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County’s health ranking still lags By MITCH SNEED Editor
Tallapoosa County’s health ranking remained virtually unchanged in 2016 in numbers released recently by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Tallapoosa County ranked 41st among Alabama’s 67 counties in the 2016 County Health Rankings put together by the foundation. Tallapoosa was ranked 41st in 2015 as well.
Among Alabama counties, Tallapoosa’s best ranking was 26th in length of life. Its worst ranking was 55th in physical environment, which takes into account air pollution, drinking water, commute time to work and housing quality. The county also ranked low in quality of life, a category that considers poor health days, poor mental health days and low birth weight. Tallapoosa ranked 55th in quality of life. Tallapoosa County also ranked 35th in clinical care, 37th in physical environ-
ment, 44th in social and economic factors, 42nd in health factors and 35th in health behaviors. Some other key findings include: • 32 percent of Tallapoosa County residents are listed as physically inactive. • 81 percent of people in Tallapoosa County are high school graduates, the exact same percentage of graduates in the state of Alabama. • 62 percent of Tallapoosa County women are on schedule with mammograms.
• 16 percent of county residents are listed as uninsured. • 78 percent of county residents have had diabetic screening. That percentage is 4 percentage points better than a year ago. • 50 percent of children are in singleparent homes. • 21 percent of Tallapoosa County residents are listed as smokers. • 37 percent of residents in the county
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MONTOGIMERY – “Alright everybody, get out your raffle tickets,” Magic Moments Executive Director Joyce Spielberger told the crowd gathered for the Capital City Clay Shoot Friday. “Check you numbers, 2 – 0 – 6 – 1 – 2.” A confident Chase Clayton of New Site raised his hand among the more than 100 gathered for lunch after the shoot at Lower Wetumpka Shotgun Shooting Club in Montgomery. “Oh my gosh,” Spielberger said. “Come on up.” It was in front of the crowd that Chase was let in on the secret that all his family had already known. “I don’t even know what the raffle prize is,” Spielberger explained to the shooters. “But Chase – you have won a Magic Moments trip to Disney World for you and your family. We are so excited about how courageous you are with all that you have been through these past couple years.” Spielberger assured the shooters that their raffle prizes were still there and it was not rigged.
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Above, Chase Clayton, center, walks back to his seat after finding out he and his family had won a trip to Orlando including Disney World from Magic Moments. Right, the trip was given as a drawing where Chase excitedly raised his hand when he heard his winning number called. Little did he know the fix was in from the beginning.
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Annual Fall Festival, Chairish raffle set next weekend By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
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Ready to celebrate the crisper, cooler air, the changing leaves and everything that is fall in Alexander City? Then get ready for what has become the city’s official celebration of fall – MainStreet’s annual Fall Festival – which begins with Rally in the Alley on Thursday evening, Oct. 20, and ends with the festival on Saturday, Oct. 22. The entire celebration culminates at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon when the drawing is held for the approximately 60 hand-decorated items donated this year by local “artists” for the annual
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Charles Coley hangs banner advertising next Saturday’s Fall Festival. The event is set to begin at 5 p.m.
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DEAR ABBY: I’m a 13-yearold girl in the eighth grade. I moved in with my father and his girlfriend five months ago. (My mom is estranged.) They are very strict and controlling. I’m not allowed to go anywhere, have friends over or be in my room with my phone for any amount of time, and I have to do all the chores in the summertime. They also go through my phone even though they have no reason to. They post embarrassing pictures of me under my Facebook account, take my phone away constantly (so I can’t talk to my friends who live far away), force me to play softball (that’s a big one), which I hate, etc. My privacy is nonexistent, especially considering how I used to live before. I feel like I have no independence. I know I can be disrespectful at times, but I don’t get into trouble and I don’t understand why they act like they do. I’m
ing yourself or contemplating suicide, you need more help than I can give you here. I repeat, PLEASE DON’T WAIT. DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend, whom I have been dating for more than a year, has isolated herself from me and all her friends because her makeup came off while she was in a hot tub and everyone saw her without it. She’s insecure about her appearance and has worn heavy makeup every day since she was 12. When she went into the hot tub, the heat melted it off, and when she saw it was gone, she started crying and left the party early. She hasn’t talked to me or any of her friends since. Her brother said she was embarrassed about being seen without makeup and doesn’t want to talk to anyone. It has been two weeks since I last spoke to her, and she hasn’t even talked to her sister in
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more than a week. I don’t know what I should do. -- HOT TUB MELTDOWN DEAR HOT TUB MELTDOWN: Assuming that your girlfriend isn’t an actress, model or other celebrity who must be camera-ready at every moment, she seems overly preoccupied with her appearance. Unless she has an unsightly skin condition she’s selfconscious about, her extreme overreaction isn’t normal. If she is a minor, her parents should be told what’s going on so they can get her some psychological help, because she appears to need it. If she’s an adult, then the person who should urge her to do so is you. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Holtville football game fight ends with stabbing By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer
Elmore County Sheriff’s officials said a stabbing occurred at a Holtville High School football game after a “verbal altercation” turned “physical” between two 17-year-olds, one who was transported to an area hospital for two stab wounds. Michael Lasiter, a former Holtville High School student and ex-Bulldogs wrestler was arrested and charged as an adult in the stabbing, Sheriff Bill Franklin said. Prosecutors with the local District Attorney’s Office said Lasiter had been released from Many a small thing has
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The other was described as superficial. Lasiter was charged with second-degree assault with sentences varying from one to 10 years, Franklin said. Franklin said it was a matter of “kids being kids,” but could have turned tragic. “The verbal argument turned into the physical altercation,” he said. “I don’t see the need for the knife, but I think he’s rapidly understanding the ramifications of having a knife and stabbing someone and him being 17.” Lasiter was said to have left the scene after the alleged fight, and Franklin said they found him at his mother’s house. The other student was treated by Haynes paramedics, he said, and taken to Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery. Of Lasiter’s apparently short stay in jail Franklin said, “I can tell you that he’s a typical 17-year-old in jail. He’s not giving us any problems I think he understands now the full magnitude and seriousness of what exactly is taking place. He’s being very cooperative.”
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downtown on Main Street. Raffle tickets are available now at the MainStreet office and will be available at Rally in the Alley. Tickets are $5 each and go toward a chance to win the item the ticket-buyer specifies when the ticket is purchased. Dark said the Fall Festival will begin at 9 a.m. in Strand Park on Saturday morning and run through the Chairish raffle. Activities include games for kids, including pumpkin bowling (which, as always is strictly, BYOP – bring your own pumpkin), Bone in a Haystack and more. There will also be horse-and-buggy rides through downtown available at the festival. Capping off the games will be the annual Great Pumpkin Roll down Alabama Street, which is set for noon, immediately prior to the raffle. “We have some things for the adults to do while the kids enjoy the games, too,” Dark said. “For example, we’ll have a maker’s-type market with all sorts of homemade jams, jellies, bread, soaps and that types of items available. We’ll also have a huge sidewalk sale going on downtown.” There will also be food vendors on hand, including Kona Ice and Sonny’s Hot Dogs, among others. The main event, however, is the raffle. “We have some really cute things this year,” Dark said. “Everything from cute little painted tables to painted benches to outdoor furniture. There are also a couple of really cute stools similar to bar stools, a chair that’s been made into a planter, a bench made of chairs and a really nice table that could be used as a sofa table or a small dining table. “We have a really wide variety of items.” Dark said she is living proof that people who win the items actually display them in their homes. She also divulged her strategy for increasing her chances of winning the item she wants in the raffle. “I buy a whole lot of tickets on one item to increase my chances on winning it,” Dark said. “Right now, I have two chairs that Madison House donated that I won that are sitting in my living room. I also have a painted bench that Neal Watts of Holman Flooring did that’s on my screened-in porch. They are all really nice items.” MainStreet Alexander City is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, improving and revitalizing Alexander City’s historic downtown area through beautification and community events. Proceeds from the Fall Festival and the Chairish raffle go toward MainStreet’s efforts. +
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suffer from adult obesity, the survey showed. • The county ranked near the state average in cases of sexually transmitted diseases. That rate, 563.5 per 100,000 is almost twice the national average. Nationally, the rankings show that premature deaths are dropping, with 60 percent of the nation’s counties seeing declines. For instance, in the District of Columbia premature death rates have plummeted by nearly one-third based on data from 2004-2006 and 2010-2012. This marks the highest drop in the country for counties with populations of 65,000 or more. But for many counties these rates are not improving—forty percent of counties are not making progress in reducing premature deaths This year’s rankings also show that almost one out of four children in the U.S. lives in poverty (In Tallapoosa County, just more than one out of every three children – 34 percent – live in poverty, according to the Foundation survey, compared to 27 percent in Alabama as a whole). Child poverty rates are more than twice as high in the unhealthiest counties in each state than in the healthiest counties. The report also looks at distribution in income and the links between income levels and health. The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program offers data, tools, and resources to help communities throughout their journey to build a culture of health. Also part of the program is the RWJF Culture of Health Prize, which honors communities that are working together to build a healthier, more vibrant community. For more than 40 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. The Foundation is striving to build a national culture of health that will enable all to live longer, healthier lives now and for generations to come. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org.
