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'Anybody should be able to swim': Huntsville swimming instructor teaches survival skills
Swimming experts say drowning is the leading cause of death in infants ages one to four. We've had nine drowning incidents in North Alabama this year. Each one, has parents on high-alert. We sent WAAY 31's Jillian Kay to meet with a local swimming instructor from the Infant Swimming Resource...
Sixth season of Bass Pro Tour to premiere Saturday, July 6 on Discovery Channel
BENTON, Ky. – The sixth season of the Bass Pro Tour is set to premiere this Saturday, July 6, at 7 a.m. ET with a two-hour episode on Discovery Channel. The 2024 MLF Bass Pro Tour features a field of the top professional anglers in the world competing across seven regular-season tournaments around the country, fishing for millions of dollars and valuable points to qualify for the annual General Tire Heavy Hitters all-star event and REDCREST 2025, the Bass Pro Tour championship, April 2-6, 2025, on Lake Guntersville in Huntsville, Ala.
Benson cashes in walk-off hit for green senior team
Dee Benson stepped into the batter’s box with two outs and two on in the bottom of the eighth and her team trailing by a run. The game would be decided by her. Otherwise, no pressure at all. “I had struggled all game,” she said. “And so, I came...
Enjoy your weekend with these fun + exciting events in the Rocket City
When: July 3-7 Where: Von Braun Center South Hall, 700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801. Come out to Toyota Field Thursday through Saturday for the Trash Pandas’ series against the Birmingham Barons. Each game will include a fireworks display afterwards. When: July 4-6, 6:30PM. Where: Toyota Field, 500...
U.S. Olympians, Paralympians visit Huntsville Hospital
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The U.S. National Table Tennis Championships is underway in Huntsville and children in the area received the surprise of a lifetime — meeting Olympians ahead of the 2024 Summer Games. Paralympic and Olympic athletes visited Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children on Friday afternoon. While...
National Table Tennis Championships At Von Braun Center
MADISON- After months of local preparations and years of never-ending mental and physical provisions for top-notch competition, North Alabama is set to host the USA National Table Tennis Championships this week in the South Hall of the Von Braun Center. With competition beginning each morning at 8:30, the action will...
Brock blasts grand slam in RTC’s big win
Once the Redstone Test Center softball team gets rolling, it’s hard to stop. RTC rode an 18-run third inning to a 25-10 win over the Bomb Busters in five innings June 25 at NASA field 1. They play in the recreational coed division in the Marshall league. Easton Brock...
Freedom 5K Results: McCleary Clips Whitehead, Betts Edges Scarano
With the tiny cannon boom that evoked freedom’s repulse of dirty British aggressors 245 years ago, more than 740 runners took off Thursday morning with smiles and cheers in the Freedom 5K. The quiet streets of downtown Huntsville were replete with shades of red, white and blue after the...
World’s top junior golfers compete at Links
For the second consecutive year, some of the world’s best young golfers competed in a tournament at Redstone Arsenal. The American Junior Golf Association tournament from June 25-27 at the Links had 78 juniors, ages 12-19. There were about 12 from other countries and 15-20 from Alabama. It had 51 boys and 27 girls competing on the Warrior course.
Forget Paris (for now): Table tennis elite at Von Braun Center
HUNTSVILLE – Paralympian Tahl Leibovitz is practically royalty among six athletes and their traveling party of Paris-bound elite table tennis competitors who first made their way to Huntsville this week. Those athletes are here to play in the USA Table Tennis National Championship at the Von Braun Center’s South...
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