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Woodland won, Wadley lost, and the 1A Region 5 race is just getting started. That's the takeaway from an eventful Friday night in the region that features two of the four county teams.
In an extreme contrast of offensive styles, RCHS’s run heavy approach outgunned Ranburne’s pass-happy methods to send the Tigers to a 42-27 victory over the Bulldogs in Ranburne Friday. Read more
Through three games last year Woodland was 0-3 and had been outscored 104-27. Read more
Clay Central got eight touchdowns from seven different players as the unbeaten and top-ranked Volunteers cruised to a 55-6 win over Elmore County. Read more
Wadley's 14-12 win over Victory Christian Friday had a lot of what you might expect from a team playing so many young players. Everything that should have been difficult was, and everything that should have been easy wasn't. Read more
Leading up to Friday’s region opener against Munford, Handley head coach Larry Strain said that the Lions were the team to beat in 4A, Region 4. After Handley overcame a mistake-filled first half to come away with a 38-28 win, it begs the question. Read more
Wadley got its first win of the season, and got to see the start of a feel-good family legacy Friday with a 39-8 win over Talladega County Central. Read more
A game that wasn’t originally on Ranburne’s schedule could end up costing the team dearly when it comes to its chances of success this season. Read more
J.D. Till’s kickoff return late in the third quarter put RCHS ahead and turned out to be the game-winning points in a 28-14 win over LaFayette Friday in Wedowee. Read more
Clay Central held off a strong challenge from Sylacauga Friday, but the Vols were able to come away with a 27-22 victory in what may prove to be a crucial region matchup. Read more
The Handley football team gathered along its sideline to hear head coach Larry Strain's post-game comments after the Tigers' 38-28 win over Munford. As they settled in, from somewhere in the stands a voice screamed out exactly what every Handley fan was thinking in that moment. Read more
On Friday night one team won a game it didn’t play, and simultaneously lost a game it did play. And the other team played a game and won, but still has a record of 0-0. Read more
If Jaxon Langley keeps this up, he could be in for an extremely productive year. Read more
In two years as a starting quarterback, Clay Central’s Boyd Ogles hasn’t built a reputation as a true dual-threat quarterback. After Saturday’s 37-20 Central win over Benjamin Russell, that reputation may start to change. Read more
Tae Meadows rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns and Handley overcame some weather-related miscues to defeat Beauregard 36-6 Friday in Opelika. Read more
Last week in a loss to White Plains, Ranburne managed a total of 30 yards of offense on the ground. Friday night against Wadley, Ranburne's Tylor Cornwell surpassed that on his first carry of the night. Read more
Everyone talks about the storybook ending, but Woodland showed on Friday night that a storybook beginning can be just as sweet. Read more
The song “Eye of the Tiger” is a constant around the Handley football program on Friday nights, and a lyric from that song helps explain how Handley was able to come away with a 41-0 preseason victory Friday over RCHS. Read more
Wadley could not overcome a slew of self-inflicted wounds as the Bulldogs suffered a 26-15 loss to Horseshoe Bend to start their season last Friday. Read more
Central of Clay County knew they were going to have to replace one of the school’s all-time great running backs coming into this season. Read more
The good news for RCHS and freshman quarterback Avion Willis is this: they probably just faced the best defense they will see all season long. Read more
COVID-19 has introduced plenty of chaos and disruption to the sports world over the past six months, but no one could have foreseen its local impact on the first two weeks of high school football. Read more
Woodland head coach Blair Armstrong is aware that what he’s about to say has become something of a cliché. So before the cliché he offers a disclaimer. Read more
MONTGOMERY – The AHSAA met with its Fall Sports and Football Coaches’ Committees Tuesday through an online virtual meeting and heard updates from the AHSAA Medical Advisory Board Committee and the Alabama State Department of Education. Read more
They may have already graduated, but the Handley fishing duo of Kyle Knoll and Evan Pike aren’t done with their high school careers just yet. Read more
Schools throughout the county have re-opened their doors for summer workouts, which most schools began Monday. Read more
In the ever evolving aftermath of the coronavirus-induced sports shutdown, the resumption of high school sports activities – in an abridged form – appears to be at hand. Read more
One of my favorite portions of the high school sports year just potentially got a lot more fun. Read more
A glimmer of hope has emerged for the sports-starved landscape in Alabama after state superintendent of education Eric Mackey laid out a tentative timeline for how schools might allow athletes to return to the field. Read more
One of the most sought-after football recruits to ever come out of Randolph County has made his decision on where he will play college football. Read more
The abrupt end to the 2020 high school sports season in early March left thousands of players and coaches (and media members) throughout the state with a dissatisfying finish to what was shaping up to be an intriguing season. Read more