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t’s fall, y’all, and though summer’s heat hasn’t totally broken, we are beginning to see a touch of cool crispness in the air, particularly in the mornings and evenings. Without doubt, it’s comfortable out and a good time to get out with the family and take in some of the events that fall in the Alexander City area has to offer. One of the more promising events for family fun today is Wind Creek State Park’s annual Fall Festival. The shores of Lake Martin are as cool a place as you’re going to find this weekend. And that’s exactly where you can be when the event kicks off at 9 a.m. with a 5K Run/Walk and culminates with the judging of decorated campsites beginning at 7 p.m. In between, there are events for all, including a carnival for kids – with lots of games and prizes – in the overflow parking lot from 1-3 p.m., a costume parade in the campground playground from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and trickor-treating in the campground beginning at 6 p.m. For those who like a little spookiness in their fall/Halloween fun, the Fields of Fear Haunted Hayride in Dadeville begins tonight at 503 Freeman Road in Dadeville. There is a $15 cost for admission to the hayride, but we hear the spookiness is not to be missed. Finally, if you’d rather fill a fall Saturday with a little music, Waverly’s 280 Boogie is set for today with the music starting at noon. This year’s acts include Early James, Soulco, Kelsey Weldon, the appropriately-namedfor-Halloween Vulture Whale, The Pollies, Dylan LeBlanc and the Corey Harris Band. That should be enough to at least tide you over until next week, when it’s Fall Festival time downtown Alexander City. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend!
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spent a lot of time wincing when I was watching the second presidential debate. And a lot of time shaking my head in disbelief. Before it was over, a thought came to me: could there be a direct connection to the political campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and the threat of scary clowns in America? Both are uniquely American – I mean Trump and Clinton. Clowns came from Europe and they’re scary over there, too. The reason clowns are scary is that they cover up their true identity so you can’t really tell who they are … and they aren’t held to the same standards as the rest of us. Clowns are more Teflon than a Calphalon skillet. If you or I tossed a bucket of water into an audience, we’d get beat up. If we poked folks, tweaked their noses, knocked folks down … Clowns? They get away with it routinely. Donald Trump has said things that would get me slapped by my own wife and still folks want to
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vote for him. Hillary Clinton has done things that would get me put in jail and still folks want to vote for her. I think they both pull on Teflon skivvies each morning. Trump wears a scowl and funny hair. Hilly wears a smile that just doesn’t ring true. You can’t tell what they’re really thinking by what they look like. It’s very clown-like. And very scary. The presidential clown theory may be a stretch, but my friend Father Dave Stoner, the former rector of St. James Episcopal Church, used say there are no coincidences. And you’ve got to admire the timing of the Hillary-Trump fiasco and rise of scary clowns in America. I’ve decided I can’t vote for either of them. For a while, I was leaning toward voting for Gary Johnson, the presi-
dential candidate for the Libertarian Party. Then Gary made a couple of foreign policy comments that made me suspect he’s responsible for a reduction in inventory at his medical marijuana business. I really thought I didn’t have a choice. And then I had an epiphany – Nick Saban. He’s the perfect writein candidate. He’s an undisputed winner on a national stage. He’s a master at managing people to reach their maximum potential. He’s disciplined in his actions. He’s a true leader. And if Saban was president, I think we all can agree that we wouldn’t have to worry about our national defense. The only real problem I see is with his $7.09 million per year salary, Saban would have to take an annual $6,690,000 pay cut if he got elected president of the United States. And that’s funnier – and scarier – than any clown I’ve ever seen. Boone is chairman of Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.
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hile enthusiasm is not a prerequisite for a business owner, it can go a long way in seeing a project succeed. While not determinative on the issue of success or failure, without enthusiasm a project is generally doomed to failure. Recently I had the opportunity to meet with Bill Rinehart and Richard Bowen of Casa Napoli. For those of you who may be confused, I wrote the story about Casa Napoli, not Carmen Rodgers (strange things happen to stories from here to Alexander City where they are printed). And I was struck with the enthusiasm both men, but especially Richard Bowen, had regarding the upcoming return of a Wetumpka mainstay. During the interview, Bowen talked with a great deal of passion about what the restaurant used to be and what he hoped it could be again. Stories of late night visits by Tim Burton while he was in the area filming the movie “Big Fish” were
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just some of the interesting tales that Bowen told me about the restaurant in its prime. Bowen told so many tales in fact that there just wasn’t enough space in a newspaper story to tell them all. Just prior to their opening, I plan to go back and do a little follow up for our readers and perhaps I can incorporate a few more into the piece. My guess is Casa Napoli will succeed, not only because it did so before, but because both men had a very clear vision and the apparent drive to make it happen. Over the years I have done hundreds of business stories from small mom and pop retailers to large multibillion dollar corporations. The pattern I see most often from those who actually succeed is that they not only
fully understand the business they are in but that they have the drive to succeed. Generally when I interview business owners for stories I always tell them one thing and it goes something like this: Sell your business to me and I will sell it to our readers. The best stories I have written about businesses really have little to do with my skills, and more to do with the owners and their ability to sell their concept to a newspaper reporter. In fact, often I can tell which businesses will succeed or fail just based upon interviewing new owners about their projects. So far I have been around 98 percent accurate in my predictions as to who will make it and who will fail. Of course I also consider concepts like demographics, market saturation, general interest and the like, but often just talking with owners will tell you if their business ideas will work. In my opinion Casa Napoli has such a vision and I for one wish them the best.
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TRADE DAY: The Bibb Graves School Association is hosting a trade day Oct. 15. Booths are $10. REUNION: A Mountain Day Reunion will be held Oct. 15 starting at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethany Community Center. Turn at the Mountain Fire Department on Highway 49 on Bethany Road and the Community Center will be two miles on the right. Bring a covered dish for lunch and enjoy a time of fellowship. Everyone is invited. FALL FESTIVAL: Wind Creek State Park is hosting its annual fall festival Oct. 15. At 9 a.m. is the 4th annual 5k Run/Walk, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. is a carnival in the overflow parking lot with lots of games and prizes, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. is the costume parade in the Campground Playground, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. is trick or treating in the campground, at 6 p.m. judging for the decorated campsites will begin and at 7 p.m. will be the haunted hayride and the kiddie hayride starting in the beach parking lot. CANCER WALK: Sistas for a Cause will have their 5th Annual Cancer Walk at Cooper Recreation Center Oct. 15 Registration fee is $10 and starts at 7 a.m. The walk starts at 9 a.m. Guest speaker is Sheretha Sands Woodyard. THE OWL LADY: Camp Hill Library will be hosting Donna McCain, The Owl Lady, who will present an educational presentation with raptors Saturday, Oct. 15from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. It is free with cookies and punch. BBQ: The 25th Annual
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CHAIRISH: Chairish pieces will be on display at the United Way Building in Downtown Alexander City and on the MainStreet Facebook page.
October 17
HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Frye Gaillard will present “Biography of President Jimmy Carter and the story based on oral history of a family of runaway slaves,” to Horizons Unlimited Oct. 17 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Office. COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Board of Education will have its October meeting Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Central Office. LMAIDA MEETING: The Lake Martin Area Industrial Development Authority will have its quarterly meeting on Monday, Oct. 17 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Betty Carol Graham Technology Center Executive Board Room on the campus of Central Alabama Community College.
October 18
MEETING: The Artist Association of Central Alabama will meet Oct. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church. DRUG PLAN ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE: Tallapoosa County and The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will host a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment assistance event on Tuesday, Oct. 18, Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sportplex Cabin. To help develop a plan comparison, Medicare recipients will need to bring their Medicare card,along with a complete list of medications they are taking and the dosages. Volunteers will guide them through the selection process and help
Waverly BBQ is Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food will be served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Waverly Community Center. In addition to BBQ there will be a silent auction, live auction, quilt raffle, arts and crafts, barnyard bingo, cornhole tournament, petting zoo, t-shirts, Cowboy Church Band and a $100 door prize. For more information call 334-887-7288. CELEBRATE RECOVERY PICNIC: Great Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a Celebrate Recovery picnic Oct. 15 starting at 10 a.m. outside of the fellowship hall. Everyone is invited. BASS TOURNAMENT: There will be a benefit tournament for Kathy Brooks to help with medical expenses Oct. 15 starting at safe daylight until 3 p.m. at Wind Creek State Park. Entry fee is $100 per boat with a $10 big fish pot. Registration is at Fish Tales Bait and Tackle prior to the tournament and at Wind Creek the morning of the tournament. HAUNTED HAYRIDE: The Fields of Fear Haunted Hayride will be Oct. 15, 22 and 29 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at 503 Freeman Road, Dadeville. Cost is $15. 280 BOOGIE: The Fifth Annual Waverly Fall 280 Boogie is Saturday, Oct. 15. Music starts at noon with Early James, Soulco, Kelsey Waldon, Vulture Whale, The Pollies, Dylan LeBlanc and the Corey Harris Band. PRAYER SUMMIT: Passion Church will be hosting a prayer summit Saturday, Oct. 15 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join in to pray for our nation, the nations of the world, our
them get information on the cost of each plan. People interested in getting a plan comparison will be assisted on a first come, first served basis. Each counseling sessions will last about 40 minutes. There may be a wait time. Contact East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission at (800) 243-5463 ext. 150 with questions. COMMUNITY MEETING: The Community Action is hosting a community meeting Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Cooper Recreation Center. The purpose of the meeting is to elect a representative to serve on the Community Action Board of Directors to represent the low income population. RETIREES MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Education Retirees Association (TCERA) will have a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Alexander City Board of Education at 10 a.m. The program will be on elder law and flu shots will be given.
October 19
911 BOARD: The Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet Oct. 19 instead of the normal second Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 825-8490 for more information.
October 20
RALLY IN THE ALLEY: Raffle tickets for Chairish pieces will be sold at Rally in the Alley from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. DYSLEXIA INVENTORS: The Adelia M. Russell Library will be hosting Great Inventors with Dyslexia Oct. 20 from 3:45 p.m. 5 p.m.
