Last Friday Elmore County High School hosted a 7-on-7 tournament with six surrounding schools. Reeltown, Dadeville, Montgomery Academy, Stanhope Elmore and Wetumpka football teams were all in attendance Friday afternoon on the new turf field at ECHS.
The Elmore County football program is player-led.
Flag football is a new sport that is taking the country — and Elmore County — by storm. Elmore County High School is the second school in the county to add the sport with the assistance of a grant from the Atlanta Falcons and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.
Elmore County’s Cadi Crews is a force on the soccer pitch. She’s the first person in her family to play soccer, but you wouldn’t know that from the way she plays.
From the outside coaching is the X’s and O’s. It is after-school practices, Thursday night games and celebrating wins with the team. It’s true — coaching is all of those things but it is also so much more. Elmore County girls soccer coach Leslie Hines gets it better than most.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Matt Tarpley loves soccer. As the head coach for boys and girls soccer at Tallassee High School, Tarpley has lived and breathed soccer for the last three seasons. Although he might be one of the few in Elmore County to do so.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Another Panther was named to participate in All-Star Week in July.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
File / TPI Wetumpka's Miller Lombardi shines on the mound and at the plater for the Indians.
The 2025 softball season has come to an end in Elmore County, and this season proved to be one of the best in recent history.
It was an exciting weekend for Elmore County’s fishing teams as Elmore County High School placed third in the large-school division and Holtville captured fourth in small schools at the Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association state championships.
Winning a team championship is no easy feat.
The Elmore County softball team fell victim to a slow start in the first game of the AHSAA Class 5A Regional tournament on Monday.
The Elmore County girls soccer team remained undefeated after a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Holtville in the AHSAA Class 5A playoffs.
The Panthers are on their way to Montgomery.
It was a hard-fought battle between two of the top dogs in Class 5A, but unfortunately, it was UMS-Wright who took the series; 2-1.
If it weren’t for a few errors and free bases here and there in Game 2, Elmore County’s baseball team would’ve had a near perfect day in the opening round of the AHSAA Class 5A playoffs. The Panthers smoked Jemison to the tune of 11-1 in five innings in the opening game of a doubleheader bef…
The rivalry between the Elmore County High School and Holtville soccer programs continued Tuesday night at 17 Springs.
The Elmore County softball team is hitting its stride at the right time.
The Elmore County baseball team rounded out the Class 5A Area 6 slate with back-to-back wins over Beauregard.
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Land Bell, Tallassee
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It is reminiscent of the beginning of the season for the Elmore County baseball team as it soared to four straight victories.
Player of the Year: Terrance Collins, Stanhope Elmore freshman
After falling in the past two games, the Elmore County softball team responded by winning the next two. First the Panthers turned in a 7-4 victory over Marbury then followed it up with a 14-6 win over Alabama Christian Academy.
Player of the Year: Lexie Smith, Edgewood Academy sophomore
Even being down some major contributors the Elmore County girls soccer team remains undefeated after taking down Tallasse, 4-0.
It was a tale of two games for Tallassee’s baseball team on Saturday.
The Elmore County softball team had a busy week to kick off the season, playing six games in just under a week. Now, the team sits at 3-3 on the year.
The Elmore County football team was hit with hard news after hearing offensive line coach Charles Winchester Jr. was diagnosed with cancer.
Tyler Payton has reigned supreme — again.
Elmore County opened the 2025 season out on the right foot with back-to-back wins over Tallassee, showcasing their prowess on offense.
For the entirety of the Class of 2026, only 30 volleyball players are chosen to participate in the 29th annual AHSAA North-South All-Star Roster — Elmore County’s Isabella Fuller is one of them.
The Elmore County girls basketball team takes down Beauregard, 31-30.
Both the Wetumpka girls and the boys basketball teams came away victorious on the road Friday against the Elmore County Panthers, 41-27 and 52-40, respectively.
In just about every element of the game, Ally Orr could be seen on the volleyball court for Elmore County this season. She accounted for 376 kills, 62 aces and 387 digs this past season, and she is the Elmore County Volleyball Player of the Year.
It was a battle of the heavyweights on Tuesday night as Elmore County hosted Wetumpka and Valley for its first home match of the season.
The Wetumpka Indians hosted the Elmore County Panthers on Thursday night in a battle of four periods which saw the Indians claim victory by a final score of 71-53.
The Elmore County Panthers took their talents on the road as they matched up with the Wetumpka Indians in a hard fought game which ended with a score of 71-53.
Wetumpka welcomed in the Panthers of Elmore County on Thursday in a contest in which the Indians would win by a score of, 39-28.
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