With athletics getting ready to once again begin for the first time in more than two months across the state, the AHSAA has released a set of “Best Practices” guidelines for return. Those include everything from sanitation guidelines, a set of pre-screening questions and suggestions for maintaining social distancing during athletic activities, which can resume Monday.
Although Lindsey Smith, Jake Adams and I have remained close in the three-plus years since I left Pennsylvania, it’s still hard to get a sense of what’s going on for them on a day-to-day basis.
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, countless people, businesses and organizations have been affected. Lives have changed, likely forever.
After a fine career with Benjamin Russell’s boys basketball team, Mike Goggans continued his success at the next level. After playing at then-Alexander City Junior College, Goggans transferred to Birmingham Southern where he played for two seasons.
Four years ago, Reeltown was just resurging its track and field program. But from the very first season, the Rebels proved they were ready to make waves.
When Alana Garrard took on reigniting the Reeltown track and field program four years ago, she made one promise.
What felt like an eternity for sports fans, coaches and players alike finally is coming to an end.
Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. is hosting a “Virtual Senior Night.”
“This is another one of those ultimate ‘not fairs’ due to the coronavirus.”
Alabama High School Athletic Association member schools may reopen June 1, in accordance with Alabama State Department of Education superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey’s directive announced Thursday.
Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. is hosting a “Virtual Senior Night.”
The AHSAA North-South all-stars are always full of great competition for fans and even better opportunities for players, who are hoping at an extra chance at recruitment.
I knew this time was going to be tough.
Every football coach treats summer a little differently. Some want to focus solely on their squads while others like to get out there and test the waters with 7-on-7s and OTAs.
While there have been so many questions surrounding how football will get played this season and when practice and workouts can begin, teams on the gridiron aren’t the only ones facing the unknowns.
It’s hard enough to be talented at one sport or even two sports, but being a star on three — or even four — sports takes a whole different level of dedication.
The entire AHSAA staff has been hard at work coming up with contingency plans for what high school sports will look like in Alabama moving forward in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. While there is still a bit of waiting game, officials are getting closer to making some set plans.
In a new reclassification cycle, a shakeup is always expected and that was certainly the case for local teams this year. Previously it had been announced Reeltown will be making a jump to Class 3A, changing things up quite drastically, and that continued as the AHSAA recently announced its s…
Sports fanatics are going to have to wait at least a while longer for the return of high school sports in Alabama.
Family has always been more important than football for the Reeltown Rebels.
Over the years, there have been quite a few complaints about the AHSAA North-South All-Star football game and the biggest issue has always been the timing of it.
When most athletes think about trying to accomplish a dream, their first thought is to push themselves as hard as they can.
Given the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a lot of uncertainty swirling around what’s going to happen to the high school football season.
Just like the saying, “You can’t always judge a book by its cover,” you also can’t always judge a player by her stats alone.
Sometimes Reeltown’s girls basketball team won by 30 points. Other times, it had to eke out a narrow victory in hard-fought endings. And still other times, the Rebels had to claw back from huge deficits to earn comeback wins.
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PJ Eason, Dadeville junior
Just like when a player gets selected for a big all-star game, if a coach is asked to be part of the coaching staff, it provides an ample amount of opportunity.
When someone plays at a small school, it can be hard to get noticed on a statewide stage.
Caleb is once again joined by co-host Lizi to discuss the possible long-term effects on high school sports as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
As the official end of the spring season came Thursday afternoon when schools were closed for the remainder of the school year, there were also a lot of questions that still needed answered.
I’ve managed to get through all my interviews about the coronavirus without shedding a tear.
Benjamin Russell coach Richy Brooks has been in this business a long time. He’s been the head of the Wildcat baseball program for longer than his current players have been alive.
Spring sports for 2020 are officially over for Alabama high schools.
How the postponement of spring sports has affected spring sport athletes due to the coronavirus has been a major focus, and rightfully so.
With most of the sports world still being shut down, Caleb and Lizi turn their attention to the football world.
It’s not just sports games and events that’ve been put on hold by the AHSAA due to the coronavirus outbreak; it’s also practices that’ve been disallowed.
For so many people, sports are a solace.
Central Coosa’s Noel Jones was the only local named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association boys basketball all-state teams, which were released this weekend.
Local athletic activities and games are being put on hold due to the coronavirus.
After Governor Kay Ivey announced shutdown of schools beginning March 19, the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) quickly responded by announcing a suspension of all athletic events at the end of the day Tuesday, March 17.
For the past few years, Class 5A teams and wrestlers have dominated the state wrestling championships in the 1A-5A division.
One of the biggest goals of the AHSAA has always been to grow high school sports throughout the state. And with every seemingly tough decision usually comes a silver lining.
Amongst some much bigger schools, Reeltown’s Eric Shaw continued to make his presence known. He claimed first place in both events he competed in at Saturday’s Auburn Early Bird meet.
A long bus ride to Mobile Christian was more than worth it for Reeltown’s baseball team, which escaped Friday’s game with a 6-3 victory over the Leopards for its first win of the young season.
Unsurprisingly, it was Benjamin Russell’s distance runners who did the most damage at the Opelika Invitational on Saturday to kick off the track and field season.
There’s good hitters, there’s great hitters and then there’s Bentley Baker.
It was a great start for Dadeville’s fishing team Saturday as the Tigers kicked off the Alabama Student Anglers Bass Fishing Association tournament trail with a third-place finish on Lake Martin.
After a bit of a hiatus, Caleb Turrentine and I are back.
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