October 20-23
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: New Covenant Ministries of the World is hosting a Women’s Conference Oct. 20-23 at the Liberty Life Christian Center at 243 S Street in Alexander City. Thursday and Friday there will be 9 a.m. Supplication, 11:30 a.m.
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October 16
HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The Tallapoosee Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of the First Baptist Church in Alexander City. The speaker will be Peggy Jackson Walls with a review of her new book “Alabama Gold” A history of the South’s Last Mother Lode.” PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY: The Early Rose District Center is hosting its 14th Pastoral Anniversary honoring Apostle Wayne Davis and First Lady Min Brenda Davis Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be the Dr. Rev. Eddie Hunter, pastor of Miracle Missionary Baptist Church. PASTOR APPRECIATION: The Almighty God Baptist Church in Goodwater is hosting the 5th Appreciation service honoring Rev. and Sis Lorenzo Caldwell Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. Camron Thomas of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cropwell, Alabama. CHURCH HOMECOMING: Pearson Chapel Church on Pearson Chapel Road in Alexander City will have their annual Homecoming Sunday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. Bro. Billy Coleman will preach and Highway 22 Bluegrass Group will play and sing. A covered dish luncheon will follow. Everyone is invited to attend. CHOIR DAY: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its annual choir day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. Guest minister will be Rev. S. Dewayne
Women in Training and 7 p.m. Profound Women of Evangelism. Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon is the Young Adult Women Seminar, Seminar Part I from noon to 2 p.m. and Seminar Part II from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Speakers include Evangelist Emma Parmer, Evangelist Andora Dothard, and Lady Wendy M. Jones. Sunday, Oct. 23 is Climax Day with Evangelist Lashunda Brown speaking. Chief Apostle W.T. Traylor is founder and chief administrator.
October 21
OPEN HOUSE: Alabama Power Shoreline Management is hosting a public education open house Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Creekside Lodge Event Center.
October 22
CHRISTMAS CARD WORKSHOP: The Artist Association of Central Alabama is hosting a Christmas Card Workshop October 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wine Emporium. The cost is $40 for members and $50 for non-members. The class is limited to 12 prepaid students. The workshop will cover dogwoods, pink and white. CHAIRISH: Chairish pieces will be displayed along Main Street during the MainStreet Farmers Market and Fall Festival. Raffle tickets will be sold and drawing held for the winners. The MainStreet Fall Festival and annual pumpkin roll and pumpkin bowling will be in Strand Park. FAMILY GAME NIGHT: The Bibb Graves School Association is hosting family game night with bingo Oct. 22 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. CANCER WALK: The first annual Pink Out Cancer Walk will be Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Courthouse in Dadeville. 48 year breast cancer survivor Jan Pearson is coordinating this walk in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness
Drakeford of Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church of Opelika. PEARLS DAY: Centerview Baptist Church in Camp Hill is presenting its annual Pearls Day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. Rev. Justin Freeman and New Canaan Baptist Church is the guest church. All churches are invited. CHURCH SINGING: New Elkahatchee Baptist Church is hosting Dianne Sherril for a singing and her testimonial at 11 a.m. The event is free and the church is located at 3380 Elkahatchee Road. MEN’S DAY CELEBRATION: Haven Memorial United Methodist Church at 354 Christian Street in Alexander City is hosting their annual Men’s Day Celebration Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Paul Hillard is the pastor and guest minister for the day will be Rev. Tracy Burton pastor of Seleeta Baptist Church. USHER’S DAY: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wadley is hosting its Annual Usher’s Day Sunday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Sister Willadelle Carter of the The Greater Pine Hill Baptist Church in Penton. Everyone is invited.
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SATURDAY: Kim Boyles Terry Kathryn Phurrough, Wade Patten, Gracie Long and Hozell “Pie” Pogue are celebrating their birthday. SUNDAY: Kacie Thomas, Abby McDow, Wanda Coker, Brittney Nicole Mason, Kelsie Ledbetter and Addi Whaley are celebrating their birthday.
Month. HAUNTED HAYRIDE: The Fields of Fear Haunted Hayride will be Oct. 15, 22 and 29 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at 503 Freeman Road, Dadeville. Cost is $15. FARM DAY: The Weogufka Center is hosting a farm day Oct. 22. See the Museum of Old Farm Equipment, the train man Robert Pearson will set up in the school and Ms. Kay Chesire will be in the history room. Call Jerry Reeves to show your antique cars and trucks at 256-223-1303. Vendors booths are available by calling Melvin Palmer at 256-249-8885. Breakfast starts at 6:30 a.m.
October 23
FOUNDER’S DAY: The GAP Fellowship Church will celebrate its 17th Annual Founder’s Day and the dedication of the church building at the new location of 721 Robinson Court, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. Guest speakers will be Rev. Jason Whetstone of Christian Faith Fellowship of Dadeville at 11 a.m. and Rev. Bruce Williams of Enon United Methodist Church of Birmingham at 2:30 p.m. The past of GAP Fellowship Church is Lewis and marilyn Benson.
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DYSLEXIA QUOTES: The Adelia M. Russell Library will be hosting Dyslexia Quotes and Books Oct. 25 from 4:45 p.m. 6 p.m. AUTHOR VISIT: Author Fred Norrell will visit the Dadeville Public Library at 2 p.m. to talk about his recently published book, A Boy’s Adventures on Lake Martin. It is a memoir of his boyhood on the lake beginning at age 6 and the summers he spent with his father fishing, camping, building a raft and doing all the fun things to be treasured as a child. He will have books available for sale. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Call 256 825-7820 for more information.
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Study Club learns of population shift in the 50s STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
The Tuesday Study Club met Oct. 11 at the lake home of Pat Bice. 18 members were present. President, Molly Chapman, called the meeting to order. Chaplin, Yvonne Crispin, read a poem entitled, “When Molehills Become Mountains,” by Clay Harrison. Recording Secretary, Honey Haynes, read the minutes of the September meeting. As there was no old business President Molly turned the meeting over the Eleanor Childers who continued the years’ theme, “The Fifties, A pivotal Decade.” Eleanor’s program concentrated on the shift of large numbers of people away from the cities to the suburbs. Postwar influences redefined the American dream. She shared the story of Bill Levitt who revolutionized the progress of home building using Henry Ford’s techniques of mass production. In 1947 he set out to erect the largest planned-living community on a thousand acres. He had taken out an option to purchase this property before the war. Some 17,000 houses were built in the first Levittown and 82,00 people lived there. Local men planned similar communities in Alex City – Ridgeway, Valley View, Springhill, Ann Edwards. Some of those homes were products of the 1950’s. Molly thanked Eleanor for her very informative program and Pat for being hostess and her delicious caramel cake. The November meeting will be at Willow Point and Lee Stimson will present the program.
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Volunteers to collect gifts for children in need STAFF REPORT TPI Staff
Vertical Point Church in Alexander City and First Baptist Church in Dadeville will serve as drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child – the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. During National Collection Week, Nov. 14 -21, Alexander City and Dadeville residents will donate shoeboxes—filled with school supplies, hygiene items, notes of encouragement and fun toys, such as a doll or soccer ball – for Operation Christmas Child to deliver to children in need around the world. This year, Alexander City residents hope to contribute several thousand shoebox gifts toward the 2016 global goal of reaching 12 million children. “The shoebox gifts donated by Alexander City and Dadeville area volunteers at these dropoff locations will shine a light of hope to children living in poverty overseas,” said Dadeville volunteer Courtney Hall. “Anyone
is welcome to pack a shoebox and help a child facing difficult circumstances to feel loved and not forgotten.” For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, email OCCsouthcentralalabama@gmail. com or visit samaritanspurse. org/occ. By going online to give the suggested donation of $7 per shoebox gift, participants can follow their box to discover where in the world it will be delivered. They can also pack a shoebox gift online and even upload a photo and note of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 135 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 150 countries and
territories. For many of these children, the gift-filled shoebox is the first gift they have ever received.
COLLECTION SITES Vertical Point Church 860 Airport Drive Alexander City, AL 35010 HOURS Monday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
First Baptist Church 178 South Tallassee Street Dadeville, Alabama 36853 HOURS Monday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m Tuesday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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Public Meetings n Alexander City Board of Education meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the board office at 375 Lee St. or local school at 5 p.m. n Alexander City Council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in the courtroom at the old city hall at 5:30 p.m. n Camp Hill Town Council meets the first and third Mondays of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6 p.m. n Community Action Agency of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa will holds its regular board of directors meetings every other month at the Central Office in Dadeville. n Coosa County Board of Education holds called meetings at least once a month. n Coosa County Commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in the Coosa County Courthouse in Rockford at 9:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday and at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday. n Coosa County Industrial Development Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners’
Board Room in the courthouse in Rockford. All meetings are open to the public. n Dadeville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. in city hall. n Daviston City Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Daviston Fire Department. n Goldville Town Council meets the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the town hall. n Goodwater City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held upstairs in the courthouse at 6:30 p.m. n Jackson’s Gap Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 6:30 p.m., all Jackson’s Gap citizens are encouraged to attend. n Kellyton Town Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the community center in Kellyton. n New Site City Council meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Conference Room in the Town Hall.
