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Jobless rate at all-time low

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Tallapoosa and Coosa counties joined the rest of the state in posting historic low unemployment rates during the month of September.

Tallapoosa saw its jobless rate fall to 3.2 percent with only 594 people recorded as unemployed.

That number is down from the 3.9 percent recorded in August and significantly down under the 5.5 percent unemployment recorded in Tallapoosa County in September 2016. There were 446 fewer jobless county residents this year than last year, according to Alabama Department of Labor statistics.

The 3.2 percent for the county See UNEMPLOYMENT • Page 10

Zip line tour opens at Wind Creek State Park

By CLIFF WILLIAMS and MITCH SNEED Staff Writers

dventure seekers have another option on Lake Martin as Wind Creek Aerial and Zip Line Adventures has opened.

The new canopy tour has quietly opened at Wind Creek State Park and has already seen its first customers since being completed.

“We have had a few out here so far,” Blake Lindsey said. “Everyone seems to really like it. They had a good time. They said it was more than they expected.”

The new attraction to Wind Creek is the result of a partnership between the Alabama State Parks System, Historic Banning Mills, a 501 ( c ) (3) conservation center in Banning, Georgia, and American Adventure Park Systems of Whitesburg, Georgia.

Greg Lein, director of Alabama’s state park system, said the additions at Wind Creek and the other parks will See ZIP LINE • Page 10

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Top, Pat Pereira rides a line across part of the lake at Wind Creek Aerial and Zip Line Adventures. Above, Cynthia Ferguson demonstrates going over a self-rescue line that assists if a customer stops in the middle of a run.

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Lewis & Clark Circus coming next weekend

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

The Alexander City Kiwanis Club is bringing the Lewis & Clark Circus to town Oct. 28-29.

It is the fifth year the club has brought the circus in to help the club raise funds.

“It all stays in town,” Kiwanian Cam Caldwell said. “It benefits the children of Alex City.”

Caldwell said the circus will feature a lot of the animals and acts everyone associates with the circus.

For those that arrive early, Caldwell said the circus will have a special treat on the midway.

“The will have camel rides available,” Caldwell said. “I am sure they will also have some other See CIRCUS • Page 3

County officials receive school bus GPS demonstration

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

A crowd consisting of Tallapoosa County Schools Superintendent Joe Windle, Director of Student Services Casey Davis, Tallapoosa County EMA Director Jason Moran, Chief David Barbour of the Dadeville Police Department and Sheriff Jimmy Abbett among others congregated at the County School Bus Shop Friday morning to watch as Alan Bentley from the Florence-based company nSide demonstrated school bus tracking equipment recently placed on the buses.

Installed on all 46 buses operated by the Tallapoosa County School System, the equipment and accompanying software provide a wealth of information about each individual bus as it makes its daily rounds.

Currently, the information boxes on the buses are wireless, but they could be wired in to the bus if desired, according to Bentley.

“With this, you are able to track speed, acceleration, deceleration and even when the door opens and closes,” Bentley Donald Campbell / The Outlook said. “We released this Tallapoosa County School Supertindent Joe Windle talks with Dadeville Police Chief David in January. The Alabama Barbour, Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, Tallapoosa County EMA Director Jason Moran and others See GPS • Page 9 during the nSide bus tracking program presentation Friday morning.

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DEAR ABBY: I am a 29-year-old single mother of two small children. My 5-yearold son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I’m the only one in my family who has been trained in his care, so I understand the importance of a healthy diet, proper insulin dosage, checking his blood sugar, etc., and that unless his diabetes is properly managed, it could lead to serious health issues -- even death.

I have explained these things to my mother and attempted to train her SEVERAL times, yet she continues to do things she shouldn’t be doing. She stops by my house almost every night with “treats” like candy, ice cream, chocolate bars, doughnuts, etc. When I get upset about it, she’ll casually reply, “Oh, whatever. If you dose him for the carbs in it, he’s fine,” which is not the case. Yes, he can have a treat

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now and then, but overall, he needs to stay away from that stuff.

It is extremely frustrating that she refuses to listen to me and continues to disrespect my wishes. I don’t know what else to do. We have fought repeatedly over this, and she keeps telling me I’m “overreacting.” I’m terrified my son will have permanent damage because of this. How do I get her to stop and listen to me? -- FRUSTRATED IN WISCONSIN DEAR FRUSTRATED: You have allowed your son’s medical condition to become a power struggle between you and your mother. Schedule an

Alexander City Police Department October 20

• Terrorist threat was reported on Highway 280.

October 19

• Katherine Samira Tuck, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child.

• Hester Eugene Freeman, 43, of Kellyton was arrested for tampering with physical evidence.

• Dewayne Edwards, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of failure to appear.

• Edward Durwin, 37, of Alexander City was arrested for theft.

• Chadwick Gene Dean, 43, of Kellyton was arrested for domestic violence.

• Harassment was reported on 5th Street.

• Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on Highway 280.

• Pedestrian struck by a vehicle was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence was reported on Red Barn Road.

October 18

• Marcus Avenger Kelly, 31, of Alexander City was arrested for two counts of domestic violence.

• Valerie Autrey Arnold,

32, of Goodwater was arrested for contempt of court.

• Contessa D. Ford, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for harassment.

• Tony Lee Taylor, 57, of Alexander City was arrested for theft.

• Marithia Jonek Adamson, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear.

• Theft was reported on Coven Abbett Highway.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Theft was reported on Fish Pond Road.

• Criminal trespass was reported in Alexander City.

• Two counts of domestic violence was reported on Jones Road.

• Domestic violence was reported Jones Road.

• Theft was reported on Joseph Street.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported on Mill Square.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department October 19

• Nathan Nixon of Goodwater was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear combine influence and was transported to the county jail.

• A resident of Highway 49 South in Tallassee filed a report for criminal mis-

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Red Red Ridge United Methodist Church in Dadeville hosts an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting every Sunday at 6 p.m.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: The Bill Nichols Chapter 13 meets every third Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Charles T. “Bud” Porch Center in Alexander City. Chapter Service Officers are available

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October 18

• A resident of Booger Hollow Road in Dadeville filed a report for identity theft.

• Lori Johnston of Daviston was arrested on two warrants for failure to comply possession precursor/conspiracy and probation violation precursor sale and was transported to the county jail.

October 17

• A resident of Highway 22 East in Daviston filed a report for burglary of a residence.

• A resident of Campbell Road in Dadeville filed a report for harassment.

• A resident of Campbell Road in Dadeville filed a report for theft of property.

• David Horsley of 4th Street in Alexander City was arrested on an outstaning warrant for failure to appear child support.

Dadeville Police Department October 17

• A Lafayette man, age 23, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

• A Dadeville man, age 25, was arrested for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia on East Street.

October 16

• A report was filed for domestic violence that occurred on Gristmill Court.

October 14

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on East Lafayette Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

• A Dadeville man, age 43, was arrested for possession of marijuana on East South Street.

October 13

• A two motor vehicle collision occurred on East Lafayette Street resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

• A Camp Hill woman, age 26, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

• A Dadeville man, age 37, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.

October 12

• An Alexander City woman, age 32, was arrested for theft of property on Highway 280.

• A report was filed for theft of property that occurred on East Lafayette Street.

October 11

• A report was filed for theft of property that occurred on North Broadnax Street.

• A report was filed for harassment that occurred in the Dadeville area.

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DEAR ABBY: I am having a difficult time relating to my older daughter. One reason is that when she was 18, I co-signed a $4,000 loan for school. She’s now turning 29 and still hasn’t paid the loan back. I talk to her about it often and she says, “I’ll take care it,” but she never does.

I’m a single mom and still raising a daughter. I’m trying to buy a place of our own, but I am encountering credit problems because of the loan.

I don’t know what to do. She

has my two grandsons, and if I take her to court, I’ll never see them again. Please help me. -HURT MOM IN GEORGIA DEAR HURT MOM: If you have explained to your older daughter that you need the money now, and have written proof that the loan was made with the promise that it would be repaid, your next step should be to talk to an attorney.

And if your daughter retaliates by depriving her children of their grandmother, so be it. At least you and your younger daughter will have a better chance of having a roof of your own over your heads. You have my sympathy.

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CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: Every second and fourth Sunday at 5 p.m. the Trinity campus of First United Methodist Church will be a caregiver support group. Call 256-786-1685 for more information.

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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.

VOLUNTEER: Southern Care Hospice is seeking volunteers. Please call Lizz Gillenwaters at 256-2341134 or 256-749-3717 for more information.

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.

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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.

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Downtown Showdown Fashion Show an overwhelming success

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

A good crowd gathered in the back parking lot of the United Way building in Alexander City Thursday night for the fifth annual Downtown Showdown Fashion Show fundraiser for the Lake Martin Area United Way. “It went well. We had a great crowd,” Marketing Director Courtney Layfield said. “Everyone had a great time.”

With more than 100 items available in the silent auction, plenty of food from local restaurants and a special presentation from the Benjamin Russell High School Drama Club being added to the lineup for this year’s show, the event was unforgettable for those in attendance.

“I think it truly was one of the best,” said Executive Director Sharon Fuller.

“We’ve been hearing a lot of comments this (Friday) morning about how great it was.”

Fuller added that the vendors set up at this year’s show were more popular than some of those who have taken part in the past, and that many of the models taking part in the show were local, which brought in even more support from the public. Thursday night’s show incorporated a New Orleans theme, but the event still had the same overall setup that has worked well for every Downtown Showdown since the beginning.

Despite having to compete with the Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver concert at the Benjamin Russell auditorium, Fuller still felt it was a good night for everybody.

