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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.
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 […]
PREP SPORTS: ‘I will cherish the memories and friends I made from these sports forever’: Dakota Overton recaps Raider years
GOOD HOPE, Ala. — Good Hope senior Dakota Overton is preparing to graduate later this month and in this interview he discussed his stellar career on the basketball court and the baseball field during his years at Good Hope High School. “One of my favorite memories was during my 11th grade year, when we went to the mountains for a Christmas tournament. We shot at a local gym for our team practice, and then, on the way back to our cabin, we were snowed in the car. After waiting for the roads to get better, we decided that we would all...
Lee Leads Wire-to-Wire to Win MLF General Tire Heavy Hitters 2024 Presented by Bass Pro Shops on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes
KISSIMMEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2024-- The first time Abu Garcia pro Jordan Lee of Cullman, Alabama, ever tasted tournament victory, competing on Lake Guntersville at age 17, he earned the win throwing a topwater frog. Ever since, he’s continued to hone his skills with his favorite technique, waiting for a chance to show them off on the national stage.
‘I’ve never let anything hold me back’: Bronco blade runner Daniel Figueroa talks athletic career
HOLLY POND, Ala. — Holly Pond student Daniel Figueroa put together another great season on the track and on the hardwood this year. Daniel is known around campus for his positive attitude and athletic ability but one attribute he didn’t get to choose is that he is a T44 amputee. However, the Bronco sophomore will tell you that challenge has helped mold him into who he is today as much as anything else. “At the age of two, I was run over by a lawnmower which led to the amputation of my right leg,” Figueroa said. “At the age of four,...
Wallace State Women's Tennis Achieves Top 10 National Ranking; Men's Team Secures 16th Place
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‘It means a lot to play where my daddy did’: Good Hope’s Kylee and Kyle Smith share bond on the field
GOOD HOPE, Ala. – At the Smith household, playing for the Good Hope Raiders has become something of a family tradition and just one season into her varsity career, Good Hope’s Kylee Smith is putting together impressive performances that remind us of another Raider standout. Kylee’s father, Kyle, last faced the West Point Warriors in the 2009 Cullman County Baseball Tournament when he pitched a complete game shutout, racking up 12 strikeouts and allowing just two hits to lead the Raiders to a 1-0 win. This season, Kylee faced the Warriors in the JV Cullman County Softball Tournament Finals and...
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