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 Elmore County teams could celebrate. The tournament…
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Since football coach and athletic director Cory Lee took over the program back in 2023, he’s worn several hats: head football coach, athletic director and defensive coordinator. That will no longer be the case for Lee this coming season, as h…
Last week the Alabama Sports Writers Association announced its softball all-state teams as well as its players and coaches of the year for each classification in the AHSAA. Six players from Elmore County earned recognition as the best in thei…
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After wrapping its historic run to the state tournament this season, Holtville softball is closing one chapter and opening another. The Bulldogs will say goodbye to their coach, Reese Claybrook, as he moves on from the program while welcoming…
For Holtville softball, the 2026 season was nothing short of historic.
The last time the Holtville softball team won a game at the AHSAA State Tournament was back in 2012. To put that into perspective, coach Reese Claybrook was just a few years removed from high school, while this group of seniors were just around three to four years old.
Historically, Holtville’s baseball program has experienced periods of dominance, most recently in 2023 when the Bulldogs won their first Class 5A state title since 1983. Since the abrupt departure of Scott Tubbs in December, Holtville athletic director Cory Lee was forced to make a difficult…
For the first time since 2019, Holtville’s softball team is going back to the state tournament in Oxford.
A handful of anglers from four Elmore County high schools attended the Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association’s Lake Pickwick Classic in Florence last Friday and Saturday. Pickwick is located in northwest Alabama on the Tennessee Riv…
Holtville’s baseball team faced a tall task last week in its Class 5A Round 2 playoff series versus the Demopolis Tigers. The Tigers were ranked No. 7 in the final poll from the Alabama Sports Writers Association, released just before the sta…
This week, Holtville has two teams still vying for that elusive Blue Map trophy and two open head coach positions. They happen to be the same two teams.
Regardless of whether it goes your way in the end, hard work is always worthwhile. Even if it doesn’t pay off in the short term, hard work will always bear fruit in the long run.
Two ranked teams in their respective classification and a reigning state champ — that was the slate for the Holtville softball team this weekend at the Benjamin Russell Strike Out Cancer Tournament.
“You win some, you lose some,” is a tired old cliche that can be applied to just about anything. It’s probably overused and definitely a cliche, but the saying holds true when a team watches its season end when it was just getting started.
Come next season, high school basketball in Alabama will have a new look: A quicker pace, more possessions and possibly more turnovers. Last Wednesday the AHSAA announced it would implement a 35-second shot clock for boys and girls basketball…
When Holtville softball coach Reese Claybrook scheduled his alma mater for the upcoming softball season, he knew what he was getting himself into.
For the first time since 2024, Holtville’s baseball team has returned the Class 5A Area 5 championship to Slapout. It was an arduous and grueling effort that included as much heartbreak, tumult and disappointment as in any classic underdog st…
