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PREP SPORTS: ‘The community will always have your back’: Cold Springs’ Josh Winfrey reflects on Eagle years
BREMEN, Ala. — Cold Springs’ senior Josh Winfrey played multiple sports in high school and had a great career. He talked about one of his favorite memories, plus some of his favorite awards. He had a blast playing with so many great players and learned some important things from a couple of them. “My favorite memory playing sports is winning area last baseball season. We were the first team in thirty years at Cold Springs to win area. My favorite awards during my time playing sports were being All-County four times in three different sports,” Winfrey said. “During my career, I...
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...
'Smell the roses': Sipsey Valley football volunteers at Eagles' Wings 2024 May Day
When head football coach Joey Milligan first came to Sipsey Valley two years ago, he made it a goal to get his students involved in the community. Whether it was having his students go to the elementary school on Fridays before football games in their uniforms to read to the students and open their car doors as they arrived to school, Milligan makes sure his students are involved. ...
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...
This week in HS Sports: For Sumiton Christian’s Yancey Young, the setback won’t be as great as the comeback
This is an opinion piece. Sumiton Christian coach Ricky Bowen credits senior Yancey Young with the saying that inspired his team’s run to this year’s Class 1A state baseball championship. “I think it was Yancey who said a setback is never as great as a comeback,” Bowen said....
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.
Landon Shumate pitches No. 2 Sumiton Christian past Sweet Water in 1A opener
Second-ranked Sumiton Christian is one win away from its second state baseball title. The Eagles scored all three of their runs in the third inning and Landon Shumate made them stand up for a 3-2 victory over No. 9 Sweet Water in the opening game of the Class 1A championship series at Oxford’s Choccolocco Park on Tuesday.
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...
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