Edgewood volleyball wins six straight state titles
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File / TPI Elmore County's Kim Moncrief secured her 300th win serving as the volleyball coach this season.
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File / TPI Tallassee coach Lawrence O’Neal is the All Elmore County Coach of the Year.
Cliff Williams 334-740-1116
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Dalton Middleton / TPI Tallassee junior Irvin Delfin (10) dribbles against Demopolis on Monday night. Delfin is the eighth player in AHSAA history to ever score 60 goals in a season. As of Monday night’s playoff win, he is at 62 goals.
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File / TPI Wetumpka's Kelby Walker finished with 14 tackles and two sacks against Stanhope last Friday.
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Cliff Williams / TPI Stanhope Elmore’s Arthur McQueen (4) runs upfield against the Russell County defense.
Cliff Williams 334-740-1116
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Brian Tannehill / For Tallapoosa Publishers Wetumpka’s Mya Holt (25) is congratulated on her first home run of the game by Wetumpka coach Daryl Otwell.
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Submitted / TPI The Holtville 8U All-Star finished runner-up in the USSSA 8U World Series held in Baton Rouge. Holtville's team finished the season with a 19-3-1 record and won the region and state championship.
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File / TPI Edgewood Academy assistant coach Buzz Phillips hugs his team after winning the 2024 AISA Class AA state championship. Phillips, who has a record of 658-328 at the high school and college level, was recently inducted into the AISA Hall of Fame.
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Dalton Middleton / The Tribune Tallassee’s Land Bell wrestles against Elberta in the AHSAA Class 5A duals quarterfinals on Thursday.
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Cliff Williams / TPI Tallassee huddles up during a timeout in a game against Marbury.
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Jeff Ryals / TPI Elmore County's Jackson Mann, left, Caleb Spivey, Tyler Payton and Braylon Jackson hold the jersey of Masen Goggins, who died last December in a car accident. The Panthers will bring his jersey to midfield for the coin toss before every game this season.
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