Since former Holtville baseball coach Scott Tubbs announced he would step down from the role in December 2025 and assistant Michael Graffman took on the mantle as interim in early January, the Bulldogs’ baseball team has evolved.
It doesn’t matter how many times you practice that clutch last-second play, it will never be the same as the real-life game situation. And that’s the thing about shots; sometimes they fall and other times they don’t.
When the Elmore County Panthers started this boys basketball season, the goal was clearly set: win a first-round playoff game. The Panthers have made it out of the area tournament and even hosted the sub-regional round, but they hadn’t made it past that pesky first-round game since 1991.
Stanhope Elmore’s wrestling team started this season with individual wrestlers’ improvement and progress for the program on the brain. Their motto: “Get 1% better.”
Wetumpka’s boys soccer program has been on a steady upwards trajectory for a few years now. Last season was a bit of a dip in that trajectory as the Indians finished 11-9-2, in second place in regular season area play behind rivals Stanhope Elmore and made an early exit from the playoffs, lo…
After qualifying six wrestlers for the AHSAA Class 5A state tournament in Huntsville last weekend, the Holtville Bulldogs wrestled hard with the hopes to reach a podium finish. Holtville had one wrestler, sophomore AJ Reeves at heavyweight, place in the tournament at fourth. The other five c…
When the Elmore County Panthers began this wrestling season, they knew it would be a long road to victory but also that they were completely capable of achieving their goals which was recreating and improving on last season’s successes.
After a great season, Edgewood Academy’s girls basketball team finished in second place in AISA Class A Region 1 and was set to fight for a spot in the playoffs. Things ultimately did not go the Wildcats’ way, as they fell to Lakeside 54-34 on Friday night.
Macin James has been part of the foundation of Stanhope Elmore football for the past four years. A four-year starter on the offensive line, spending time in each of the positions and opening gaps for two record-breaking running backs along th…
With the tumultuous events of the AHSAA’s reclassification in the rearview mirror, Holtville officially announced its upcoming football schedule on Thursday, and it features a mixture of historic rivalries, some familiar non-region foes and n…
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs, ranked No. 6 by the Alabama Sports Writers Association in the final poll of the season, defeated rival Wetumpka in the AHSAA Class 6A Area 5 tournament championship, 71-54.
After a season full of success, the Wetumpka Indians suffered a heartbreaking loss at the hands of the Saraland Spartans, 58-56, in the Class 6A sub-regional.
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Wrestling has been a highly competitive sport in Elmore County for a while and the Holtville Bulldogs are stepping into the competition. The Bulldogs competed at the AHSAA Class 5A South Sectionals last week, finishing in fourth place as a te…
Even with a young team wrestling on the mats this season, Wetumpka’s boys and girls wrestlers fought through injuries, nerves and all kinds of adversity at AHSAA’s Class 6A-7A South Sectionals last week. Five wrestlers, one girl and four boys…
The Edgewood Academy Wildcats, a team full of experience with solid depth, finished first in AISA Class A Region 1, granting them a bid for another state title via the Elite Eight. Tonight, the Wildcats proved they have the potential to retur…