Ongoing Events RECYCLING: The Alexander City Recycling Facility is located at the Public Works Department at 824 Railey Road. All materials should be dropped off behind the green storage shed on the Public Works lot. The facility is always open for unassisted drop off. Assistance with drop off is available between 7:00 am until 3:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday. Please call 256-4092020 for more information. WOMEN’S MEETING: Victory Temple Holiness Church in Dadeville is hosting a women’s meeting the first Sunday of every month. Men are invited too. AWANA: Wayside Baptist Church hosts Awana Sundays from 4:40 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for ages three to high school. For more information contact George Gardin, student minister, at 864-580-0343. WOMAN MEETING: Every first Sunday, Victory Temple Holiness Church hosts a women’s meeting, at 237 Aster St. in Dadeville. Everyone is invited. The meeting starts at 2 p.m. READY TO WORK: Ready to Work is a FREE jobs skills training program offered at Central Alabama Community College Career Center. Classes meet Monday through Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Completion of the program depends on the skill level of the individual. For more information contact Elaine Balint, instructor, at 256-215-4496 (leave message) or ebalint@cacc. edu. OFFICE CAREERS: The Office Careers Technology program is funded by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and was created to help dislocated workers learn new employable skills. To qualify for the programs be a dislocated worker (layoff) or a low-income family. Anyone interested in the classes should contact the Alexander City Career Center @ 256-215-4494 and ask about the WIA program. Most all dislocated workers automatically qualify for financial assistance. The program is 52 weeks and is open entry/ open exit. Students learn at their own pace in a non-
traditional classroom setting. Classes begin when students are approved and they may leave when they receive any or all of the certificates offered. Classes are Monday--Thursday, 8:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m. (with a lunch break). All textbooks and class materials are supplied. Certificates available are receptionist, inventory clerk, data entry clerk, administrative assistant, accounting office clerk, medical office clerk, legal office clerk. COMPUTER LAB: The new and improved computer lab at Cooper Community Center is now open to the community Monday thru Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. LaBrawnski Salter is the new lab facilitator. You can check email, browse the internet, build a resume, complete a project or homework, research, job search and some social media. CELEBRATE RECOVERY: Celebrate Recovery is a Christcentered ministry designed to help hurting people. It is made up of regular folks who are on a journey toward wholeness; seeking recovery from life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups. We meet every Monday at Vertical Point Church, 860 Airport Drive, Alex City. We begin with dinner at 5:45, followed by large group at 6:15 & small groups at 7:15. Childcare is provided. Everyone is welcome. For more info, call Mike at 256496-4664. BEYOND TRANSFORMATIONS: Meetings every second Saturday. Have you been wanting to give back, work with youth, or be a part of a group that makes a difference? Please email iamtransforms@gmail. com or Call at 334-4406539. Donations of clothes, food, books, computers, school supplies. A building and donations are needed. AMERICAN LEGION: Post 339 in Cottage Grove is open every Friday night from 8 p.m. until with fried chicken and fish. Music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. SCV MEETING:The Sons of Confederate Veterans meets every third Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at J.R.’s Sports Bar & Grill. Visitors are welcome.
n Ray Water Authority meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Ray Water Authority Office. All customers are invited to attend.
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n Rockford Town Council meets the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held in town hall at 7 p.m. n Tallapoosa County Board of Education meets on the second Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the new central office at 679 East Columbus Street, Dadeville, AL 36853. n Tallapoosa County Commission meets the second Monday of the month at 9 a.m. in the courthouse in Dadeville, with a pre-meeting also open to the public 30 minutes before each regular session. n Tallapoosa County 911 Board will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the 911 Administrative office at 240 West Columbus Street, Dadeville. Call 8258490 for more information. n Walnut Hill Water Authority meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited. Call 825-9841 to inquire about the agenda.
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Earlier she had explained to some how the Magic Moment would happen. “We are going to have a raffle,” Spielberger said. “He has the winning prize ticket already.” Spielberger went on to explain that the delivery of the Magic Moment happens in different ways. “When we give Magic Moments, we use Magic Makers,” Spielberger said. “The Magic Makers are volunteers and get to tell the child that they have won. If it is a shopping spree, they take them on it. A reveal can be as simple as showing up at a child’s home with a pizza box opening it up telling them they are going to Disney World, going to meet Luke Bryan or Jason Aldeen. And yes, we have done all of those. We do about 90 Magic Moments a year.” Spielberger explained that some of the reveals happen at their fundraisers to show what they do and that they never know what the reaction will be. “We did this reveal last year,” Spielberger said. “This is our largest fundraiser in the River Region. We just felt like that a lot of these guys come to a shoot and never see what we do. So we decided to let them see what we do first hand and see their gift. “We did one last year which was kind of funny. We have these young junior board members who are beautiful young women. This boy from Prattville wanted a Bass Pro Shops shopping spree. We surprised him. He is just standing there not reacting. I tell him, not only are you going to Bass Pro Shops, but these girls are taking you today. Then he cracked a big smile.”
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Chase Clayton, right, is greeted Magic Moments Executive Director Joyce Spielberger, center, as Chase found out he and his family had won a trip to Orlando including Disney World from Magic Moments.
Magic Moments was founded in 1984 and is the only wish-granting organization dedicated exclusively to children of Alabama suffering with chronic life threatening diseases. The organization has granted 4,400 Magic Moments to children in all 67 counties Spielberger wanted to make sure everyone knew that Magic Moments doesn’t just give away the Magic Moment – that the organization is much more. “We are not one and done,” Spielberger explained. “We do programming in regions of the state. We have an annual family camp at Children’s Harbor. Now, it’s exciting. Many of our counselors are alumni having had Magic Moments themselves. They are great role models. And we try to keep our families and children connected to us but more impor-
tantly we want them connected to each other throughout the state.” The Claytons fit the profile of a family in need of a Magic Moment. In 2011, the family lost their home to a fire. In 2014, Ranley Clayton suffered an injury that left her paralyzed from the waist down. In June 2015 while on a church trip, Chase suffered an injury. “In June of last year, he was on a church trip to Pigeon Forge,” Chase’s mother Christy Clayton said. “The boys were playing. He was playing pool when a kid hopped on his back. A pool stick went into his eye and went all the way to the back of his brain. He had to have part of his skull removed to relieve the pressure. He was in a coma for 14 days. He was in the hospital for a total of 45
days. He has ha to learn how to talk, walk and use his arms again. He still has a little trouble with his right arm but we are working on it.” Chase’s mother thinks the family’s faith has helped with their tribulations. “He is a miracle,” Christy said. “We are very fornuate and blessed. It is amazing. Our faith is strong and God is good. We have been through a lot of trials. They both have a testimony to share about how to walk the walk and endure the things you are put here to endure with faith, family and friends.” Chase may not have a disease, but he had a traumatic event that got him his Magic Moment. “This family has been through a lot in the last five years,” Spielberger said. “We not only
do children with life debilitating diseases but we also help children with traumatic injuries.” But just how did Magic Moments select Chase and the Clayton family? Chase’s mother Christy learned of them through a social worker at the hospital and filled out an application. The rest is history. Friday morning, Chase’s family was keeping a secret from him. “He had no idea it was going to happen,” Christy said. “I tell him everything. It was hard to keep it a secret and explain what we were doing. Why Pop and Nana were here. We told him his dad and cousin were going to shoot today and we were dragging him along.” The trip to Orlando is already planned for December and includes Disney World and Universal Studios. The Claytons are looking forward to it. “We have not been able to go anywhere in the last several years,” Christy said. “Our house burned, our daughter was involved in an injury and Chase last year. It is going to be great to be able to go away and have some family time that is not in a hospital.” The trip comes at a good time for Chase’s sibling Ranley. “Dec. 23 is her 22nd birthday,” Christy said. In August, Chase got to meet Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban. When asked what was bigger Saban or Orlando – Chase quickly responded. “Saban.” So for now, the 17-year-old Chase Clayton says a trip to the land of Mickey Mouse and Harry Potter takes second billing to meeting Saban.
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FRIDAY NIGHT SCOREBOARD WITH GAME COVERAGE INSIDE
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Helena 35 ................ Benjamin Russell 24 Horseshoe Bend 7 ..............Fayetteville 0 Handley 50 .........................Dadeville 13
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Montgomery Academy 39 ..............Coosa 22 Reeltown 40 .......................... Vincent 15 Elmore County 49 .................Holtville 21
Opelika 38 .........................Wetumpka 37 Tallassee 26.............................. Leeds 13 Dothan 34 ............... Stanhope Elmore 23
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Horseshoe Bend flanker Trace Meadows escapes the grasp of Fayetteville’s Dalton Pate Friday night in New Site.
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Opelika 38, Wetumpka 37
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Wetumpka sophomore quarterback Jadarious Martin (18) looks to throw downfield against Opelika during Friday’s Class 6A, Region 3 clash at Hohenberg Field.
Late penalty dooms Tribe v. No. 4 Opelika By Cory Diaz The Wetumpka Herald
How fickle special teams can be. Wetumpka returned two kickoffs back for scores, but a converted extra point provided Opelika with just enough cushion to slip by the Indians, 38-37, for the Class 6A, Region 3 championship clinching win Friday at Hohenberg Field. Running backs Kavosiey Smoke and DeAndre Williams both tallied 80-yard return touchdowns for No. 10 Wetumpka (7-2, 3-2) during the marquee top-10 matchup, but a missed PAT from senior Tyler Loza after Williams’ romp gave WHS a 37-31 advantage with 6:19 left in the game. After a big play from Jordan Heard, senior running back Weldrin Ford scored his third rushing touchdown from 6 yards with 4:57 to go to tie the game, and a made PAT from senior Austin Blackmon put No. 4 Opelika (8-1, 5-0) ahead, 38-37. “They have big playmakers and
they made some plays,” Dawgs head football coach Brian Blackmon said. “Then we settled in a little bit, kicking game hurt us some, but at the same time that’s what won the ballgame for us.” There was plenty of time left on the clock for Wetumpka, who had gained 305 yards on offense to that point. But on a fourth-and-inches play at the 48, the Indians were flagged for an illegal procedure on a shift that sunk the Tribe with 2:02 to go and no timeouts. “They really didn’t have an explanation,” Wetumpka head football coach Tim Perry said of the controversial penalty. “I asked were their hands down. We’ve been shifting for four years in that situation, and thing about it is they didn’t know. They couldn’t tell me that the linemen’s hands were down. I know their hands weren’t down. Three times a week, every week, we’ve been doing it. “I hate it. You don’t know what might’ve happened. I don’t know if we would’ve scored, but it would at
least have given us an opportunity.” Things got off to an ideal start for the Indians, notching touchdowns on its first two possessions. on the fifth play from scrimmage, sophomore quarterback Jadarious Martin broke free up the middle for a 52-yard score. Smoke capped a 10-play, 3:49 drive, plowing in from 2 yards, putting WHS up, 14-0, with 3:53 left in the opening period. Martin ended the night with 186 yards on 21 rushes and the score. Being down before this season, Blackmon said the Dawgs didn’t panic. “The more times you’re in those situations, the more you have to draw on. You’ve had past success and you bring those things back up and keep that confidence level that it takes to withstand that,” Blackmon said. “We made some big plays in the passing game with Jaleel Heard and Jordan Heard, both made really big plays for us. John David Worth did a tremendous job for us, but Weldrin Ford tonight was unbelievable for us.
