Every year, in every sport, rivalry games stand out on the schedule. At whatever level of sports, from high school onto professional, rivalry games are pivotal, season-defining encounters. The best ones may even decide a particular team’s fate.Â
Last season, Stanhope Elmore made its first playoff appearance since 2020. It was Hunter Adams’ first since he moved from defensive coordinator to head coach before the 2023 season, marking a turning point in the Mustangs’ recent history.Â
Stanhope Elmore showed major promise after it made its first appearance in the playoffs since 2020. The Mustangs ended the season with a dramatic rivalry win over Wetumpka that pushed them to the No. 3 seed in the region. Although they were o…
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
Heaven Bailey, Stanhope Elmore’s rising senior point guard, is on track to be one of Alabama’s top basketball prospects. Bailey’s stock has been rising quickly since the end of last basketball season when she led the Mustangs to their first S…
It seems counterintuitive, but if you ask any coach, they’ll tell you they coach people more than they coach sports. Especially in youth sports, coaches are there as role models to lead their players into a successful life path, more so than they are there to lead them into championship wins.Â
For most things, the learning curve is as much part of the experience as the peak of success. Without those first few trials the success that follows means far less. That’s the case for Stanhope Elmore as it pursues its inaugural season of flag football under first-year coach Kashundra Davis.Â
Football games might not be won in the summer, but they definitely can be lost. That is, at least, if you asked Stanhope Elmore football coach Hunter Adams. The Mustangs hosted Opelika and Elmore County for an organized team activity on Tuesday at 17 Springs.Â
Stanhope Elmore’s volleyball team attended a play date hosted by Elmore County last Thursday, in the Mustangs’ first opportunity to test themselves since the end of last season. According to SEHS coach Flavia Freeney, summer workouts have been very productive although only a few players are …
With the chaos that is the summer, coaches and athletes alike are trying to balance the responsibilities of jobs or other activities along with their respective sports. The school year is inching closer and closer each day and summer workouts are in full swing.Â
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 E…
At this point in the offseason, the only goal is to improve day-in and day-out. As much as Stanhope Elmore’s football team prides itself on winning, 7-on-7 tournaments are far more about building the skills that will win football games later …
For the last several years, Stanhope Elmore’s baseball team has been in the mix of the best of the best programs in Class 6A. Since 2022, the Mustangs have claimed four area titles and made deep runs into the playoffs which culminated in one …
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LEE...NORTHEASTERN
MACON AND SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
At 201 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Notasulga, moving west at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Auburn, Tuskegee, Tallassee, Notasulga, Franklin, Liberty City, Lake
Tuskegee, Tallapoosa City, Tuskegee National Forest, Loachapoka, I 85
Rest Area, Uphapee Creek, Reeltown, and Moton Field Municipal
Airport.
This includes Interstate 85 between mile markers 32 and 51.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Last week, Heaven Bailey of Stanhope Elmore attended a three-day tryout in Atlanta as one of 15 of the top high school basketball prospects in the country. She was joined by a UCLA commit, a Purdue commit, the daughter of an NBA legend and a …
With the 2025-26 school year shrinking in the rearview mirror, high school football programs across the state are hitting the ground running with preparations for the upcoming season. Stanhope Elmore’s football team visited the Helena Huskies…
Millbrook and greater Elmore County understand Heaven Bailey is a big deal. Now, the whole state of Alabama will understand it. Last week, Stanhope Elmore’s girls basketball team announced via Facebook that its own rising senior point guard w…
Stanhope Elmore’s girls soccer program has been in a state of limbo for the last few seasons. That was rectified when Eric Peterson, an active duty captain in the Air Force, stepped up to take on the mantle of responsibility. A pilot by trade…
