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Football reclassification: Public and private schools separate; big changes for county schools
The biggest news from the long-awaited AHSAA fall reclassification release on Friday morning was the separation of public and private schools for championship play in football. That change means that there are now separate divisions and separate regions for public and private schools. The public school division drops from seven to six classifications, and two…
Read MoreCounty basketball teams gearing up for county tournament
Area schedules, regular season winding down Boys Wadley 70, Woodland 32 Frisco Robertson hit 15-of-20 shots from the floor and scored a season-high 35 points as Wadley thumped Woodland 70-32 last Tuesday. The win kept Wadley unbeaten in area play. Desmond Thomas had 14 points for Wadley, which led 34-16 at halftime and outscored…
Read MoreRobertson scores 1,000th career point
Wadley’s Frisco Robertson started the season by hitting a milestone, and he did it in style as the Bulldogs began their basketball season with a 79-57 win over Horseshoe Bend last Thursday. Robertson scored his 1,000th career point as part of a triple-double performance in which he scored 35 points and added 10 rebounds and…
Read MoreDogs fall short of second state title
Wilkes misses second half of 42-22 Wadley loss to Maplesville Wadley’s mission of winning back to back state titles came up short in a 42-22 loss to Maplesville in the 1A state championship game Thursday at Protective Stadium in Birmingham. Wadley star running back and linebacker Jaquez Wilkes injured his ankle just before halftime and…
Read MoreWadley on the cusp of history… County and state records within reach Thursday
The Wadley Bulldogs are one win away from winning back to back state championships. They play Maplesville Thursday at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, a rematch of last year’s 37-7 Wadley victory that gave the Bulldogs their first-ever playoff won state title. This year Maplesville is considered by most to be a significant favorite to win…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Big second half sends Wadley back to state semifinals
The Wadley Bulldogs are back in the state semifinals. But don’t let the 62-38 final score fool you. Hubbertville put a scare in the defending state champions before Jaquez Wilkes did he does, and the Bulldogs deflected yet another stout challenge before pulling away in the second half. Wilkes ran for 371 yards and six…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Wadley marches on; Handley, RCHS eliminated in second round
Handley came at the defending state champions with a solid game plan and a championship effort, but in the end the Tigers were overwhelmed and undone by 5-star running back Ezavier Crowell as Jackson ended Handley’s season with a 42-28 win in the second round of the Class 4A state playoffs. Handley played inspired, max-effort…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Vols advance, Woodland falls to Hubbertville in first round of playoffs
Clay Central scored three touchdowns in the game’s first six minutes against a jittery Sipsey Valley team, and the Vols went on to claim a 48-7 first-round playoff win Friday in Lineville. Zion Newell scored three touchdowns, and Taylor Boyd added 92 rushing yards and two touchdowns on nine carries as the Vols moved on…
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