I think in the first half, he had 123 yards on eight carries at halftime.” Opelika began it comeback, scoring 17 straight points in less than four minutes, before Smoke’s kickoff return for touchdown. Riding Ford, the Bulldogs grabbed the lead back at the 2:39 mark, after a 5-yard run from the tailback, at 24-21, where the score stood at halftime. Robert Laprade picked off a Worth pass on the second half’s first drive, and the Tribe cashed the turnover in, tying things up on a 37-yard Loza field goal. Williams put Wetumpka ahead, 31-24, on a 32-yard rushing score, with 7:09 left in the game, but the Dawgs answered in two plays with Jaleel Heard catching and sprinting 77 yards for the tying touchdown, at 31-31, 38 seconds later. “The thing I was so proud about was every time they made a play, we answered,” Perry said. “How many See PENALTY, Page 3
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Top left: Opelika senior running back Weldrin Ford (26) dives over the goalline for a touchdown against Wetumpka. Above: Indian head football coach Tim Perry celebrates a touchdown. Left: Junior running back Kavosiey Smoke (7) examines the field for a hole during Friday’s Region 3 battle.
Penalty teams return two kickoffs for touchdowns in a game? Our guys confidence never dropped. They know, they read about Opelika and their ranking. But they went out, played them toe-to-toe. “Don’t know if I’ve been prouder of another team. Definitely the underdog, and Opelika’s defense has been only averaging giving up 13 points a game. We were able to put 37 on them. We didn’t win the football game on the scoreboard, but our guys won it through playing with so much passion, heart and confidence in each other.” As the teams traded blows late in the game, Blackmon said he was proud to be a part of the top-10 battle. “I had a little anxiety, but for the most part I was having fun. It was two great cities, communities, that put their high school boys on the field and said, ‘y’all go at it,’” Blackmon said. “It was a back-andforth night. “We made one extra play prob-
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ably than they did, but at the end of the day, neither team deserved to lose that ballgame. They fought their tails off, coach Tim Perry and his staff ought to be commended, not only for way play game, but their character and class.”
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Benjamin Russell’s NeColby Maxwell has his face mask grabbed on a fourth quarter run. There was a flag on the play that appeared to be going against Maxwell as he used a stiff arm to the face of the Helena defender. But after officials huddled up and looking at this picture, the call went the Wildcats way. Kenneth Boone / The Outlook
Helena puts Benjamin Russell playoffs berth on hold By MITCH SNEED Editor
Clinching a playoff berth for the Benjamin Russell Wildcats will have to wait after Helena stunned the Wildcats Friday night at the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex. Helena came into the game 2-6 and 1-3 in Class 6A, Region 3 play, but you would have never known it. The Huskies took advantage of Benjamin Russell mistakes and rolled to a 35-24 win. The loss drops Benjamin Russell to 3-5 overall and 3-2 in region play with
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rushing and ran for two scores. He also caught a touchdown pass for the Wildcats. Quarterback Landon Cotney had a rough start, but threw for 181 yards and one touchdown, but most of those yards came after the Huskies had a big lead. The Huskies took advantage of mistakes for first-half points, as Benjamin Russell struggled to make plays on offense. Nash Adams got a hand on a Dylan Moncus punt and set the Huskies up at the Benjamin Russell 46-yard line. Helena quarterback Riley Davis was
locked in, hitting Dionte Tolbert for big chances of yardage. Davis hit Jake Busby for a 13-yard touchdown to cap the 46-yard drive, making it 7-0 with 6:37 still left in the first period. Davis finished the game going 12-18 passing for 188 yards and two scores. He also ran for two touchdowns. Late in the second quarter, another Wildcats’ miscue led to Helena points. A mishandled pitch from Cotney to Maxwell hit the ground and was recovered by Helena’s Christian Young at the Wildcats 5 yard line. Two plays later, Walker plunged See BRHS • Page 5
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Benjamin Russell’s Timmy Lawson pickups yardage after taking a snap from the Wildcat formation Friday night against Helena. Above right, a majorette plays to the crowd during halftime. Below, Jacorie Gonzales (38) and Latravious Gray take down a Helena player.
in for a 2-yard touchdown for the Huskies, making it 14-0 with 2:31 left in the half. Helena went with an onside kick and Tyler Watts alertly scooped up the ball for Benjamin Russell and returned it to the Helena 31. Four plays later Maxwell scored from 1 yard ou-, a touchdown that was set up by a 17-yard pass from Cotney to Kobi Crabb. Helena wasn’t content to take a 7-point lead into the break. Getting the ball on its own 20 with 1:16 left, the Huskies went the distance in just four plays, with Davis calling his own number for a 1-yard score with 0:42 to play in the half. Down 21-7, Cotney completes four straight passes to set up a 38-yard Moncus field goal, making it 21-10 at the half. Helena put the game out of reach for the Wildcats in the third quarter, getting a 4-yard touchdown from Davis on the keeper off left
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Reeltown 40, Vincent 14
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Rebels put Vincent away early in victory at home By DAVID GRANGER Staff Writer
REELTOWN – Reeltown head football coach Matt Johnson said he wanted to see two things from his Rebels Friday night. He wanted to see them compete and he wanted to see them face adversity. He got the adversity early,
but it didn’t last long as the Rebels kept the Vincent Yellow Jackets out of the end zone after their clock-gobbling drive took up most of the first quarter, then subtly began to put away a 40-15 win over the visitors here at Nix-Webster-O’Neal Stadium. “I wanted to see a little adversity and see our guys compete and they did a good job,” said Johnson. “But we put it away
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Tuscaloosa Acad. 43, Edgewood 0
TA shuts out Edgewood By KaRon Caddell For The Wetumpka Herald
It was quite a senior night to remember for Tuscaloosa Academy as the Knights cruised to 43-0 victory the Edgewood Wildcats on Friday night. The Knights decided to show their appreciation for their seniors early in the game. Senior wide receiver Matthew Reid caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Alex Johnson. Senior running back Garrett Noland also added a 1-yard touchdown run. Both touchdown came in the first quarter. “Our seniors played great. Matt Reid made a ESPN grab in the end zone,” Tuscaloosa Academy coach Robert Johnson said. “Garrett Noland, our other senior, made some great runs for us and made some great plays at linebacker.” The Knights set the tone early on Jalelon Chambers’ 64-yard touchdown run and Deilo Richardson’s 39-yard touchdown run. By Halftime, the Knights had a 36-0
lead and did not let up in the second half. The Knights added a 64-yard touchdown run from running back Titus Gardner, who returned a punt for a 46-yard touchdown earlier in the game. They also decided to milk the clock by turning to their rushing attack led by running back Kevin McNeal. “It’s kind of is what is it with our situation now. We’ve kind of been through it every week this season. We got a lot of young kids trying to compete at a high level and they doing their best they can to get by, but we’ve persevered through it a lot” Wildcats coach Eric Folmar said. “As young as we are, we are really beat up on top of that. We are only dressing 19 kids right now, playing AAA ball, and 15 of them are junior-high school students. We don’t scoreboard watch. We just go out and do the best we can.” Tuscaloosa Academy (3-4) hosts Lee-Scott to close out the the season next Friday. The Wildcats (0-9) host Bessemer Academy. courtesy of the Tuscaloosa News
Above Right: Edgewood 8th grader Mitchell Boyd struggles for yards against Tuscaloosa Academy Friday night in Tuscaloosa. The Wildcats are 0-9 this season. Below: Yards were hard to come by all night for the Wildcats.
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Handley 50, Dadeville 13
Dadeville falls to Handley as Buchanan misses 2nd half
By CLIFF WILLIAMS Outlook Staff Writer
Dadeville’s playoff status is unknown with one game remaining in the season. With the Tigers’ 50-13 loss to Handley and Tallassee’s 26-13 victory over Leeds, Dadeville must win its game Thursday night at Childersburg and will still need help. “We put ourselves in a predicament men,” a disappointed Richard White told his team. “Now we have to hope Elmore County beats Tallassee or we are not in the playoffs. I told you that this ballgame was important. We will have to come back Monday and work.” Coming into the game, it looked like it was going to be a showdown between two athletes – Handley running back Spanky Watts and Dadeville’s Margarius “Scooter” Buchanan. As if the playoff status was bad enough, Tiger standout Buchanan did not play the second half due to an injury on a 35-yard reception late in the first half from Donquavious Tucker putting a damper on what could have been a highlight reel of two opposing athletes. White said Buchanan’s status for the road game in Childersburg is also unknown. “He has a pulled hamstring,” White said. “Hopefully we can get that thing worked out this week. We may have to hold him out of Thursday’s game. I don’t know yet. We will have to see how he progresses.” Up until then, Buchanan was
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Dadeville’s Margarius Buchanan cuts back on the Handley defense in the first half. Buchanan sat out the second half with a pulled hamstring. Just in the first half, Buchanan had touchdown runs of 81 and 3 yards.
putting on a show. In likeness of his nickname Scooter, he rushed 11 times for 109 yards with two touchdown runs of 81 yards and 3 yards while passing the ball eight times with five completions and even had a pass reception of 35 yards. The Tiger star started to show the injury during his 81-yard run for a touchdown with just under six minutes left in the first half.
