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Calhoun County Meet the New Coaches

Long-time Wellborn coach Brenda Vinson watches her team huddle during the state volleyball tournament. She’s retiring after 24 years as a varsity head coach, with stints in four different sports. (Submitted photo)

Brown to lead Weaver boys’ wrestling, Welch to lead Ohatchee baseball and Mize to lead Jacksonville soccer among a spate of hirings. Wellborn’s Vinson retiring. New head coaches in Calhoun County system Varsity head coaches hired by the Calhoun County Board of Education for the 2025-26 school year: —Clint Smith, head football coach, White Plains —Jameson Edwards, head […]

Slaton Shines as Alexandria Falls; Spring Garden Stops Woodland, Falls to Kinston

Alexandria seniors Kaden Pritchett (6), Pressley Slaton (24) and Allyssa Hunt comfort each other as head coach Brian Hess speaks following the Valley Cubs’ season-ending loss to Curry on Thursday at Choccolocco Park. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Slaton stands out to the last, but fourth-ranked Alexandria’s run against ranked teams ends with 3-2 loss in state tournament. Spring Garden eliminates Woodland, falls to Kinston. State tourney scoreboard for area teams CLASS 1A Hackleburg 18, Spring Garden 5 Kinston 4, Woodland 1 Woodland 3, Waterloo 2 Spring Garden 8, Maplesville 3 Spring Garden […]

Ted’s Tee Times

Tanner Wells and Jacob LeCroy pose for pictures after winning the inaugural Ted’s Charity Invitational on July 14 of 2024. The tandem returns for this year’s Ted’s Invitational, which starts Saturday at Gadsden Country Club and Anniston Country Club. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

First-round tee times for the second annual Ted’s Charity Invitational golf tournament, set for Saturday and Sunday at Gadsden County Club and Anniston Country Club.  Saturday tee times GADSDEN COUNTRY CLUB (Scamble format) 7:30 a.m. — John Hilliard Catanzaro & William Catanzaro – Ryan Howard & Greg Shultz 7:40 a.m. — Chad Key & Tyler […]

State Softball

Alexandria’s Pressley Slaton comes out of windup against Plainview during Wednesday’s state-tournament action at Choccolocco Park. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Alexandria, Spring Garden and Woodland all survive their first day of state-tournament action, must fight out of the elimination bracket Thursday. Thursday’s state tourney scoreboard for area teams CLASS 1A Hackleburg 18, Spring Garden 5 Kinston 4, Woodland 1 Woodland 3, Waterloo 2 Spring Garden 8, Maplesville 3 Spring Garden 12, Ider 4 Woodland 7, […]

State Golf

State golf

Westbrook Christian boys take second in Class 4A, and Piedmont’s girls finish third in 1A-3A. Piedmont’s Wood finishes tied for 14th in 3A. BIRMINGHAM — Westbrook Christian’s boys, Piedmont’s girls and Piedmont’s Caden Wood were the area’s biggest winners in the state golf tournament. The tournament played out Monday and Tuesday at RTJ-Oxmoor Valley. Westbrook […]

This Week’s Schedule

Woodland qualified for this week’s state softball tournament out of last week’s Central Regional and will open play Wednesday, against Kinston. (Submitted photo)

High school sports events for area teams for the week of May 12-17. Coaches, report schedules/results to 256-452-4240 or joe@wrightmediacorp.com. State softball pairings May 12-16, at Choccolocco Park CLASS 1A WEDNESDAY, May 14 First round Waterloo vs. Ider, 9 a.m. Kinston vs. Woodland, 9 a.m. Maplesville vs. Leroy, 9 a.m. Spring Garden vs. Hackleburg, 9 […]

State Softball Pairings

State softball pairings

Oxford, AL – Pairings for next week’s state softball tournament, which will play out at Oxford’s Choccolocco Park. Plays starts Monday and runs through Friday. Class 1A WEDNESDAY, May 14 First round Waterloo vs. Ider, 9 a.m. Kinston vs. Woodland, 9 a.m. Maplesville vs. Leroy, 9 a.m. Spring Garden vs. Hackleburg, 9 a.m. Winners’ bracket, […]

Regional Softball

Spring Garden’s softball team poses for pictures after claiming the Class 1A East Regional title on Wednesday at Albertville’s Sand Mountain Park and clinching another state tournament berth. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Spring Garden adds East Regional title, and Woodland advances to state. Oxford, Jacksonville Christian fall on final day of regional. Softball regionals EAST REGIONAL At Sand Mountain Park, Albertville Class 1A WEDNESDAY, May 7 Skyline, 9, Appalachian 2 Spring Garden 9, Addison 2 Meek 15, Jacksonville Christian 2 Ider 10, Victory Christian 0 Winners’ bracket […]

Jacksonville High School Signings

JHS signings

Jacksonville, AL – Lights and scenes from Friday’s ceremony to celebrate the signings of three Jacksonville High School seniors. Videos by Joe Medley Photos by Joe Medley Jacksonville softball coach Gary Atchley talks during Friday’s ceremony to celebrate the signing of Lacey Barnes. She will play for Chattahoochee Valley Community College. Lacey Barnes’ Jacksonville softball […]

Smith Signs

Faith Christian’s Jayden Smith signed Wednesday to compete for Montevallo. (Submitted photo)

Anniston, AL – Faith Christian’s Smith parlays one year of prep track success into a chance to compete for the University of Montevallo. Faith Christian track standout Jayden Smith doesn’t know the source of his favorite quote but has proved it true. “The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to […]