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Championship 7: Ranking Friday’s standouts from AHSAA softball, baseball tournaments
The AHSAA state softball and baseball tournaments dodged rain drops on Friday and crowned three final champions for the 2023-2024 season. Class 3A Opp and Class 2A Wicksburg won the final two softball titles, while Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa won the Class 6A baseball crown. As usual, there were several top performances. Here’s...
Progress 2024: Maplesville Tradition — Red Devils’ program built into one of Alabama’s best
This story was originally featured in Progress 2024. Story by Carey Reeder | Photos by Carey Reeder & Brandon Sumrall Nestled in western Chilton County sits one of Alabama’s most prestigious and winningest high school football programs. Maplesville High School has set the bar in recent decades when it comes to consistency within a program, […] The post Progress 2024: Maplesville Tradition — Red Devils’ program built into one of Alabama’s best appeared first on The Clanton Advertiser.
Episode 2: Church Pews and Bleachers
The 1940s are the heyday for Black baseball in Alabama, the peak of the Negro Leagues – starring a high schooler named Willie Mays. But when the Major Leagues integrate, Black teams everywhere start to fold. On this episode, host Roy Wood Jr. speaks with surviving players from the...
Softball Recap: Maplesville sees their postseason come to a close
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Maplesville can now relate to. They lost 12-2 to the Hackleburg Panthers on Tuesday. Maplesville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. For Hackleburg's part, Laine Steward and Braylynn Pope made a splash while hitting and pitching....
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