This year is already shaping up to be different for the Edgewood volleyball team. Plenty of returning starters make their way back to the court, with new faces poised to make their mark; all the while, coach Morgan Harrelson enters her second year at the helm.
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The summer is long and hot and sometimes frustrating, as it drags on before finally culminating in the football season’s opener at the end of August. Football players and coaches spend December to August waiting, itching to get back to those …
In the wake of the newly created Gulf State Independent Athletic Association, GSIAA, the questions surrounding the league have found their way to AHSAA director Heath Harmon and AISA director Roddie Beck.Â
For any athletic team, building the program from the ground up is a prerequisite for success. Building a program doesn’t start with the varsity team or even the junior varsity. It doesn’t start in middle school either; in fact, it starts far …
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth of a six-part series featuring Players to Watch across Elmore County.
In spite of the novelty, it’s never easy to start a new chapter. Edgewood Academy’s football team has turned the page under its new but highly experienced head coach Gregg Baker, showing off new faces and plenty of potential in last week’s 7-…
Last week Edgewood Academy’s Jadon Quates, a recently graduated senior, announced he will be continuing his baseball and academic career at Faulkner University, inking his commitment on Monday.Â
As the football season inches closer, Edgewood Academy’s fans and players will have one more thing to look forward to: a renewed rivalry game against Autauga Academy on October 16. Last week news broke that Autauga would be rejoining the AISA after two seasons in the AHSAA. In those two seas…
After leading Edgewood Academy to the state championship in his first season as head coach, Justin Chandler was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s AISA baseball Coach of the Year.Â
Debates over whether or not cheerleading should be considered a sport are pervasive, and have been for years. At Edgewood Academy, however, there’s no question. Cheerleaders attend events for almost every sport throughout the season, especially football and basketball. During the summer, che…
After leading Edgewood Academy to the state championship in his first season as head coach, Justin Chandler was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s AISA baseball Coach of the Year.Â
Edgewood Academy will have a new face in its athletic department come next season. The school announced the hiring of former Lowndes Academy baseball coach Colton Mathis to head up its softball program.Â
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Edgewood Academy’s baseball team has been operating under a new motto this season: life is bigger than baseball. It means that everything the team does is for a higher purpose, it means becoming great men, great fathers and great husbands.Â
Edgewood Academy’s football team suffered a tumultuous season last year, ending in a less-than-ideal result: a first-round exit from the playoffs. This season, the Wildcats will have new faces on the sidelines, including their new head coach,…
Edgewood Academy’s baseball team posted one of its best seasons in years, reaching the AISA Class A State Championship. Although it fell short of bringing home a state championship, first-year coach Justin Chandler was extremely impressed wit…
For the first time since 2019, Holtville’s softball team is going back to the state tournament in Oxford.Â
Adversity, high stakes and impossible odds are as much a part of life as they are a part of high school sports. That’s why it hurts so much when things don’t go your way.
Over the course of the last five seasons, Edgewood Academy’s Brock Whitt has carved his name into the school’s history books. Whitt has been a three-sport varsity athlete since his eighth grade year. Now a senior, Whitt has led the Wildcats t…
In big moments, the best teams deliver.Â
After Edgewood Academy’s baseball team clinched the top seed in AISA Class A Area 2, its players were battling minor injuries, worn out from a rigorous season. Even more dangerous, the Wildcats faced a two-week break before the start of their…
In all the chaos of the spring, track and field is one of those sports that tends to fly under the radar. Edgewood Academy’s track and field team produced two state champions this season at the AISA State Meet, senior Barrett Brown for discus…
