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Football has always been a point of pride in Wetumpka. Athletic director Bear Woods is responsible for that pride and its upkeep, as he prepares his players and coaching staff for another season of Alabama high school football. With just over…
Once again, Wetumpka’s softball team is sending two players to the North-South All-Star game this July. This season, the AHSAA tapped juniors Lalah Culpepper and Lexie Smith for the honors as they will represent Wetumpka on the South All Star team.Â
In and around Alabama high school baseball, there are few honors higher than being named to the North-South All Star game, hosted to showcase rising seniors each summer. This year Wetumpka will send a coach, Russ Brooks, and a player, rising …
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…
Wetumpka’s girls soccer program is a program that’s been on the rise for the last few years. Under coach Deron Fagan, the Indians have improved in virtually every aspect of the game. In 2025 Wetumpka posted a five-win season. In 2026, it post…
Wetumpka’s softball team has been on the hunt for a state title all season. On Monday, the Indians finally secured a bid to the state tournament in Oxford.Â
For Wetumpka’s softball program, the standard is nothing other than a state championship.Â
Softball is, of course, a team sport. Although, when a softball player steps into the batter’s box or steps up to the rubber in the pitcher’s circle, she is all alone.Â
In Wetumpka, expectations on the baseball diamond are always high. Especially under coach Russ Brooks, the Indians hold themselves to a certain standard in how they play the game.Â
Wetumpka’s boys soccer team has had a chip on its shoulder dating back to last season. The Indians faced the worst type of defeat: an 8-0 shutout at the hands of their bitter rivals, Stanhope Elmore.Â
Soccer is a game of control. Everything comes down to possession and opportunity — which team can put the ball in the back of its opponent’s net while protecting its goal?
Wetumpka High School hosted a school-wide signing ceremony for each senior — including athletes from most sports as well as band and cheer — on Thursday afternoon. 17 students participated in the ceremony, as they announced their commitments …
A battle is a battle. Whether it be David and Goliath or two juggernauts in a showdown, someone must come out on top.Â
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…
In a high-stakes do-or-die situation for each team, Wetumpka’s and Stanhope Elmore’s soccer teams faced off last week. Wetumpka’s boys and girls teams swept SEHS in the last meeting between the rivals, winning 4-2 and 1-0, respectively. For t…
You know it’s just another mid-April evening when the Wetumpka Indians are showcasing what it means to play all-around baseball. The Indians (19-7) have done it all season long, stacking up against some of the best competition in the state an…
After losing the area title on a coin flip last season to its rivals, the Wetumpka girls soccer team came into this season with goals and a score to settle. Those goals? Simple.Â
The Wetumpka Indians (8-4-4, 3-0) entered this soccer season with a vendetta: beat Stanhope Elmore at all costs. Last season, the Mustangs shut out the Indians in their area game, winning 8-0 in the first matchup and 3-0 in the second. With t…
It doesn’t matter which sport or what circumstances, when Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore face off it is guaranteed to be an absolute showdown. That was the case again last week, as the Mustangs’ softball team went out to Wetumpka to take on the…
Sixty of Alabama’s top high school basketball prospects are headed to the North-South All-Star games this summer, for which dates are yet to be announced. The AHSAA released four 15-member squads on Thursday, two representing the North and tw…