“It’s great when you have a choice of things to do on a Thursday night. I think it was a big win for everyone,” she said.

Fuller said she and others in the United Way office were still trying to add up the total dollar amount raised through the fashion show as of late Friday morning, and was planning on waiting to announce the grand total at the latest fundraiser update this upcoming Friday.

“This was one of the best turnouts we’ve ever had,” she said. “I’m excited to see what the grand total was.”

Fuller and Layfield both expressed their thanks for those who took part in the fashion show Thursday night, including the models, vendors, volunteers and businesses that showed their support for United Way, along with the community buying tickets and the Benjamin Russell Drama Club for adding its participation.

“We couldn’t have done it without them,” Fuller said. “It was truly a community effort.”

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Top, guests mingle and view the vendor tables at the fashion show. Above left, models show off apparel from North Lake Crafted at Thursday’s fashion show. Above right, a model shows off fashions available at Ooh La La.

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types of rides too.”

The circus is one of six fundraisers this year for Kiwanis club.

Caldwell said the other fundraisers are a pancake breakfast, peanut sale, steak dinner, an auction and the fair.

Saturday performances are at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. with a single Sunday performance at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in

advance or $15 at the gate and are available at Radio Shack, Tapley Appliance and River Bank and Trust.

Coupons to get children in free are available at almost every convenience store and retail outlet in the area.

For those interested in joining Kiwanis, information can be found on the internet at kiwanis. org.

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I’m binging on Viola Davis — and murder

Weekend has a A little something for everyone I 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 trick-or-treating in the campground beginning at 6 p.m.

To top it off, the new Zipline Canopy Trail at the park is making its debut this weekend as well.

That’s not the only fall festival in town. The Alexander City Church of God of Prophecy at 122 Poplar Road is hosting a family fall festival today from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

If you are looking for a deal, the M&M Kids of Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting a free yard sale at the church today from 7 a.m. to noon. The church is located on Highway 22 East just past Abernathy Feed and Seed.

If all those things aren’t enough, Sunday is a big, big day for one of Alexander City’s most-loved residents.

Cecil “Sausage” Bryant will turn 102 years old Sunday. Bryant is a man who has done so much for the city in his life. From the Alex City/ Tallapoosa County Rescue Squad, to the Alex City Honor Guard, to the Recycling Center, there isn’t much that Bryant didn’t have a hand in.

We thank Bryant for all he has done for our community and wish him a very happy birthday.

MITCH SNEED EDITOR (256) 234-4281 X213

s I grow older, I’m much less likely to follow trends, whether in fashion, music, language, whatever.

Instead, I find myself stumbling upon late what may have been “hip,” “happening” or “in” months or maybe even years before.

Such is what happened with my television watching. First, I stumbled into the world of the little box – you know, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu – later than most. In fact, if I weren’t in a two-year agreement with DirecTV (and could get my college football fixes elsewhere), I would likely be considering divorce after our long marriage. Certainly, I need to cut back on my current package.

But I digress.

Fact is, I do have Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu now and I have stumbled across a show to which I am, I think I can safely say, 100 percent addicted.

The show? “How to Get Away with Murder,” which airs on ABC and stars talented actress Viola Davis.

I’m sure there are those out there who have been hooked from the series’ beginning, but, remember now, I just started watching over the weekend and my wife and I just got to Season 2 last night.

To say that the show has more twists and turns than a gymnastic pretzel would be an understate-

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ment. Just when you think you’ve figured out where the plot’s going to take you – and I must admit that I have a talent for doing so – “Murder” takes a hairpin curve, leaving you clinging for dear life while it heads somewhere completely different.

Davis, one of the stars in 2011’s “The Help” and who recently shined opposite Denzel Washington in “Fences,” drives the show.

She plays a high-powered defense attorney/ law-school professor who couldn’t find a scruple with a magnifying glass.

And, as the show begins, she selects a cadre of star law students who end up aiding her in escaping a series of endless predicaments as well as finding themselves in some of their own creation, too.

The characters include a boy-next-door-type, a gay male nympho, a gold-digging black up-from-theghetto female, a crooked federal judge’s son and one seemingly-normal girl who’s stuck on someone who works for Davis who is apparently a hitman of sorts.

And, of course, in the first season, there’s a

female drug addict/dealer who may or may not be a murderer who falls for who else? The boy-next-door character. And, as would only be right in such a rudderless, yet entertaining show, he falls for her, too.

I have to admit: except for sports, in my estimation what we’re offered on television these days isn’t on a par with what we’ve been offered in the past.

Maybe it’s the turn toward what’s called “reality television” that I don’t care for. Maybe it’s the demise of good television writing or good concepts for TV fare.

Whatever has been lacking, my faith in Hollywood (Harvey Weinstein not withstanding) has been somewhat restored in “How to Get Away with Murder.” It makes you think, it keeps you involved, everything that a good television show should do. Yes, we go to TV for escape, but we also go to see the unexpected on occasion.

