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 teams starting in the 2026-27 season.
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 story. Fitting for the Bulldogs.
Flag football is the newest, hottest sport and athletic departments across the nation are catching on. Just a few weeks after the inaugural Fanatics Flag Football Classic was broadcast to millions across the country, Holtville announced it wo…
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 start…
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 ci…
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 …
The Bryant-Jordan award is a statewide student-athlete scholarship program. The AHSAA recognizes a total of 52 athletes for the Larry D. Stripling Scholar-Athlete Award and an additional 52 athletes for the Ken and Betty Joy Blankenship Stude…
Holtville’s softball team has bounced between just above or right at .500 all season. Tuesday night’s area win over Marbury, 11-1 in just five innings, proved the Bulldogs’ potential to win big games in big moments. Holtville had its bats goi…
Holtville’s softball team continued its campaign towards a return to the AHSAA Class 5A regional softball tournament last week with stiff competition against Class 6A and 7A opponents. On Tuesday, the Bulldogs (4-3) hosted Wetumpka in Slapout…
At their home opener, the Holtville Bulldogs proved their status as an experienced team, fully equipped to make another deep run this softball season. The Bulldogs faced Stanhope Elmore last Tuesday night, picking up the 9-3 win on the back o…
