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Curry hired as Wallace State Head Softball Coach, Cesepedes as Assistant
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Wallace State Community has hired former Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) softball coach Megan Curry to lead the Lions softball team, President Dr. Vicki Karolewics announced today. Sarah Cespedes has been hired as assistant coach. “Wallace State sets a high bar for Lions Softball and we are excited to add Coaches Curry and Cespedes to the Lions coaching staff to continue our winning tradition,” said Karolewics. Curry joins the Lions as the team completes an Alabama Community College Conference Championship season. The Lions’ ACCC title was the program’s fourth straight and 16th overall, followed by its 16th National Junior College Athletic...
Wallace State Shines at Nationals: Women's Tennis Achieves Top 10, Men Secure 16th Place
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PREP SPORTS: ‘Put all your faith and trust in the Lord’: Hanceville’s Katie Twilley recaps Bulldog years
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Hanceville senior Katie Twilley had a great sports career and made some great memories during her playing days. She played with a lot of great teammates at Hanceville, learned a lot from that experience and had nothing but good things to say about her coaches. “My favorite memories were always the ones with my teammates either at practice, or before games. We always had so many laughs together about the dumbest things all the time,” Twilley said. “It was like a breath of fresh air. Despite many of them being so much younger than me, I knew that...
Local Pride: Wallace State Softball Heads to NJCAA World Series as 11th Seed
Wallace State Community College Softball, based in Hanceville, AL, has been seeded 11th for the upcoming National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Softball World Series. The event will take place from May 20-25 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. The Lions, with a season record of 35-12, will face the 6th seeded Salt Lake Community College from Utah, which holds a record of 47-7. Their game is scheduled for May 20 at 5 p.m.
Westbrook Christian to add softball in 2025, hires two-time state champ Chris Williams
Westbrook Christian School will sponsor softball starting in 2025, marking a return for the program. Last week the school announced that they were bringing back the program for the first time since 2006 and hired former Springville head coach Chris Williams. He helped lead that program to the 2015 and 2016 Class 5A state titles. Williams is a 21-year coaching veteran and was most recently at Crossville during the 2024 season.
Athlete of the Week: Wallace State softball’s Katie and Emily Simon
HANCEVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — With double the trouble and talent, Katie and Emily Simon control the diamond and give Wallace State Community College’s softball team twice the win. The twins from Athens have been playing the sport together ever since they could remember. “We don’t really see it as competition,” Emily said. “We complement each other […]
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