I promise you this: you will get plenty that you don’t expect from “How to Get Away with Murder.”

It’s not suitable for children, so don’t watch it with the family. But when the little ones are in bed, I would highly suggest you give this one a whirl.

David Granger is the managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers newspapers in Elmore County.

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John McKelvey represents District 3, which includes Jackson’s Gap, Hackneyville, New Site and Daviston.

McKelvey currently serves as chairman.

His phone number is 256-794-4405. His address is 1285 Freeman John Road, Dadeville.

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Steve Robinson represents District 2, which includes the southern part of Alexander City, the Cedar Creek area, Ourtown and Willow Point. His phone number Steve Robinson is 256-654-0047. His address is 300 Heritage Drive Alexander City.

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Woody, thanks for making my point. It’s pretty clear that you are incapable of saying anything positive, and that’s sad.

You seem to believe that community leaders in Alex City, such as the Mayor, Economic Alliance, Chamber of Commerce, and….oh yeah, the County Commissioners and the County School Superintendent aren’t doing their best to improve Alex City and Tallapoosa County.

I don’t believe that for one minute. They are all good people doing tough jobs the best they can.

Now, it may be that their best effort isn’t good enough for you and thus

you have license to criticize. And you would be correct…that is your right.

However, it isn’t helpful.

It’s easy to sit in the catbird seat and criticize…I know that from experience.

Your assertion that you are unable to run for office to help fix things because you don’t live in Alex City is a bit disingenuous.

That isn’t your only outlet.

You could run for County Commission, County School Superintendent, or the County Board of Education. No prohibition there.

Woody, I don’t know if your predictions are accurate or not…they might be…but why dwell on the negative? If I’ve learned anything in my 84 years, it’s that only one person

controls whether you are positive or negative, and that person is you. When you wake up each morning, you get to decide how your day will go.

Enough of this foolishness! I’m headed to Montgomery with another van-load of furniture.

PS: Woody, there is one thing I’ll bet you and I can agree on…The Outlook.

We are lucky to have a good hometown newspaper willing to put up with our occasional blathering.

Thanks Kenneth, Mitch, Betsy and all the others there.

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This weekend is October 21-22, 2017 Today’s Events

STARGAZING: The Auburn Astronomical Society will set up telescopes to look at the night sky Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. on Hospice Point near the silo at Wind Creek State Park.

HOMECOMING: The Mountain Community Homecoming will be Oct. 21 at the Bethany Church Mountain Community Center starting at 10 a.m.

Lunch will be at noon. Please bring a covered dish to share for lunch. If you have any family pictures, please bring to share with everyone.

The community center is at Clay County Road 49 in the Mountain community north of New Site.

For more information call Velera Oliver at 256-234-2935 or Jim Branch at 256-252-9266.

TRADE DAY: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends Monthly Trade Day in Millerville on Highway 9 between Ashland and Goodwater will be held on Oct. 21 from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. Refreshments are also available.

YARD SALE: M&M Kids of Duncan United Methodist Church is hosting a free yard sale at the church Oct. 21 from 7 a.m. to noon.

The church is located on Highway 22 East just past Abernathy Feed.

FALL FESTIVAL: The Alexander City Church of God of Prophecy at 122 Poplar Road is hosting a family fall festival Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: New Covenant Ministries of the World is hosting its National Women’s Conference Oct. 17-22 at the Liberty Life Christian Center with sessions at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Speakers include Pastor Carla Dunn, Evangelist Andora Dothard,

Pastor CeCelia Adams and Evangelist Lashunda Brown.

Apostle W.T. Traylor is pastor of Liberty Life Christian Center, Mother Ola Traylor.

Today’s Birthdays

Cindy Wilcox, Daniel Booth, Romonia Jones, Billie Joe Sallas, Louis Buzbee, Tony Tucker, Ronnie Joiner, Mary Lou Whetstone, Lauren Elizabeth Childs, Elizabeth Sasser, Perry H. Mann, Timothy Walker, Jeremy Yates and Steven Colvin are celebrating birthdays today.

Today’s Anniversaries

Cleon and Marie Vernon, Sam and Sylvia Stokes and Rev. and Mrs. David Moore celebrate their anniversaries today.

Sunday’s Events

MEN’S DAY PROGRAM: Bread of Life ACOP in Kellyton is hosting a Men’s Day Program Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Kirkey Jr. Pastor of Bread of Life is Elder Neverland Tuck. For more information call Prophetess Alisa Norris at 256-329-8674 or 256-496-0189.

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Waverly is celebrating its 148th Anniversary Sunday, Oct. 22. Guest minister will be Rev. Terry Magby on New Mt. Sellers Missionary Baptist Church.

Rev. Melvin Kelley Jr. is pastor Mt. Olive.