Handley took advantage a Dadeville miscue, as the Tigers were backed up to the own 6-yardline and trying to rest Buchanan. A snap went over the head of Slade McCullars and Handley recovered the fumble for touchdown and following PAT, the score was 29-13. With only one timeout remaining, Dadeville attempted to go the length of the
field with one-minute left in the half. The Tigers came up short at the 3 yardline as the buzzer sounded for the half. The drive included a 35-yard pass by Donquavious Tucker to Buchanan. Buchanan was aided in the rushing category by Phillip Russell who rushed for 73 yards on 16 carries. Buchanan was replaced at quarterback by McCullars
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and Russell took a couple snaps in the Wildcat formation. Tucker completed the one pass to Buchanan and ran for 17 yards on four carries. McCullars was 5 of 13 for 36 yards and one interception that was returned by Handley’s Jared Sears for a touchdown. White was complementary of Handley’s Watts. “He is a good running back,” See Dadeville • Page 9
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Dadeville’s Donquavious Tucker, above left, looks for a hole as he runs against Handley. Above right, Phillip Russell tries to break the tackle of Handley’s Cardarious Burton. While below, Russell tries to bring down Handley’s Malik Meadows.
White said. “We knew that coming in He has been good all season long. He was good last year. We just got it hand to us tonight is what happened.” Watts carried the ball 12 times for 133 yards with touchdown scampers of 25 and 5 yards. With the game in hand at 43-13, Watts, nor many other Handley starters saw action in the fourth quarter. Watts was aided by his quarterback Rhett Fetner who went 8 for 13 for 115 yards, two of those for touchdowns of 8 and 5 yards and one interception Thursday night the Tigers travel to Childersburg in a must win matchup.
White prepared his team for what lies ahead. “Hopefully we will have a little luck down in Eclectic next Friday night,” White told his team. “If not, Thursday will be the last game for us.” An emotional Buchanan did not want his teammates to leave the field with their heads down afterwards. “Hey look,” Buchanan told his comrades just before breaking it down. “No matter what the scoreboard reads a the end of the ballgame, we are still brothers. We bled. We sweat. We shed a tear and we are still a family. And no matter what happens next, I love y’all boys. I love y’all.”
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Dothan 34, Stanhope Elmore 23
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Senior running back Kareem Jackson has been a workhorse for the Mustangs this year. The Mustangs had a strong first half but could not hold off Dothan losing 34-23.
Dothan comeback knocks off Mustangs By Jeremy Wise For The Wetumpka Herald
Keven Jackson hovered over the huddled mass that was his Dothan football team and had nothing to say after his Tigers’ game with Stanhope Elmore Friday night. The scene contradicted the one that occurred just one half of football prior. After struggling offensively in the first half, the Tigers turned to Tyson Williams for three touchdowns – part of a 28-0 spurt that powered the Tigers to a 34-23 victory over the Mustangs. The victory keeps Dothan’s playoff hopes alive, and the Tigers (3-6 overall, 2-3 Class 6A, Region 2) can clinch next week with a win over winless rival Northview. As impressive as the Tigers’ second-half effort was offensively, it was that putrid in the first half. Dothan scored the first points of the game on a short drive following Kendarrius Martin’s 59-yard kickoff return, but the Tigers managed just 37 yards of total offense in the first two quarters. That led to some... encouragement from Jackson at halftime as his team trailed 17-6 at the break. “Me going off on them – I thought they quit on me,” the first-year head coach said. “I talked to them hard in
the locker room, got on their butt and challenged each and every guy.” The Tigers, especially the seniors who were watching their final chance at a playoff berth wane, responded well. The Mustangs (3-5, 2-3) upped their lead to 23-7 following an impressive nine-play, 55-yard drive that featured powerful running from quarterback Phillip Warlick III. He carried four times for 30 yards, including the finishing 10-yard touchdown plunge. The Tigers, though, responded with a powerful drive behind seniors Bubba McDaniel and Williams. McDaniel, the Tigers’ signal caller, rushed five times for 53 yards. His rushes opened room for a 6-yard touchdown run from Williams. Ahkim Walden’s extra point cut the Mustangs’ lead to 23-13 with 3:52 left in the third quarter. “I got on their butt,” Jackson said of challenging his leaders. “I told them guys, ‘You’re a senior. It may be your last (chance) to make it to the playoffs. If you lose this, you go home. You’ve just got Northview, and that’s it. Your high school career is over.’ They took my challenge.” Early in the fourth quarter, the Tigers’ special teams blocked a quick punt attempt from Stanhope – giving Dothan the ball at the 50.
McDaniel and Williams took advantage, connecting on a 25-yard strike to the 1 on a fourth-and-7 situation from the 26. One play later, Williams punched the ball past the goal line. Dothan trailed 23-20 with 7:46 left to play. “I just had to overcome adversity. At first, we were just frustrated because we couldn’t get our offense going,” Williams said. “We just had to have a little talk at halftime, come out and change the game.” With the pressure mounting, Stanhope committed a crucial error when Warlick fumbled as he tried to run out of bounds. The ball stayed in play, and Martin fell on it at the Mustangs’ 36. Dothan, seeing an opportunity to seize control, dialed up a bomb from McDaniel to Williams. The play worked for a 36-yard score, putting the Tigers up 27-23 with 6:47 left in the game. The play highlighted Williams’ brilliant second half, a period in which he tallied 94 of his 111 offensive yards (13 rushing, 98 receiving). “He’s our whole offense, and we got to get him more touches,” Jackson said. “You see what he (does) when he gets more touches: he keeps us in the game and we make big plays.” The Tigers made another key spe-
cial teams play on the Mustangs’ next drive. Facing a fourth-and 5 from their own 38, the Mustangs tried for a fake punt run from Quinaz Turner, but the Tigers stopped him for a 1-yard loss. Dothan converted the turnover on downs into points on Martin’s 18-yard touchdown run with 2:21 left. Both teams had misfires at times on offense. Stanhope tallied 284 yards to Dothan’s 223. Warlick completed 10-of-30 passing for 111 yards – 61 of those to Keldric Martin. Kareem Jackson powered the running attack with 139 yards on 27 carries and the Mustangs’ only offensive touchdown in the first half. K.J. Stokes returned an interception of a McDaniel pass 35 yards for Stanhope’s other first-half score. For Dothan, McDaniel completed nine of his 18 throws for 116 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. He led the ground attack with 72 yards on 16 carries. After beginning the season 1-4, the Tigers can complete a season turnaround with a victory over Northview next week. Williams enjoys the thought. “It feels good,” he said. “We’re gonna take it one step at a time and get these Ws.”
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Horseshoe Bend 7, Fayetteville 0
Horseshoe Bend triumphs over Fayetteville By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
Horseshoe Bend walked away with a 7-0 win over Fayetteville tonight in front of the home crowd at Generals Stadium. While the Generals’ finished the game with 284 yards with 28 carries, it was the dream team of Cade Worthy and Trace Meadows who worked together to make the lone score of the night. It was in the final seconds of the first quarter when Worthy passed the ball to Meadows, who made two men miss and then raced 49 yards for the touchdown with just 0:34 left in the quarter. Worthy followed that up with his own point after to bring the score to 7-0. There the score stood the remainder of the game, as if it was etched in stone. But that wasn’t for a lack of action on the field. There were several touchdowns from both teams. But they all got erased when flags were thrown. Fayetteville had a score taken off See Generals • Page 16
Horseshoe Bend’s Reuben Jackson (16) and Dakota Hill work to take down Fayetteville Cody Pate on the carry.
