Off a tremendously successful 2020 season, registration for the Alex City Youth Soccer League has begun.
Prospective football players as young as 5 and as old as 12 received instruction from Reeltown’s coaching staff Saturday.
The Alexander City Middle School fishing team was recognized at Tuesday’s Alexander City City Council meeting for recently winning the state championship.
One of Alex City’s premier youth baseball teams showed out in Panama City, Florida last week.
Jesse Worthy lay at the bottom of a pile on the pitcher’s mound Sunday with his teammates celebrating a stellar win.
The Dadeville 12U Baseball All-Stars took the Dixie Youth Baseball Alabama state championship Sunday, advancing to the World Series July 29.
The Alex City 10U Softball All-Stars took home a state title after capping an undefeated season against Oak Mountain Saturday.
There’s no doubt who the best 10U rec softball team in the state of Alabama is.
Contributions in the circle and at the plate from Heidi Fuller and great team defense pushed Alex City 10U softball through to the state rec championship Saturday.
After dropping a game early on in the area tournament, the Alex City 6U Softball All-Stars rattled off five straight victories, avenging many of their pre-Area defeats, to win their area title and advance to the state tournament this weekend.
The Alex City 10U Softball All-Stars locked down their area title with another dominant tournament run this past weekend, securing their spot in the state tournament, which begins Thursday.
The Alexander City Parks and Rec department has opened registration for Youth Development Football and Cheerleading. Children ages 5-12 as of September 1, 2021 are eligible to participate.
The New York Giants actually play in New Jersey.
Alexander City’s spring soccer season is back for youth athletes once again and, on the heels of the lowest lows last season, some highs followed.
Matt Sheppard grew up playing golf on municipal courses. Today he is giving back to the game that gave him a career.
Registration is looming for the 2021 Alexander City Parks and Recreation baseball and softball season.
Reeltown has proven time and time again it is the epicenter in Alabama for showing support to friends and neighbors within the community.
With Thanksgiving in the books, many are looking to find ways to relax or shed off pounds gained over the holidays. The Charles E. Bailey Sportplex is able to fit nearly every outdoor need to work off some of the turkey and fixings during the extended weekend.
Young athletes lined up on Saturday to take turns at Dadeville assistant coach Michael Taylor’s speed and agility camp.
Football isn’t a sport in the Deep South, it’s a way of life Southerners take very seriously down to the lowest level.
The weather may be changing from summer to fall, but that isn’t stopping the Benjamin Russell fishing team from hitting the lake and competing to become top anglers in Alabama.
Ferst Readers of Tallapoosa County hosted its second annual fishing tournament Saturday and had a big turnout. People from all over Alabama showed up to compete in the Fish for Ferst fundraiser that benefits children ages 0 to 5, helping them learn to read and build confidence in their abili…
Getting settled in and used to a new job can be a whirlwind of emotions — exciting, intimidating and even a little overwhelming.
The Alpha Group Inc. finished its third annual leadership camp last weekend. The camp lasted for eight weeks and finished with a parents versus kids kickball game.
Ryne Gallacher was hired as a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. last week.
The Dixie Sailing Club celebrated its annual Summer Work Party on Saturday. The day started with an overcast but the temperature gradually worked its way toward the mid-90s with a nice breeze that left some of the crew members wanting to “abandon ship” for some fun on the water.
The Dixie Sailing Club Youth Program has accepted two new donations to its fleet: a Capri 16.5 and a Thistle.
A small mistake has forced organizers to restart a campaign to build local sports enthusiast Johnny Nolen a new home.
Swimming lessons in Alexander City are in their third and last session for the summer and Alex City Parks and Recreation pool manager Meg Blake said numbers were higher than she was expecting for the season, all things considered.
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit Tallapoosa County in mid-March, the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex was finally bustling with activity again last week. The area played host to a travel ball softball team with more than 30 teams, and once again, the ballfields will be packed…
In just a split second, anything can happen.
With the dog days of summer well on their way and several restrictions due to the coronavirus still in place, the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department will not have a youth baseball and softball season this year.
The youngsters at Barbara’s Studio of Dance go to work in August.
Campers at Alabama’s Special Camp for Children and Adults (ASCCA) Easterseals consider the getaway home away from home and this year will have to embrace those memories virtually as summer camps have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Most of you guys know I am big advocate of mental health.
For many years, the Lake Martin Classic brought baseball teams from across the state right here to Alexander City and for several of those, the Benjamin Russell Wildcats made the hometown proud.
Local athletic activities and games are being put on hold due to the coronavirus.
A local youngster is getting a head start on paying for college.
Area youngsters looking to get involved with youth sports will have their chance as registration for soccer, baseball and softball are coming up.
Successful spring is in the air at BRHS
The future is looking extremely bright for Benjamin Russell’s boys basketball team — especially if the middle school’s success is any indication. Over the last two seasons, Alexander City Middle School has gone 26-1 on the boys basketball court, including a 13-0 start to this year.
For more than five years, Braden Jones has been hunting with Outdoor Friends Forever at Hardy Farms in Coosa County and for the past two years, Jones has been eying a particular buck.
The accolades just kept coming for Horseshoe Bend’s youngsters last week as they took on their final weekend of youth football and cheerleading competition.
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