FOUNDERS DAY: GAP Fellowship Church at 721 Robinson Court is celebrating its 18th Annual Founder’s Day Oct. 22 at 2:30 p.m. with special guest Rev. Dr. Ronnie

–Since 1978–

White of Word of God Community Church in Talladega. Pastor of GAP Fellowship Church is Lou and Marilyn Benson.

CHURCH HOMECOMING: Bradford United Methodist Church is hosting its annual homecoming celebration Sunday, Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m. followed by a fellowship meal. The guest speaker will be Rev. Tommy Gillum with special music by “The Wilkes.”

WOMEN’S DAY: Kellyton Chapel United Methodist Church is celebrating Women’s Day Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. Guest speaker will be Sister Giovonnda Young of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Alexander City. The pastor of Kellyton Chapel is Rev. Michael Strong.

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Sunday’s Anniversaries

Mitch and Cyndi Sneed and Floyd and Laurie Jones celebrate their anniversaries Sunday.

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The Tallapoosa County Board of Education recognized the principals at each of the various county schools during Monday night’s board meeting. The board passed a resolution at the meeting recognizing October as National Principals Month. Left to right are Chris Hand of Dadeville High School, Dr. Chris Dark of Dadeville Elementary School, Chad McKelvey of the Edward Bell Career Technical Center, Tom Cochran of Reeltown High School and Pam Langford of Reeltown Elementary School. Not pictured is James Aulner of Horseshoe Bend.

Monday, October 23

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Dr. Mark Conversio will present “Hot Topic of the Day” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Oct. 23 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City.

MINISTERIAL MEETING: The Alexander City Area Ministerial Association Meeting will be Monday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Big B Barbecue in Alexander City.

Wednesday, October 25

TRUNK OR TREAT: The First United Methodist Church and the First Presbyterian Church are hosting a joint Trunk or Treat at the First Presbyterian Church at 371 Jefferson Street Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome and its free.

FALL FESTIVAL: Hillabee Baptist Church is hosting a fall festival Oct. 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with faith, food, fun and games for all ages.

Thursday, October 26

SENIOR RX: Deborah Jones will be at the Alexander City Chamber of Commerce Oct. 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to speak to seniors to see if they are eligible for assistance with diabetic supplies, liquid supplements and medications.

For an appointment time, call 1800Darrell Brooks, Owner 361-1636 or 256-761-3575.

Cutting •Edging Friday, October 27 Weed Eating •Mulch FALL HARVEST: Bill Nichols State Weed Control Veterans Home is hosting a fall harvest fundraiser Oct. 27 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m for families, staff and community.

There will be a country store, homemade bake goods, bake sale and grilled hot dogs. They need help with donations. All proceeds go toward veterans.

Contact Shonda Young for more 256.267.0518 information.

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Saturday, October 28

5K RUN: The Radney Wildcat 5K Dash and 1 mile Trick-or-Treat Fun Run will be held Saturday, Oct. 28.

Registration will be available at the race, while pre-registration forms can be found at the Radney Elementary School office. 5K registration is $25, while the 1 mile fun run is $15. The 5K begins at 7:30 a.m., with the fun run to follow at 8:30 a.m. Participants in the fun run are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes and will be able to trick-or-treat at designated locations along the 1 mile route.

TOUGH TEN: The Auburn-Opelika Running and Track Association (AORTA) is hosting the 18th Annual Tough Ten/ Tough Two Race Saturday, Oct. 28 in Auburn. There are multiple division for awards.

To register go to auburnrunning.org or runsignup.com/race/al/auburn/aortatoughtentoughtwo.

CANCER AWARENESS LUNCHEON: New Adka Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a cancer awareness Luncheon Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. in the fellowship hall at 21 North Thornton Road in Dadeville. The speaker will be RuPearl Sharp of Fayetteville, Georgia. The pastor is Edward Milner.

The event is free to the public but donations will be accepted with proceeds going to Cancer Treatment Center of America Newnan Hospital.

FARM DAY: The Weogufka Center will be hosting Farm Day Oct. 28.

See old farm equipment, the train man Robert Pearson and Ms. Kay Cheshire will be in the history room. Breakfast begins at 6:30 a.m.

Admission is $2 per car and vendors are $20 per booth.

CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAM: Friendship Baptist Church is hosting its annual Cancer Awareness Program Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. The speaker will be Sister Cheryl Ransaw with guest choir Kellyton Chapel and guest praise team from Miracle Baptist Church. The

pastor is Roosevelt Gregory.

CAR SHOW: The 12th Annual Bill Nichols State Veterans Home Car and Motorcycle Show is Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1784 Elkahatchee Road. It is hosted by the Bill Nichols Chapter 13 DAV and Auxillary Unit. Participant registration fee is $15. There will be food available for purchase, door prizes, money tree and live entertainment.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Bibb Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have Family Game Night Bingo from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Five free Bingo cards to the first 10 kids age 10 and under. Game prizes and door prizes. Begin with hot dogs, pizza, chips and soft drinks.

