangs shut out the Indians in their area game, winning 8-0 in the first matchup and 3-0 in the second. With t…
After Stanhope Elmore finished its best season in program history, two Mustang girls basketball players inked their commitments to continue their careers at the next level. This past season, SEHS’ girls basketball team reset the standard for …
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,…
It doesn’t matter which sport or what circumstances, when Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore face off it is guaranteed to be an absolute showdown. That was the case again last week, as the Mustangs’ softball team went out to Wetumpka to take on the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s No. 4 ranked…
The AHSAA announced on Thursday its North-South All-Star squads for the upcoming 30th annual North-South All-Star basketball games. Four 15-member teams comprised of 2025 rising seniors were announced in a press release.Â
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 and 13-2 wins over the Hornets on Thursday at Beaure…
Sixty of Alabama’s top high school basketball prospects are headed to the North-South All-Star games this summer, for which dates are yet to be announced. The AHSAA released four 15-member squads on Thursday, two representing the North and two representing the South. This season’s all star g…
After a two-game losing skid, the Holtville Bulldogs returned to Slapout for the fourth annual Wood Bat Classic. Eight teams participated in the three-day tournament, with the best six returning for Saturday’s bracket play. The Bulldogs started out with an 8-1 win over Montevallo on Thursday…
On Monday night, Wetumpka’s softball team — now ranked No. 15 in the country after defeating Thompson last week — pulled out of a close call against county foe, the Holtville Bulldogs, to win their 30th game of the season. In the pitcher’s circle, three Indian pitchers combined for seven inn…
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
When Tra’Mel McCoy first stepped onto the wrestling mats at Tallassee High School, he was just an eighth grader with little to no experience with the sport. It didn’t take much time before John Mask, Tallassee’s wrestling coach, knew that he …
Wetumpka’s Juliana Eldridge is one of the premier high school wrestlers in the state, and she’s leading the charge for girls wrestling in and around Elmore County. For that reason, and of course her undeniable success on the wrestling mats, E…
With area play on the horizon, the Elmore County baseball team refused to lose any momentum to the break as they went out to Oxford to try their luck in a spring break experience tournament. ECHS played four games in two days, winning 3-of-4.Â
through the playoffs and to the Sweet 16. Her impact is continuing to send ripples through the state as last week Bailey was recognized as an Alabama Sports Writers Association First Team All-State player.Â
Last season, Wetumpka’s baseball team was 16-5 heading into spring break. The Indians finished out area play in the following two weeks, but managed to win only three games in the final weeks of the season before exiting in the first round of…
There’s no doubt the Wetumpka Indians are one of the best softball teams in the state. The Indians have appeared in the top five teams in Class 6A since the first round of ASWA rankings this season and competed with some of the best talent in…
The Elmore County Panthers took a leadoff on area play last week, facing Class 5A Area 6 opponent Valley. The Panthers (6-9) faced Valley last Thursday, winning 21-8.Â
The Elmore County baseball team ran the gauntlet last week, with three games against high level opponents. On Thursday, the Panthers faced the Holtville Bulldogs for a rivalry game, winning 7-2 after seven innings of stiff competition.Â
Holtville’s boys and girls soccer teams hosted Tallassee last Monday night, for a non-area competition in Slapout. Monday’s game was the second time the Bulldogs have faced Tallassee, this time as the host team. Holtville took losses in both …
