Every week of the high school sports season, there will be a poll to honor the Elmore County area’s top athlete with The Wetumpka Herald Fans’ Choice Player of the Week.Â
Headed into the first game of the season, expectations are as high as they are low – a metric for the season has yet to be set. In their opener against Prattville Christian Academy, the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs set the standard, and they set …
Things are rarely ever perfect in sports, let alone in the first game of the season. In the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs’ home opener and first loss of the season against Prattville Christian Academy, they proved that.Â
Things are rarely ever perfect in sports, let alone in the first game of the season. In the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs’ home opener and first loss of the season against Prattville Christian Academy, they proved that.Â
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs knew they’d have a challenge for their first game of the season, but they came in prepared and executed like they knew they could.
Headed into their first postseason appearance in five years, the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs fought like they had nothing to lose. They fought hard until the end, but ultimately, turnovers and mistakes bolstered Theodore’s offense in the second …
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs finished the 2025 regular season as well as any team could. They won their final game of the season against Calera, 49-33. It was senior night and a night of broken records.Â
Basketball season is on its way back, and the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs are ready to play. This year, the SEHS girls basketball team is reloaded and stacked with talent. It’s prepared to retake the area title from its rivals, the Wetumpka Indians.Â
The Stanhope Elmore boys basketball team is focused on taking steps in the right direction this season. It finished just over .500 last season, with a 14-13 final overall record which was good enough for a second-place finish in Class 6A Area 4.Â
On the coldest night of the season so far, Stanhope Elmore’s Dee Barnes continued his torrid pace out of the backfield as the Mustangs handled Calera, 49-33, in non-region football action Friday.
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs are coming off a huge momentum win against their rivals, the Wetumpka Indians, last Friday night. That win is one that the Mustangs have coveted every year since coach Hunter Adams took over the program in 2023, and now they have it.Â
To be a leader on a football team, you have to know when to step up. But that is easier said than done. It’s easy to see something and want it, but doing what it takes is always a different story.Â
The Wetumpka Indians and the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs have been rivals for more than 50 years. In football, the foes have played each other 56 times, every year since 1970 including once in the playoffs. Currently, Stanhope Elmore has the adv…
For the second year in a row, the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs are headed to the Class 6A football playoffs. A big Friday night win against Rehobeth, 47-26, sealed the deal for the Mustangs.Â
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs are coming off two weeks of region competition on the road, but this week they’re back home in Millbrook. First, it was Russell County that trampled the Mustangs, 28-10.Â
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs have found their groove just in time for the end of the season. They’ve struggled to come together throughout the first half of the season, losing matches due to miscommunications and moments where the team would …
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The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs are coming off two weeks of region competition on the road, but this week they’re back home in Millbrook. First, it was Russell County that trampled the Mustangs, 28-10.Â
Another week on the road for the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs, another painful loss. Despite knowing full well that this back-half of Class 6A Region 2 football competition would be stiff to say the least, the Mustangs failed to play their game a…
The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs are back on the road this week, taking on one more region opponent, Pike Road. The Mustangs fell to Russell County last week, ultimately overcome by the Warriors’ offensive assault.Â
The Wetumpka Indians visited their rivals, the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs, on Tuesday night for the last regular season showdown. The Indians swept their rivals 3-0 in a dominant volleyball showing, controlling the tempo through each set.Â
The game of football is won and lost at the line of scrimmage. For a game that is all about toughness, grit and determination, the players that are most relied upon to display that are also the most under-appreciated in post-game coverage.Â