DRUG TAKE BACK: The Middle Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership has teamed up with the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force to offer the Drug Take Back Event at Walgreens in Alexander City Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event offers safe, anonymous disposal of old, unwanted or expired medications.

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR: The Brothas Keeper Motorcycle Club’s 2nd Annual Halloween Spooktacular at Strand Park is Saturday, Oct. 28 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be games and bounce houses for children. Face painting for kids is free. There will also be a haunted trail for all.

The Alexander City Police Department, Alexander City Fire Department and the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department will be in attendance.

October 28-29

CIRCUS: The Alexander City Kiwanis Club is hosting the Lewis and Clark Circus Oct. 28-29. Performances will be Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the gate and are available at Radio Shack, Tapley Appliance and River Bank and Trust.

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The words of the last verse are: “For one. I “hap-hazardly” measured the what is a man, what has he got, if not ingredients as usual and we ended up eating chicken salad for supper instead of himself, then he has naught, to say the a cheese ball. I must admit it was the best things he truly feels, and the words of one who kneels, the record shows I took chicken salad I had ever made! the blows and did it my way.”

Paul Anka purchased the rights to the What about you? Will you surrender tune “I Did It My Way” and composed the words for Frank Sinatra. If one listens your life to Jesus Christ or will you choose to spend eternity in hell because to the song, words of defiance are obviof defiance and doing it “your way” ous. The song represents someone who instead of God’s way? chose to “plan each chartered course” and do the things of life his way. My attiJackie Wilbourn is a member of Bethel tude toward measuring mimics a bit of Baptist Church, a chaplain with Alabama defiance as well!

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Pleasant Grove Church of Christ 1819 Bay Pine Rd, Jackson’s Gap

Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist 835 Valley Rd., Camp Hill 334-257-4442

Mt. Carmel Baptist 3610 Dudleyville Rd., Dadeville

Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212

Ridge Grove Missionary Baptist Alexander City, 256-234-6972

Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 63 South, Alex City 256-234-7748

Rocky Mt. Baptist New Site community

New Beginning Baptist 1076 Coley Creek Rd.

Seleeta Baptist Booker St., Alex City 256-329-2685

New Concord Baptist Off hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-5390

Shady Grove Baptist Jackson’s Gap Community

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Liberty Baptist 1365 Hillabee St., Alex City 256-329-8830 New Life Baptist County Road 14, Alex City, 256-329-2635 Victory Baptist 280 By-Pass, Alex City

Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd.

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New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-5218

Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820

Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City

New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635

Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180

New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville

New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street

BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433

New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City

New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331

BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site

Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road

New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846

Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716

Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070

New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932

Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865

Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882

Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville

The Church of God 13th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1696

Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle 256-596-1873

Washington Street A.C.O.P. Church of God Washington Street

Orr Street Baptist 1000 “O” Street (Hwy. 63N) Alex City, 256-234-3171

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Church of God of Prophecy 303 Poplar Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6941

Elam Baptist Robertson Rd. Alex City

Calvary Baptist 819 Main St., Dadeville, 256-825-5989

Early Rose Baptist 201 E Street, Alexander City Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville

Calvary Heights Baptist Elkahatchee, Rd., Alex City 256-234-7224

Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243

Camp Hill Baptist Downtown Camp Hill, 256-896-2811

Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater

Comer Memorial 941 E. Church St., Alex City 256-234-2236

Jackson’s Gap Baptist Church 21 East Church St. 256-825-6814

Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327 Eagle Creek Baptist Hwy. 49, Dadeville, 256-825-6048

Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater

Fellowship Baptist Buttston Community Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church on Claybrook Drive, Alex City 256-839-5339 First Baptist Court Square, Alex City 256-234-6351

Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787

First Baptist Tallassee St., Dadeville, 256-825-6232

Mt. Calvary Baptist 329 King St., Alex City, 256-234-5631 Mt. Olive Baptist Hwy. 280 & Jct. 49, Goodwater Mt. Sinai Baptist Fish Pond Rd., Coosa County 256-329-2337 Mt. Zion Baptist Hwy. 22, New Site Mt. Zion East StillWaters Dr., 256-825-4991

Good News Baptist Church 10493 Hwy. 280, Jackson’s Gap 256-825-2555 Hackneyville Baptist Hwy. 63 N., Hackneyville Hillabee Baptist Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6798 Horseshoe Bend Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512

Mt. Zion West Our Town Community, 256-234-7748 New Elam Baptist Hwy. 9, Burtonville, 256-234-2037 New Bethel Baptist Rock St., Dadeville, 256-825-7726 Peace & Goodwill Baptist Cottage Grove Community Alexander City, 256-377-4634 Pine Grove Baptist Eagle Creek Rd., Dadeville

Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville Lebanon Baptist Mt. Carmel Rd., Dadeville, 256-234-7541

Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588

Ray Baptist Rockford Hwy., Alex City, 256-234-7609 River Road Baptist 148 Dean Rd., Alex City, 256-234-6971 Rocky Creek Baptist Samford Rd., Cowpens Community Rocky Mount Baptist Hwy. 22 E., Alex City, 256-329-2327 Rock Springs Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-839-6263 Russell Farm Baptist Hwy. 63 beyond Our Town

Pentecostal Church of God 163 Franklin Street, Alex City 256-215-4055

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1515 Worthy Road, Alex City (Corner of Worthy Place and Dadeville Road)

Pine Grove Baptist Camp Hill

House of Restoration Holiness 519 Slaughter Ave., Camp Hill, 256-749-2373, 256-896-2904

Fellowship Revival Center Mission 316 6th Ave., Alex City 256-329-1510 weekends

Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street

Kellyton Revival Center Co. Road 87 South Kellyton

Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City

Liberty Life Christian Center 321 “S” Street, Alex City

Wayside Baptist 21 Wayside Circle, Alex City 256-234-5564

Passion Church 3340 Hwy. 63 N., Alex City 256-409-9590

Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend

The Family Worship Center 365 Scott Road, Alex City

CATHOLIC St. John the Apostle 454 N. Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-3631

METHODIST – UNITED Alexander City Methodist 11th Ave. N., Alex City 256-329-1284

CHURCH OF CHRIST Alex City Church of Christ 945 Tallapoosa St., Alex City 256-234-6494

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GPS Institute for the Deaf and Blind was the first to sign on with this, followed by the Tallapoosa County School System.”

Along with being able to track buses, the program offered by nSide allows users to view floor plans of each of the county schools as well as the bus shop. As a security measure, only individuals given the proper designation and authority by the county board will be able to access the program and see the information.

Bentley explained a great deal about the program while also showing a lot of the different features it has on his laptop. During the demonstration, he zoomed in on the map to click on a moving arrow, representing a bus traveling from Horseshoe Bend to the Edward Bell Career Tech Center in Camp Hill.

After clicking on the arrow, an information box popped up, stating the time the bus began its journey, the miles it had currently traveled and the speed it was going.

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weather radar feature, pulling the latest data from the National Weather Service.

Bentley said nSide was working on adding alert capabilities to the weather features, but there were currently some bugs being worked out of the system.

“The capability of seeing weather and buses is there,” he said.

Bentley fielded a handful of questions from the assembled group, including Windle asking if the information available was in real time.

“It’s as real time as it gets,” Bentley said. “We ping the device on the bus every five seconds and it gets relayed to the system quickly. There may be a delay of up to about 10 seconds from when it pings to when you see the data.”

Barbour asked how long the data was stored in the program’s system, to which Bentley replied that, since the company had partnered with Google, there was an unlimited amount of cloud storage available, meaning the data could be stored

until the school board determined they no longer needed it.

Though the information available could be limited by the central office for other agencies around the county, such as allowing Moran to focus more on the weather and the police and sheriff’s departments to see where a bus is located should the unthinkable happen, everyone felt this was a good investment.

“This incorporates all of you. I think one of the

things you will see in Tallapoosa County is the coordination with all of the county agencies,” Windle said. “You can see how this was advantageous to us.”

“We’re very appreciative we’re a part of this,” Abbett said.

While there are still some small issues to be worked out with the program before it becomes the most effective tool it can be, installing the nSide system on Tallapoosa County school buses provides the

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“We just felt like this was a good investment,” Windle said.

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be just the latest example of the system’s public-private partnerships the park system has, most of have proved successful in attracting customers.

“We have numerous private partnerships at our parks around the state,” Lein said last year. “Our existing concession agreements have been very successful and have helped attract tens of thousands of guests to our parks. We expect the new aerial attractions to be equally successful and bring new visitors to our incredible parks.”

No taxpayer money or funds from Alabama State Parks were used in the construction of these attractions. The vendors were chosen after a competitive bid process.

Donna Holder with Banning Mills said the company is excited to have the network up and running at Wind Creek State Park.

“This is kind of a soft opening for us here in the fall,” Holder said. “But we were done and wanted to start to let people experience it and see what it’s all about before the big kickoff next spring.”

Holder said that this is the second park that the company has taken on in Alabama with Lake Guntersville coming on line late last year. The setup at Wind Creek will feature 10 zip lines and five skywalks and most of them have incredible views including several that give a unique perspective of the lake.

The lines range in height from 20 to 70 feet off the ground and span a distance from 200 to 650 feet.

Holder said the staff at Wind Creek has been incredible to work with and since it was announced, there has been a buzz about them opening.

“The course is in the open and with high traffic of campers and visitors, people have really been asking about it,” Holder said.

“We are excited about getting it opened and think it will be a great addition to the park amenities.”

Lindsey and staff took advantage of the weather Friday to ride the lines themselves and will be doing the same Saturday as the park welcomes thousands for the annual fall festival.

