A long layoff due to concerns over the spread of COVID- 19 has come to an end for the basketball programs at the three county schools. RCHS returned to play Saturday, Wadley took the court Monday and Woodland saw its first action of the new year Tuesday after superintendent John Jacobs shut …
It's time to start including the Handley Tigers in the conversation about the best high school football programs in the state of Alabama.
The goal all along this week for Handley was to spend two straight Fridays in Tuscaloosa. That dream will become a reality for the Tigers after they traveled to T-Town and defeated American Christian Academy 34-13 in the state semifinals Friday night.
A long layoff due to concerns over the spread of COVID- 19 has come to an end for the basketball programs at the three county schools. RCHS returned to play Saturday, Wadley took the court Monday and Woodland saw its first action of the new year Tuesday after superintendent John Jacobs shut … Read more
It's time to start including the Handley Tigers in the conversation about the best high school football programs in the state of Alabama. Read more
The goal all along this week for Handley was to spend two straight Fridays in Tuscaloosa. That dream will become a reality for the Tigers after they traveled to T-Town and defeated American Christian Academy 34-13 in the state semifinals Friday night. Read more
The Handley Tigers will play for a spot in the Class 4A state championship game next week after they blasted past Bibb County 35-21 in round three of the Class 4A state playoffs Friday in Roanoke. Read more
It wasn't a happy ending for the Woodland Bobcats Friday night, but after the emotion of Friday's 26-16 season-ending loss to Berry subsides, it will definitely go down as one of the happiest seasons Woodland has had in a long time. Read more
With momentum clearly in Vigor's corner and the game possibly hanging in the balance, Handley turned to its star running back to restore order. And Tae Meadows gladly complied. Read more
In a game dominated by the front lines of two championship caliber defenses, it was the big plays that made the difference. And in the end Central of Clay County came up with one more big play – and one more point – than Handley in 15-14 win for the Volunteers. Read more
Woodland was outscored 18-0 in the second half, and the Bobcats lost a crucial region contest to Winterboro, 25-15, Friday in their final home game of the regular season. Read more
Handley played like a team that was frustrated about not getting to play the week before as they bolted out of the gates and continued the onslaught for three quarters in a 52-0 rout of White Plains last Friday. Read more
Entering the final week of region play Friday Ranburne needed to win its game against Fayetteville and hope for some help elsewhere in order to claim its fourth straight playoff berth. Read more
In Friday’s 30-0 loss to B.B. Comer, it wasn’t the typical running performance that we have come to know from the RCHS offense. Read more
The playoff fates of all of the local teams are settled after the results of Friday's games. And for the three teams that were fighting to climb the ladder in the standings the news was not good. Read more
Wadley punched its ticket for the playoffs, Woodland kept its hopes of a region championship alive, and RCHS got knocked out of the No. 1 spot in the state in a big Friday night of high school football in the county. Read more
The Woodland Bocats won their fourth straight game and secured their first playoff berth since 2014 with a 47-6 dismantling of Talladega County Central Friday on a wet homecoming night in Woodland. The Bobcats led from start to finish in a game that was never in doubt. Read more
RCHS survived an offensive explosion by both teams in Wedowee Thursday, while Handley cleared a major hurdle in its quest for the region championship with a win over Cherokee County. Read more
The RCHS Tigers rolled to exactly 500 yards of offense and held Fayetteville to minus-19 yards rushing in another physically dominant performance for RCHS that led to a 41-0 victory. Read more
There’s another hurricane heading our way, with forecasts calling for heavy rain from Hurricane Delta to arrive in our general area sometime Friday night. For that reason several teams (Handley, RCHS, Ranburne) will be playing on Thursday to stay ahead of the weather. Read more
Apparently all Clay Central needed was to get back into its region. After venturing into the toughest of waters in its week five non-region game and suffering its first loss in 14 games, Central found its remedy in a 46-7 region victory over Talladega Friday. Read more
With their playoff hopes likely on the line, Ranburne put a scare into LaFayette Friday. But the Bulldogs never got the big play that they needed late, and Ranburne fell 21-14. Read more
This is starting to turn into the kind of season Woodland hasn't seen in a long, long time. Read more
The last time Woodland made the playoffs was 2014. Before Friday night the last time Woodland beat Ranburne was 2011. Read more
RCHS has found its formula for success in 2020, and the Tigers keeping practicing that formula to perfection. Read more
For three and a half quarters the state championship rematch between Clay Central and Pleasant Grove looked like a celebration of revenge for the Spartans. But Central put up a fight at the end and sent a message before finally losing for the first time in 15 games. Read more
A strange brew of defense and penalties and missed opportunities led Handley and Lanett to duel to a 0-0 tie after four quarters of football. Read more
Woodland senior quarterback Brock Edwards has seen the years come and go as a member of the Bobcats varsity football program. And each year that he has been a part of that program, Woodland has lost to Ranburne. Read more
You don't need me to tell you that things have been weird so far this football season. For starters, it's week five of the high school football season, which means that the local high school football teams will be halfway done with their regular seasons before the SEC plays its first snap. Read more
The RCHS Tigers are showing that winning definitely has its rewards. Read more
The Woodland Bobcats got back into the win column and got their offense jump-started in the process with a 33-14 victory over Donoho Friday in Anniston. Read more
Handley did what it was expected to do in its game on Friday, then got a healthy dose of the unexpected Tuesday morning. Read more
For the past two weeks Danny Horn’s Clay Central Volunteers have had a relatively easy road. Blowout wins against Elmore County and Beauregard gave Horn a chance to empty his bench in the second half while simultaneously putting his team atop the region standings. Read more
