He finished third in the state last year, and Ashville’s Cody Walker wanted to do even better this year as a high school wrestler. Mission accomplished: Walker competed for a state wrestling title.
Bring 'em on: Ragland faces, beats the best Ragland baseball coach Rodney Lipscomb knows if his Purple Devils team has any shot of winning a state title, all roads lead through Sweet Water and Athens Bible. That’s why he invited the two Class 1A powers to Ragland this past Saturday just to see where his Ragland team stood.
Ragland wins St. Clair Tourney The Ragland Purple Devils won the St. Clair County Baseball Tournament Saturday beating the host Springville Tigers 4-1 in the title game.
Leeds comes up short at regional The Leeds Green Wave’s defense of the AHSAA 3A championship came to an end Saturday in a 56-40 loss to Piedmont in the Northeast Regional finals in Jacksonville.
DAR beats Ashville to end season There was no comeback by the Lady Bulldogs in the AHSAA Class 4A Northeast Regional last week at Pete Mathews Coliseum at Jacksonville State University. The DAR Lady Patriots took an early lead and held on to it for a 71-52 victory.
Lady Bulldogs to face DAR After a slow start, the Ashville Lady Bulldogs did what they had to in the fourth quarter and pulled out a very hard-fought 53-44 win over the Saks Lady Wildcats last week in sub-regional action.
Ragland blasts Holy Family Coach Rush Rutledge’s girls were ready for Holy Family and took charge from the beginning. They were up 18-8 after the first quarter and 37-19 at halftime.
Leeds bound for JSU after win The Leeds Green Wave advanced to the Northeast Regional Tournament by upending the Glencoe Yellow Jackets 45-37 in sub-regional action last Saturday at home.
Ragland, Ashville headed to regionals The Ashville girls and the Ragland girls are headed to the Northeast Regional Basketball Tournament on the campus of Jacksonville State University.
Ragland girls win area The Ragland Lady Purple Devils won the Class 1A, Area 11 Tournament title Saturday beating Jacksonville Christian 62-51 in the championship game.