Storm Stories
Gadsden, AL – Storm drops tree limb on two vehicles, forces late-round delay for eventual leader Cole in Gadsden City Championship. By Joe Medley Ty Cole just made major changes in his putting game. Add a grip adjustment, and he came away from Saturday’s first round of the Gadsden City Championship positioned to repeat as […]
Blue Map Couple
Alexandria, AL – Mutually supportive relationship helps Alexandria’s Zac, Whitney Welch put coveted AHSAA trophies in alma mater’s case. By Joe Medley Zac and Whitney Welch came up in a high school culture where individual understatement equals ethic but team championships never go understated. As of this week, they became a rare “Blue Map” couple. […]
Cub Trio Signs
Alexandria, AL – Alexandria’s Thompson, Dickerson and Folsom add to big year of signings for Alexandria High School athletes. By Joe Medley It’s been quite a school year for memorabilia tables in the Larry R. Ginn Gymnasium lobby and and signing stations stretching across the playing floor, and three more had their day Friday. Baseball […]
Alexandria Champions Walk
Alexandria, AL – Alexandria honors its state-championship baseball, girls’ golf teams with trophy walk following academic awards. Alexandria’s newly minted state championship baseball and girls’ golf teams will soon have a “ball on the wall” in Larry R. Ginn Gymnasium, but they they took their walk of champions Friday. As Queen’s “We Are The […]
State Softball
Alexandria falls one game short of Class 5A finals. Piedmont, Pleasant Valley each goes 1-2 as Bulldogs complete fourth consecutive state-tourney run and Raiders complete their fifth in seven years. Alexandria coach Brian Hess talks to the Valley Cubs after their 4-1 loss to Jasper in Thursday’s Class 5A elimination game of the state tournament […]
Up For a Repeat?
Oxford, AL – Alexandria reaches winners’ bracket final, but nemesis Moody breaks free with a five-run sixth inning to advance to state 5A finals. Valley Cubs must win three games in a day for the second week in a row to take state. By Joe Medley Alexandria’s softball team won three games in a day […]
Valleys and Rallies for Calhoun County Team
Jacksonville, AL – Thinking of ailing father, Welch goes from ejected to tears of joy while leading alma mater Alexandria to its first state baseball championship. (Includes photo gallery and three videos) By Joe Medley The brew of emotions spilled out of Zac Welch like multicolored water, a refracted swirl of pride, frustration, joy and […]
Things Work Out in Jacksonville
Jacksonville, AL – Jacksonville’s Hammack, Sawyer and Peeler find their opportunity to compete in college … or, more like, opportunity found them. By Joe Medley A day on the virtual range led to Reagan Hammack’s chance to play college golf. Gavin Peeler and girlfriend Lizah Sawyer found their way to compete for the same college. All […]
State Champs
Florance, AL – Led by seventh-grader Stokes, Alexandria finishes off second team state title in girls’ golf and first in 16 years at RTJ-The Shoals. History doesn’t often repeat, but it rhymes like a rapper. Playing on the same course where they won a state title in 2008, Alexandria’s girls finished off their second […]
Valley Cubs Lead
Florence, AL – While baseball team vies for state title, and softball team eyes its state tourney opener, Alexandria’s girls’ golf team emerges with lead after state tournament’s first round Alexandria just might bring home two blue maps Tuesday and three this week. The baseball team won Monday’s Game 1 of the Class 5A […]