The injury bug has hit Benjamin Russell’s wrestling team and that’s forced the Wildcats to make some changes.
Opelika’s girls basketball team came with lunch pails in hand Friday night when it came to Benjamin Russell. With a 50-32 victory over the Wildcats, the Bulldogs were riding high thanks to senior Julia Worth who led all scorers with 14.
Opelika’s boys basketball team traveled to Benjamin Russell on Friday night in what was a nail-biter from the opening tip, but the Bulldogs eked out a 50-48 victory over the Wildcats.
Despite the weather not being able to make up its mind, spring sports are definitely on their way.
As Wetumpka and Stanhope were both preparing for their regional wrestling duals, which will be hosted in Wetumpka tonight, they both got a good tune-up with a tri-meet at Benjamin Russell.
Football isn’t about winning and losing.
The wins just keep piling up for Benjamin Russell senior Saxon Coker.
Any time a team has more turnovers than it has points, it’s likely not going to end well.
It’s hard to pinpoint why exactly Benjamin Russell’s boys basketball team is struggling so much.
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For the fourth year in a row, Benjamin Russell’s Saxon Coker reigned supreme at the Scott Rohrer Invitational in Hoover. Competing at 154 pounds this weekend, Coker picked up six straight victories to earn the gold medal and move his season record to 40-2.
Some high school basketball teams like to get in a few extra games during the winter break. Whether by hosting a couple home games like Horseshoe Bend did just before Christmas or playing in a tournament like Reeltown, Benjamin Russell girls and Central Coosa did, getting in some extra playi…
Successful spring is in the air at BRHS
For the second consecutive season, Benjamin Russell traveled to Wetumpka and took the first-place trophy at the Indians Invitational. The Wildcats took a big lead after one day and finished with five individual champions plus five more top-four finishes to earn 255.5 points, defeating the cl…
Benjamin Russell returned to Wetumpka on Friday morning as the defending champions of the Indians Invitational and the Wildcats picked up where they left off last year. Benjamin Russell had five wrestlers finish the first day with perfect records as the team took a 21-point lead over the nea…
Although it’s technically not official yet, Benjamin Russell’s football schedule for the 2020 season has been released and it’s littered with new faces.
Playing a holiday tournament gives basketball teams a good opportunity to get a look a myriad of competition and that’s exactly what it provided for Central Coosa’s boys basketball team in the Childersburg Christmas Tournament last week. In addition, the Cougars also showed some fight as the…
With a new reclassification schedule for the AHSAA, the local volleyball teams also got a bit of shakeup in their area alignments and it seems like there could be some new rivalries brewing.
After dominating Homewood to the tune of 57-12 on Tuesday night, Benjamin Russell’s wrestling team met its match against Helena. The Wildcats’ perfect start to the dual season came to an end as the Huskies earned a 43-30 victory.
Another victory for Benjamin Russell’s fishing team at the final fall tournament on Lake Martin last weekend more than secured first place in the Three River Throwdown for the season.
For the first time ever, the Dadeville-Reeltown rivalry is about to mean a whole lot more.
Perfect was the name of the game for Benjamin Russell’s Saxon Coker at this weekend’s Swede Umbach Invitational in Auburn. Despite having to take the mat six times in a two-day time frame, Coker wrestled his way to perfection and earned first place at 152 pounds.
Benjamin Russell’s Reginald Sweetwyne, seated center, signed his National Letter of Intent on Thursday to run cross country and track at Point University, an NAIA program in West Point, Georgia.
In a game that was full of hype and momentum swings, Central Coosa’s boys basketball team got the final say Friday night.
Switching defenses has been the ticket to Benjamin Russell’s recent success on the girls basketball court.
As if the Benjamin Russell-Central Coosa basketball rivalry needed any more excitement.
Benjamin Russell wrestling has a long history of bringing the fight to whoever has the misfortune of toeing the line opposite a Wildcat. In a 51-24 win over Pike Road on Tuesday night, Benjamin Russell showed just how dominant it can be as four of the five contested matches ended in the firs…
A dominating first half is what allowed Benjamin Russell to squeeze out a narrow 60-56 victory over Smiths Station on Tuesday night in boys basketball action. The win snapped a five-game losing skid for the Wildcats.
Despite some serious intrasquad competition, Damien Lawry is making himself hard to replace at heavyweight for Benjamin Russell’s wrestling team. Pokey Norris may have been one of the best 285-pounders in the state last year but as he’s hard at work getting his weight down after football sea…
Benjamin Russell’s Layton Bradford, seated center, officially singed his National Letter of Intent on Monday morning to run track and cross country at Point University, an NAIA program in West Point, Georgia.
Several Benjamin Russell wrestlers came home with medals after successful runs at the 40th Huntsville Invitational on Saturday.
The Dadeville boys basketball team didn’t hold back Friday night at home versus Benjamin Russell, as it came out on top, 57-42.
In all but four bouts Thursday night, Benjamin Russell came out victorious as it earned a pair of team wins in a tri-meet against Athens and James Clemens.
The Benjamin Russell girls basketball team lost in a close heartbreaker to the Dadeville Tigers, 43-40 Friday night.
Brittany Wagner was just a girl from Mississippi.
Despite holding a two-point lead at halftime, Benjamin Russell’s boys basketball team couldn’t keep up its momentum Tuesday night and it ended in a 64-52 loss against Sylacauga.
Despite some last-minute schedule changes that forced Benjamin Russell not to face McAdory on Tuesday night, the Wildcats did get in their first dual meet of the season and earned a big victory over Auburn. Benjamin Russell picked up 10 wins via fall and lost only one bout on the mat en rout…
Everything for Benjamin Russell’s volleyball team seemed to go through Makenzie Davis.
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Benjamin Russell student Trey Shockley signed his National Letter of Intent to play golf with Jefferson State Community College at Shelby-Hoover.
Despite his partner being out sick, Benjamin Russell’s Jackson Kelly didn’t let that stop him last week on Lake Eufaula. He absolutely dominated the field, bagging six fish weighing in at 14.14 pounds to take the top spot in the Wildcats’ final fall tournament.
Entering the boys basketball season and with such key pieces graduated from last year’s squad, Za Stowes knew he was going to have to take on a bigger leadership role for Benjamin Russell.
Both Nyshaad Hannon and Hezekiah Hunter brought home silver medals from the Gulf Coast Clash wrestling tournament in Mobile to start the season for Benjamin Russell this weekend.
Ashley Atkinson is searching for people who played on the 1948 Alexander City Wildcats team. Hamp Lyon was the coach at the time and P.B. “Skip” Yeargan was the assistant coach.
Chock full of returners combined with some highly touted newcomers and Benjamin Russell is looking forward to a strong wrestling season.
The postseason talk rolls on as Caleb and Lizi quickly recap the second round (1:55) before diving into Friday night's quarterfinal between Reeltown and G.W. Long (11:53).
With under eight seconds to go and Benjamin Russell down by three points and continuing to foul, it looked like the game was in the bag for Sylacauga.
It seemed like Benjamin Russell’s girls basketball team might be in for another long, turnover-filled night. But despite having eight miscues in the first quarter alone and holding onto just a two-point lead after one frame, the Wildcats earned a dominating 49-24 victory over Sylacauga in no…
Wrestling fans were treated to a day of competition, laughs and a look at the future during Saturday’s alumni fundraising event at Benjamin Russell.
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