Going into his first year at Wetumpka, sophomore Kaleb Ballard is taking athletics by storm. Within his first few weeks as an Indian, Ballard, who just transferred in from Central Coosa, picked up two Division I football offers from Georgia State and Troy University.
Elmore County participated in the Battle for the County 7-on-7 tournament on Thursday night at the City of Wetumpka Sports Complex against the other four schools in th…
If you’re a fan of the NFL, you’ve probably heard bits and pieces of the recent reporting about alleged collusion between NFL owners and misconduct within the NFL Play…
Editor’s Note: This is a part of a series reviewing up-and-comers for the 2025 football season across Elmore County.
Holtville participated in the third annual Battle for the County 7-on-7 tournament, hosted by Wetumpka at the City of Wetumpka Sports Complex on Thursday night. Elmore…
When Hunter Adams and the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs showed up to the Battle for the County 7-on-7 tournament on Thursday night in Wetumpka, they didn’t know what to expect. Nine starters were missing from their usual roster, so the Mustangs were playing with one arm tied behind their back com…
For the Wetumpka Indians football team, energy is everything. That energy comes from knowing your role, doing your job and being in the moment with your teammates. That’s what wins football games.
Stanhope Elmore hosted Elmore County and Booker T. Washington on Tuesday for an OTA, the first football activity at the new facilities at 17 Springs. The Mustangs took advantage of the opportunity in order to get acclimated to the new home field environment they’ll have this year.
Holtville volleyball will have a new coach on the court this season
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Holtville hosted an OTA with Stanhope Elmore and Montevallo on Thursday morning. Bulldog coach Cody Lee knew matching up his squad against two very different teams would be a great challenge for his players. At this point in the summer, Holtville is all about buffing and polishing the team, …
Stanhope Elmore attended an OTA at Holtville on Thursday morning with Montevallo. Football coach Hunter Adams wanted to use the opportunity to rotate in as many players as possible in order to create depth and experience in the roster ahead of this season.
Holtville’s 10U baseball team has had a great run this summer. Last week, they competed in and won the 10U All-Stars USSSA 4A State Championship.
Holtville is the newest Elmore County school that is adding a girls wrestling program. The development of this new team will be undertaken by second-year wrestling coach Connor Blakely, who is excited about the expansion of the sport.
Things are turning around this year for the Holtville boys basketball team. It is a continuation of the success of last season – making the playoffs after a drought of over 20 years. Coach Greg Parker is going into his third season coaching the Bulldogs on the basketball court, and he’s read…
With two of the best basketball players in Elmore County, sophomore guard Terrence Collins and junior guard Kaleb Sanders, Stanhope Elmore plans to come back in full force on the basketball court this season.
As a female athlete myself who was once referred to as a “lady” as I played sports, I’ve long felt the word was an unnecessary addition to mascot names for girls’ sports teams.
The Elmore County football program is player-led.
The Elmore County boys basketball team plans to play fearless basketball this summer, according to coach Nathan Taylor. But this team still has a long road ahead of them before they can reach the level of fearless basketball and compete in the playoffs.
Last season, the Wetumpka Indians could taste the playoff victory as they scored the game-winning touchdown with 40 seconds left to play. From one second to the next, the win that was seemingly already in their grasp, was snatched away as the officials called back the touchdown with a linema…
While I haven’t been in Elmore County for very long, I’ve quickly understood a few things about this community: y’all take high school sports seriously. That is one of the primary reasons why I’ve connected with this area of Alabama, a place that has few — if any — discernable commonalities …
This season the Wetumpka girls basketball team will be a force to reckon with. Despite being the reigning Class 6A Area 4 champions, the Indians still have something to prove. With coach Harriet Winchester behind them, the odds of another successful season are favorable.
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Auburn Tigers on the recruiting trail with a number of high-profile players either de-committing from the Tigers or publicly choosing another school over Auburn. I’m usually the last person to be concerned about recruiting at this time of year consid…
It is difficult to quantify team chemistry, but it is easy to see its importance in practice. At the boys basketball play date on Wednesday, Wetumpka showed what that means. For his program, coach Steven Thomas is all about the full throttle, no quit energy from the second his players step o…
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