Other county teams struggle as area play approaches Handley took a pair of losses early in the week before bouncing back to score a combined 30 runs in two wins Thursday and Friday. The week culminated in a wild win over RCHS in Wedowee Friday. Handley led 11-2 going to the bottom of the third…
Prior to the 2019 high school football season, a poll of the 32 Randolph County High School football players that year determined – overwhelmingly – that Nick Sims was the best player on his team. The starting offensive and defensive lineman had the utmost respect from his teammates as he entered his senior year. A…
Handley continued a string of one-run victories last week as they knocked off Heard County and Woodland in a pair of closely contested games. Handley 6, Heard Co. 5 – Wed. Handley 2, Woodland 1 – Fri. Handley gave up four runs in the top of the seventh against Heard County to fall behind 5-2,…
Southern Union head baseball coach Tuck Willard picked up his 100th career victory Saturday as the Bison put together a dramatic doubleheader sweep of Gordon State College in Wadley. The first win came in extra innings as the Bison prevailed 8-7 thanks to an RBI infield single in the bottom of the 10th inning off…
Handley 8, Ranburne 7 Handley left fielder Cordan Patterson capped a six-run rally in the seventh inning with a walk-off three-run home run over the left field fence as Handley came away with an 8-7 win over Ranburne Monday in Wedowee. The game was part of a week-long event that features 11 teams and will…
by Donna Matthews Folks in East Alabama know about water; about the creeks, rivers and lakes of our county. Farming, recreation and our economies are built upon the bounty of our water resources. For the past five years Alabama Power, county and town leaders have met striving to balance the needs of all stakeholders in…
Woodland graduate Christian Beam recorded his first career triple-double as the Southern Union men’s basketball team improved to 5-1 in conference play with a 94-89 win at Gadsden State Thursday. Beam, a 7-foot sophomore for the Bison who graduated from Woodland in 2023, had 15 points and set career highs with 20 rebounds and 14…
After 10 seasons, 84 wins and two state championships, Larry Strain has stepped down from his position as head coach of the Handley football team. The school made the announcement via social media Thursday around noon, and Strain confirmed that he had informed administrators of his intent to resign. “It was my decision. Just time…
The Randolph County basketball tournament is going back to Southern Union. The tournament, which was played at the basketball arena on the Southern Union campus for several years in the early 2000s, will go back there for the next four years starting with this year’s tournament that begins January 16. The tournament site had been…
After years of near misses, ‘Dogs finally finish first Over the years I had grown accustomed to referring to Wadley as one of the best 1A high school football programs in the state that had never won a state championship. (The phrasing there is important because of course Wadley was named a state champion after…