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Aliceville 48, Greene County 12 Carroll 45, Escambia County 0 Davidson 50, Jackson 49 Enterprise 42, Demopolis 0 Southside-Selma 44, CentralHayneville 16 West Point 50, Good Hope 6
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Auburn 38, Smiths Station 7 Bob Jones 51, Grissom 6 Central-Phenix City 59, LeeMontgomery 28 Gadsden City 62, Sparkman 27 Hewitt-Trussville 49, Huntsville 26 Hoover 38, Vestavia Hills 7 James Clemens 21, Buckhorn 14 Jeff Davis 41, Prattville 29 Mary G. Montgomery 28, Foley 14 McGill-Toolen 42, Baker 7 Mountain Brook 41, Oak Mountain 27 Murphy 24, Fairhope 22 Spain Park 35, Tuscaloosa County 0 Theodore 25, Alma Bryant 3 Thompson 13, Huffman 7 (OT)
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Albertville 41, Fort Payne 14 Austin 24, Muscle Shoals 21 B.C. Rain 24, Baldwin County 21 Bessemer City 35, Paul Bryant 14 Chelsea 63, Chilton County 35 Cullman 56, Southside-Gadsden 35 Daphne 28, Blount 18 Decatur 41, Hartselle 30 Dothan 34, Stanhope Elmore 23 Florence 54, Columbia 20 Gardendale 34, Pinson Valley 31 Hazel Green 20, Athens 7 Helena 35, Benjamin Russell 24 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 61, Brookwood 14 Homewood 27, Shades Valley 21 LeFlore 30, Robertsdale 20 McAdory 38, Selma 14 Minor 54, Clay-Chalkville 28 Opelika 38, Wetumpka 37 Oxford 37, Pell City 3 Park Crossing 13, Sidney Lanier 10 Ramsay 48, John Carroll Catholic 14
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Alexandria 36, Guntersville 25 Arab 67, Douglas 6 B.T. Washington 44, Greenville 37 Beauregard 54, Cleburne County 14 Briarwood Christian 43, Shelby County 21 Brooks 63, St. John Paul II Catholic 13 Calera 42, Sumter Central 32 Central-Clay County 49, Sylacauga 34 Central-Tuscaloosa 24, Marbury 20 Charles Henderson 28, Rehobeth 0 Citronelle 50, Williamson 26 Corner 34, Springville 24 Etowah 56, Crossville 21 Eufaula 55, Headland 14 Faith Academy 37, Wilcox Central 12 Hayden 50, Fairview 40 Lawrence County 42, LeeHuntsville 20 Mae Jemison-Huntsville 54, Ardmore 28 Mortimer Jordan 34, Curry 6 Russellville 35, East Limestone 14 Scottsboro 56, Boaz 14 St. Clair County 39, Moody 35 Talladega 31, Valley 27
Vigor 38, St. Paul’s 35 Wenonah 33, Fairfield 7
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Andalusia 35, W.S. Neal 8 Bibb County 19, West Blocton 0 Cherokee County 57, Ashville 22 Deshler 41, Danville 14 Fayette County 45, Winfield 44 Greensboro 30, Oak Grove 0 Hale County 52, Sipsey Valley 38 Haleyville 42, Dora 6 Handley 50, Dadeville 13 Hokes Bluff 35, Anniston 6 Jacksonville 60, White Plains 20 Madison Academy 49, North Jackson 7 Madison County 44, Sardis 18 Montgomery Catholic 46, Bullock County 28 Munford 45, Childersburg 12 Northside 49, Holt 8 Randolph 56, DAR 21 Saks 27, Oneonta 24 Satsuma 36, Monroe County 12 St. James 40, Dale County 7 Tallassee 26, Leeds 13 Thomasville 42, UMS-Wright 30 Trinity Presbyterian 20, Ashford 7 West Limestone 56, CentralFlorence 32 Wilson 48, Priceville 7
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American Christian 42, Midfield 6 Clements 35, East Lawrence 20 Colbert County 49, Lexington 6 Daleville 48, Straughn 37 Flomaton 29, Excel 0 Geraldine 42, New Hope 28 Gordo 56, Montevallo 21 Hillcrest-Evergreen 48, Cottage Hill Christian 30 Lauderdale County 37, Colbert Heights 14 Locust Fork 49, Hanceville 35 Mobile Christian 36, Clarke County 21 Montgomery Academy 39, Central-Coosa 22 Oakman 54, Carbon Hill 16 Opp 55, Geneva 23 Piedmont 45, Ohatchee 35 Pike County 34, Beulah 7 Pisgah 20, North Sand Mountain 14 Prattville Christian 33, B.B. Comer 14 Randolph County 61, Weaver 41 Slocomb 34, Houston Academy 8 Susan Moore 35, Vinemont 21 Sylvania 20, Plainview 0 T.R. Miller 28, Bayside Academy 23 Walter Wellborn 35, Glencoe 28 West Morgan 22, Elkmont 15 Wicksburg 29, Providence Christian 14
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Ariton 54, Abbeville 46 Billingsley 41, Thorsby 7 Cottonwood 34, Barbour County 20 Elba 50, Luverne 15 Falkville 47, Winston County 14 Fyffe 62, Section 0 G.W. Long 30, Samson 21 Gaston 53, Westbrook Christian 10 Hatton 26, Phil Campbell 20 Horseshoe Bend 7, Fayetteville 0 Ider 47, Asbury 27 Keith 34, R.C. Hatch 22 LaFayette 68, Ranburne 7 Lamar County 24, Sheffield 21 Lanett 56, Woodland 13 Leroy 38, Chickasaw 29
New Brockton 49, Goshen 27 Red Bay 30, Sulligent 29 Reeltown 40, Vincent 15 Sand Rock 34, Collinsville 0 Southern Choctaw 48, Choctaw County 15 Tanner 50, Cold Springs 21 Tarrant 21, Cleveland 20 Verbena 50, Francis Marion 15 Washington County 75, St. Luke’s 54 Zion Chapel 56, Calhoun 22
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A.L. Johnson 50, McIntosh 6 Addison 37, R.A. Hubbard 20 Berry 32, Marion County 20 Brantley 57, Florala 0 Cedar Bluff 41, Jacksonville Christian 12 Coosa Christian 21, Gaylesville 18 Decatur Heritage 42, Sumiton Christian 20 Fruitdale 68, J.F. Shields 0 Georgiana 57, Pleasant Home 3 Hackleburg 34, Vina 12 Houston County 55, Kinston 14 Isabella 42, Notasulga 14 Linden 56, Marengo 22 Loachapoka 27, Highland Home 13 Lynn 33, Shoals Christian 26 Maplesville 55, Autaugaville 0 McKenzie 27, Red Level 12 Meek 62, Southeastern 45 Pickens County 50, Hubbertville 37 Ragland 55, Donoho 31 South Lamar 49, Brilliant 7 Spring Garden 45, Holy Spirit Catholic 0 Sweet Water 41, Millry 6 Talladega County Central 52, Appalachian 13 Wadley 34, Winterboro 0 Waterloo 29, Phillips 20 Woodville 20, Valley Head 8
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Tallassee 26, Leeds 13
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Freshman Barry Purter has been a contributor this year for the Tigers in this action from last week. The Tigers took the fight to Leeds this week with a 26-13 victory moving into a third place tie in the region.
Tallassee dominates Leeds in the trenches By Tim Horton For The Tallassee Tribune
The Tallassee Tigers made the trip up to Leeds High School to play the back to back defending, 4A State Champions. Tallassee was not intimidated in the least. Tallassee had almost everyone back for this crucial game and during the first half, they played really physical team football. The “Big Boys” up front had made up their mind that they would outplay Leed’s big guys and they did. It began with the opening kickoff as Leeds mishandled it and Tallassee pounced on it at the Leeds 34 yard line. It would only take four plays before quarterback Casey Baynes pushed his way into the endzone
from 5 yards out. The PAT failed and Tallassee led 6-0. Leeds fought back as they drove 62 yards with their junior quarterback, Zack Roberts running in from the 1-yard line for the touchdown. The PAT sailed through for a 7-6 Leeds advantage. Tallassee would answer with an 87 yard drive. Casey Baynes would cover the final 30 yards after his offensive line blew open a huge hole for him. The scoring was done for the first half with Tallassee leading 12-7. Leeds showed the grit that has made them champions the last two years as they took their first possession in the third quarter and scored in three plays, the touchdown came
on a 46 yard pass from Roberts to wide-out Chandler Teems. It would be the last lead of the night for Leeds though at 13-12. Tallassee’s offensive line of Baker, Talley, Stewart, Pugh and Kidd began to own the larger defensive line from Leeds. Tallassee leaned on their running game and owned the clock all through the game but especially in the 2nd half. The Tigers had drives lasting 6 ½ minutes and 5 minutes in the second half plus three other shorter possessions. The Tigers would add an 11 yard misdirection rushing touchdown from Trent Cochran-Gill and a four yard rushing touchdown from Markevious Mathews. Tallassee would win 26-13 but there is so
much more to this story. The Tigers totally out-played Leeds holding them to 86 yards rushing and 226 yards total. Tallassee racked up 226 yards on the ground on 53 rushes. Markevious Mathews ran 19 times for 102 yards, Baynes ran 20 times for 71 yards while throwing eight times, completing seven for 85 yards. Tallassee pulled into a third place tie in the area with Leeds both holding a 6-3 overall record and both now being 4-2 in the area. Tallassee, by beating Leeds holds the tie breaker over them. Tallassee travels to Elmore County next week and can finish 2nd or 3rd in the area with a win. Leeds will visit Munford.
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Elmore County 49, Holtville 21
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Elmore County senior defensive tackle Jakobi Bickley (55) pursues Holtville senior quarterback Zach Weldon (3) during Thursday night’s Class 4A, Region 3 rivalry game at Boykin Field.
