The baseball season carries on another week as many programs continue to knock the rust off their bats.

The softball season is underway and Elmore County is the heir apparent, leading the way with a 6-1 record; but the Wetumpka Indians have made early progress with five early season wins themselves.

A number of wrestlers from Elmore County schools will be traveling to Huntsville next weekend to compete in the 5A-6A state wrestling championships.

A scheduled game between the Elmore County Panthers and the Holtville Bulldogs was called off after a member of the Holtville team tested positive for COVID-19.

Three seniors from Holtville High School signed their National Letter of Intent Wednesday to continue their football career elsewhere.

Basketball rankings from the Alabama Sports Writers Association released Wednesday evening with numerous programs making moves along the girls and boys lines.

The the Alabama High School Athletic Association announced the Board of Control approved the AHSAA’s “Return to Play Best Practices” recommended guidelines for spring sports Wednesday.

It is not clear when the last time Holtville played competitively with Elmore County in girls basketball but whenever it was, no one involved in Tuesday’s matchup was a part of it which made things very interesting into the third quarter.

After nearly three weeks without competition for Holtville or Elmore County, there were some expectations for Tuesday’s area matchup to be filled with some sloppy play and mental mistakes. While there were signs of that happening in the first half, both teams turned it up a notch to start th…

There have been several big basketball tournaments across the state forced to cancel this year and the annual Elmore County Tournament was in danger of joining them.

COVID-19 shuts down spring sports seasons

As with many programs around the state, the Holtville boys basketball team has already dealt with its fair share of uncertainty at the beginning of the new season. The Bulldogs had to face nearly a three-week break between games and when they finally returned to the court, it was without the…

Sydney Johnson, Edgewood senior

Cross country runners from around the state braved the rain and the mud during Saturday’s Helena Invitational. Wetumpka, Holtville and Stanhope Elmore all had athletes compete in the 5K races.

The first seven minutes of Friday’s game against Clay Central could not have gone much worse for Holtville. With the rain pouring down, the Class 5A No. 4 Volunteers scored the first two touchdowns of the game, threatening to put the Bulldogs away early on their own home field.

It has been a long time since Holtville found itself on the winning side of the scoreboard while playing one of the top teams in the state but it has a chance to end that drought this week when the Bulldogs host the defending Class 5A state champion Clay Central.

After seeing its best six-game start in nearly three decades, Holtville wants to make sure to keep some momentum rolling into the back half of the season. However, with a big region matchup against No. 4 Clay Central looming next week, the Bulldogs are welcoming this year’s bye week to use a…

When Holtville jumped out to an early lead in the annual Bulldog Brawl on Friday night, Marbury was forced to get out of its comfort zone on offense, putting the ball in the air more often than most of its other games this season. Holtville was prepared for it though and some key turnovers a…

It was all about strong second-half performances in the first half of the regular season for Holtville but the Bulldogs changed their tune a bit during Friday night’s rivalry battle with Marbury. Holtville scored the game’s first two touchdowns in the opening nine minutes and it never gave u…

For the second straight season, Holtville has grabbed four wins in its first games of the year but now the Bulldogs are hoping to see a stronger finish in the second half of the season. That will start this week as Holtville hosts Marbury for the oldest and longest running rivalry for both p…

Drew Pickett rushed for 291 yards and two touchdowns to lead Holtville to a 28-14 win over host Talladega on Friday night.

Holtville was staring down the barrel of its first 4-0 start since in more than two decades but two late Beauregard touchdowns put an end to that and gave a major setback to the Bulldogs’ hopes of securing a home playoff game. 

Wetumpka did not drop a set on its way to winning the championship of Saturday’s Stanhope Elmore Volleyball Tournament. No team got closer than five points in a set against Wetumpka as it won all four of its matches, easing to the title.

Two big catches and one controversial incompletion proved the difference between a Holtville homecoming victory and the crushing last-minute defeat that was reality Friday night, as the Bulldogs fell to Beauregard, 12-9.

Over the last two seasons, Holtville has been knocking down several negative streaks affiliated with the program. From ending a playoff drought to making an appearance in the postseason, the Bulldogs have been heading in the right direction and that appears to be continuing in their first se…

After the first two weeks of the season, Holtville showed no signs of missing sophomore Drew Pickett in the backfield. His absence was overshadowed by the Bulldogs’ success through other options on offense, leading to two victories.

Holtville (3-0, 1-0) powered to three fourth-quarter touchdowns to blow open a tight ballgame and surge to 3-0 on the year with a 35-21 road victory against rival Elmore County. 

The last time Holtville traveled to Eclectic for its annual rivalry game with Elmore County, the Bulldogs came as close as they had been in a decade to pulling of a rare victory at Burt-Haynie Field. The Panthers claimed that 2018 meeting in overtime, extending their home winning streak agai…

Just one week into the fall sports season, it was starting to feel a little bit like October as local athletic programs turned to honor their seniors for all the hard work they have put into the program over the years. While that usually means players are hitting their home fields or courts …

Triple option teams have an advantage at times, as their offense is hard to replicate in practice and that advantage paid dividends on the first snap of Friday’s affair in Slapout. The West Blocton Tigers (1-1) needed only one play to take the lead, a 64-yard touchdown.

As football continues to change, it becomes rarer for coaches to have to put together a game plan to stop a triple option offense but Holtville coach Jason Franklin and his staff are facing that tall task this week as the Bulldogs welcome West Blocton to Boykin-Chapman Field on Friday night.

It will be a Thursday night to remember at Holtville. A Week 0 tradition — the jamboree — was in order after the Bulldogs’ opener with Goshen was canceled.

You will not often see them with the ball in their hands or in the scoring summary at the end of the game. The crowd may not get on its feet when they make an important play or do their jobs perfectly.

When Holtville learned its season-opening trip to Goshen had to be canceled, the Bulldogs were left wondering if they would have to wait another week before getting on the field to compete against another team. However, Holtville was able to get a scrimmage on the schedule and it gets to sta…

Coach: Jason Franklin, fourth season, 15-17 overall