Panthers spoil rival Bulldogs’ Senior Night By Cory Diaz The Wetumpka Herald
Both defenses forced seven combined turnovers, but Elmore County’s offense moved the ball better through big plays and pulled away from county rival Holtville, 49-21, Thursday night at Boykin Field. The Panthers stubbed their toe with three touchdowns called back on penalties in the first and four turnovers but overcame the miscues. “It’s better to win than lose,” ECHS head football coach Norman Dean said after the game. “A tough week. Any time you take -- we had Fall Break, so you take a teenager out of his routine, it gets crazy. “We did have the mistakes, but I
guess we overcame the mistakes.” For the first time all season, the Bulldogs (0-8, 0-6) won the turnover battle, and in the first half, gave their offense starting field possession on ECHS’s side of the 50 three times, including their first two drives. But the Dawgs sputtered, going threeand-out and having two turnovers of their own, while not picking up a first down until the 5:15 second quarter mark on a run by sophomore quarterback Drew Nobles. “We’ve got to find something that we can do with our offensive personnel when we’re on the plus side of the field to generate points,” Holtville head football coach Hunter Adams said. “I wish I had an answer for that right now, we’ve tried everything logistically that makes sense to
us, but we’re going to keep trying. Find something that’s going to get these guys in the end zone more.” After trading fumbles, Elmore County got on the board first on a 65-yard touchdown strike from senior quarterback Will Venable to senior wide receiver Tyric Belyeu with 3:53 left in the first. The Panthers had back-to-back touchdowns called back to open its next drive and ended up having to punt, but the attempt was blocked by senior Hunter Bowdoin. Holtville took over at the ECHS 28, but three plays later, senior quarterback Zach Weldon threw an interception to Belyeu in the end zone. “We played really hard for three quarters. They fought, forced a lot of turnovers, flipped the field a lot,”
Adams said. “Hunter Bowdoin had two big transitional plays for us, he’s a great hustle player. Right or wrong, he’s always going wide open, and he made two big play for us. “Our big guys up front, Jacob Nowak had a big game, Cody Clements, Tyler Anderson and Nathan Smith, up front those guys had a really good game. We wore out and got thin on bodies.” Venable scored on a keeper from 2 yards to cap his team’s next drive, giving Elmore County a 14-0 halftime lead that Holtville’s Cody Gibson sealed with a :01 pick. Belyeu scored his second touchdown on a 31-yard pitch-and-catch from Venable with 2:40 remaining in the third period. See SPOIL, Page 9
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Above: Elmore County sophomore D.J. Patrick (4) stiff arms Holtville sophomore safety Tristan Watson. Top right: Bulldogs senior quarterback Zach Weldon (3) looks for running room around the edge. Right: Sophomore quarterback Drew Nobles (2) tries to break the tackle of a Panther. Below: ECHS senior quarterback Will Venable loads up to throw the ball downfield against the Dawgs Thursday night.
Spoil Nobles broke through for Holtville, scooting in from 6 yards out with one tick left in the third quarter. Bowdoin added a two-point conversion on a mishandled PAT snap, pulling with 21-8. Nobles added another touchdown in the fourth. Sophomore Donovan Jones scored on a 60-yard touchdown run and nearly notched the Panthers’ next one, but fumbled at the 2-yard line going in as offensive lineman Parker Watts in end zone.
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“Big plays. We got that many stacked in the box, you got to throw the ball. I thought Holtville did a good job of stopping our inside run, so we had to throw and get outside runs in,” Dean said. “It’s like anything, you stop one thing, you’re kind of vulnerable somewhere else.””” Bowdoin returned a fumble 20 yards for a touchdown and ECHS sophomore D.J. Patrick returned a pick 70 yards for a score in the fourth.
2016 SPORTS EXTRA
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OCTOBER 15-16, 2016
Montgomery Academy 39, Coosa 22
Cougars fall to Montgomery Academy on the road By CATHY HIGGINS Sports Editor
Central Coosa fell to Montgomery Academy 39-22 in Friday’s region game on the road. It was a hard-fought contest with the Cougars leading the Eagles 22-17 at the half. But that was after Montgomery gave a sign of what was to come in the first play of the game. “They scored on the first play of the game,” Central Coosa head coach Barry Simmons said, adding that Montgomery Academy topped that off with the extra point. The Eagles followed it up with a field goal to take a 10-0 lead. But Cougars quarterback Raymond Graham answered
with his own touchdown in the first, narrowing the Eagles’ lead to 10-6 in the quarter. This would be the first of his three TD’s of the night to lead the Cougars in the game. In the second quarter the Eagles scored once more. But Central Coosa gathered steam with Graham scoring two more touchdowns. The first came in the middle of the quarter. The last was made with a 36-yard rushing score, followed by a 2-point conversion, shifting the lead to the Cougars at the half, 22-17. In the second half the Eagles went on the attack. The third quarter saw Montgomery Academy running back Keefe White score a 26-yard touchdown run and then another score to increase their lead to 32-22 by the end of the quarter. The final blow came in the last two minutes of the game
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week. A lot of that has to do with the scoreboard and that’s unfortunate. In order to buy in to the process, you can’t look at what’s going on up there. You’ve got to play every single play.” Vincent took the opening kickoff and looked as if they might keep the ball all night. The Yellow Jackets marched from their own 37 to the Rebels 6 in 18 plays before turning the ball over on downs when Vincent quarterback Zackery Fincher’s pass fell incomplete. It was all Rebels for the rest of the first half. Reeltown took over at its own 6 and marched the length of the field on 11 plays behind the running of Trakevon Hughley and Cole Flurry and a key 18-yard pass from quarterback Jamon Matthews to Eric Shaw. Matthews snuck over from the 1-yard line for the touchdown with 9:28 left in the half and Trenton Thrash’s extra point gave the Rebels the 7-0 advantage. After Vincent missed a 37-yard field goal and Reeltown went three-and-out, the Rebels again forced the Yellow Jackets to turn the ball over on downs at the Reeltown 47 when Nelson Whaley and Liotez Lewis stopped Vincent’s Deandre Davis for a loss of two on fourth-and-2. Four plays later, cat-quick Makevon
Hughley went in from 11 yards out and, with Thrash’s kick, the Rebels’ lead was 14-0 with 2:12 left in half. Finally, Vincent would get on the board. On secondand-8 from the Vincent 47, Fincher hit Daniel Green on a 37-yard strike to the Reeltown 16. After that, it was all the Yellow Jackets’ Robert Albright Jr., who got eight yards, then five, then two before bowling over from the 1 with just under nine seconds left in the half. But Reeltown wasn’t through. Shaw scooped up Vincent’s ensuing kickoff at his own 18 and rambled 82 yards down the right sideline for the score as the clock expired on the half. Again, Thrash added the PAT to give the Rebels a 21-7 halftime lead. Reeltown took the second-half kick and drove 62 yards in six plays for yet another score, the big play being Flurry’s 22-yard ramble to the Vincent 16. After Trakevon Hughley added 12 more, Matthews added his second score of the night running around right end untouched for the score. Thrash’s PAT attempt was blocked and Reeltown led 27-7. Vincent took the ensuing kickoff and again began a methodical drive, running 11 plays and covering 57
Generals the board when Payton McKee rushed 34 yards for the score with 6:04 left in the first quarter, only to have a holding penalty on the Wolves nullify the TD. They tried again with 5:15 left but the score was denied with another holding penalty for Fayetteville. The referees didn’t play favorites, though. With 3:09 left in the first quarter, Generals running back Drew Hill made an amazing 70-yard rush for the touchdown. But it, too, got erased with a Generals’ penalty for — you guessed it — holding. That seemed to be the theme of the night. Play, flag, play, flag. In fact, there were a total of 14 penalties issued Friday — nine for Fayetteville and eight for Horseshoe Bend. Most of them were for holding. Despite the spate of flag flinging and the sole score, there was no shortage of spectacular plays. Like in the first quar-
when the Eagles made one more score for a final score of 39-22. The loss drops the Cougers to 4-4 in the season and 2-3 in the region. Meanwhile Montgomery Academy jumps to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the region, keeping their post-season playoffs alive. “We played with good effort,” Simmons said. “We wanted that win but we made some mistakes in the second half. “After a game is a 24-hour period,” the coach added. “If you win you celebrate for 24 hours and if you lose you mourn the loss for 24 hours. Then you move on to next week. And we’ve got a big one next week with (Southside) Selma.” Next week should be a little more festive as Central Coosa holds its homecoming game against Southside in Selma.
yards to the Reeltown 3 before Davis got caught in the backfield, lost the ball, and the Rebels’ Matthews scooped it up and added his third touchdown with a 92-yard return. A try for two failed and the Rebels led 33-7 at the end of three quarters. Each team would add a touchdown in the final period. Two plays after Reeltown’s Randy Woodyard recovered the Yellow Jackets’ Tae McGregor’s fumble at the Vincent 37, Rebel freshman Cameron Faison ran 42 yards around right end for the touchdown and, with Thrash’s kick, Reeltown’s lead reached 40-7. But two plays after the ensuing kick, McGregor, whose name wasn’t even on the Vincent roster, made up for the miscue, scoring on a second-down 75-yard scamper down the right sideline. Kaleb Wilson’s run for two closed out the night’s scoring. Reeltown improves to 4-4 on the season and 4-2 in region play. The Rebels travel to Fayetteville (3-5, 3-3 in the region and a 7-0 loser to Horseshoe Bend Friday night) for a key region contest next Friday. Vincent falls to 1-7 and 1-5 in the region and travels to Ranburne (1-7, 1-5 and a 68-7 loser to LaFayette Friday night) next week.
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ter when Fayetteville’s Bailey DeLoach evaded tackles in a 17-yard rush that came just short of a first down with 4:29 left in the quarter. He did so with dances and turns that made one wonder whether he was getting ready to audition for “So You Think You Can Dance?” In the third quarter, Meadows intercepted a 33-yard pass in the endzone that denied the Wolves the opportunity to tie the score. The most heart-pounding play came within the final minute of the game after the Wolves’ series of five plays had moved the ball to a mere yard from the endzone while going for a fourth down. With 1:01 left on the clock it was almost a sure thing that Fayetteville would score and possibly set the stage for overtime or even pull out a win.
But it didn’t happened. Both teams were focused on that ball and each other and the play stalled right there as a mass of bodies piled up just shy of the endzone. In true running gag fashion, a flag was thrown and a penalty to the Wolves prevented them from attempting the play again. When the dust settled, Horseshoe Bend emerged the victor. With that, the Generals have secured a spot in the post-season playoffs. The Generals move to a season record of 5-3 overall, 3-3 in the region and continue pursuing their Class 2A Region 5 postseason dreams next week by heading to Woodland to take on a team that has been Kenneth Boone / The Outlook winless all season. Braxton Walls goes up to make a big Meanwhile, Fayetteville falls to 3-6, 3-3 catch for the Generals in Friday’s 7-0 in the region. win over Fayetteville.