Don’t worry. If you go at least two staff members will accompany your group with the one to two hour tour. As for safety, guests wear harnesses that are always locked into the cable safety system.

Lindsey said the tour is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of the month with a special price of $49 per person.

Lindsey explained this is not your homemade zip line in some one’s yard.

“Some people are not used to zip line courses,” Lindsey said. “Many people think of one zip line from the backyard. This is a canopy tour. It is different. It is more of an adventure than a ride.”

Unemployment is the lowest on record, according to the Alabama Department of Labor.

“That is great news and a sign of positive things for our economy,” Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors said. “When you have a situation where a little more than 400 people are unemployed, it shows that the economy is good and businesses are creating jobs.”

Coosa County recorded equally impressive numbers.

Coosa posted an unemployment rate of 3.3 percent, down from 4.2 percent in August and almost 3 percentage points lower than the 6.1 unemployment rate Coosa logged in September 2016.

Statistics show only 146 Coosa residents are classified as unemployed.

The good local news followed the pattern of great numbers statewide.

Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 3.8 percent, down from August’s rate of 4.2 percent, and well below September 2016’s rate of 6.0 percent. The last time Alabama’s unemployment rate was this low was in April 2007, when it also measured 3.8 percent, the lowest rate in recorded history, according to a release from the office of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey.

“We’ve been working extremely hard over the past six months to bring Alabama’s

unemployment rate down, and today’s news shows that our efforts are paying off,” Ivey said. “This is truly a historic day, as we announce that Alabama’s unemployment rate is the lowest it has ever been. When it comes to job creation, we are doing the right thing and momentum is on our side in Alabama. But, we won’t let up and we will continue recruiting new businesses and encouraging existing firms to expand. We can’t and won’t slow down just because we’ve reached this milestone.”

In September, 2,068,594 people were counted as employed, compared to 2,057,360 in August, and 2,045,762 in September 2016. September’s rate represents 82,678 unemployed persons, compared to 90,756 in August and 131,201 in September 2016.

“Nearly 23,000 more people are working now than last year and the number of unemployed is down by almost 50,000. Those numbers represent real workers, with real families, and indicate real progress in our economy,” said Alabama Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington. “Alabama’s employers continue to add jobs, supporting more than 2,011,000 positions this month, beating yearly job growth projections by 28,400 only nine months into the year.

We remain hopeful that this wonderful progress continues throughout the rest of the year.”

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Top, Cynthia Ferguson glides along one of 10 zip lines at the new Zip Line Canopy Tour at Wind Creek State Park Friday afternoon. Above, Blake Lindsey and Ferguson speak on one of the last platforms. Left top, Lindsey glides along one of 10 zip lines. Left bottom, Ferguson rides over one of the picnic areas.

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Wage and salary employment increased in September by 7,100.

Monthly gains were seen in the government sector (+5,900), the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+2,800), and the construction sector (+1,200), among others. Over the year, wage and salary employment increased 28,400, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+7,400), the professional and business services sector (+6,600), and the construction sector (+6,300), among others.

“All 67 counties experienced drops in their unemployment rates, both over the year and over the month, and for the first time in a decade, no county has a rate in the double digits,” said Washington.

Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 2.4 percent, Marshall and Cullman Counties at 2.8 percent, and Madison, Lee, and Elmore Counties at 2.9 percent. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 8.9 percent, Clarke County at 6.7 percent, and Dallas County at 6.3 percent.

Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 2.2 percent, Alabaster and Homewood at 2.3 percent, and Hoover at 2.4 percent. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 7.0 percent, Prichard at 6.4 percent, and Bessemer at 4.7 percent.

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Red Cross a vital part of disaster relief EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the 12th in a series of profiles on the 28 agencies that receive funding through the Lake Martin Area United Way. Currently, the Lake Martin Area United Way is holding their 2018 fundraising campaign, “Team United.” To learn how to help, contact the United Way at 256-329-3600 or at www. unitedwaylakemartin.org.

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

In times of disaster, one of the first groups to arrive at the scene and offer aid to those in need is the American Red Cross. Providing meals and counseling to people affected by the disaster, working with others to clean up debris and other damage and just simply being there for those most affected, the American Red Cross is a welcome sight when

the recovery begins.

The Central Alabama Chapter of the Red Cross group services Tallapoosa County and the Lake Martin area, offering residents a wide range of educational services as well as providing disaster relief.

“The American Red Cross services our neighbors in times of need,” said Executive Director for the Central Alabama Chapter Kelly Hodges. “We are there for our neighbors providing assistance from natural disasters. We teach first aid and CPR classes, babysitting classes and water safety, as well as being there for our veterans and active military and their families.”

Hodges listed a number of other services the Red Cross provides for the public along with their disaster relief programs. In Alexander City,

the group works with the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in providing pet-based therapy to the veterans there.

When a house fire displaces a family, the Red Cross is able to assist them with some of the family’s immediate needs, including food, clothing and a temporary shelter. The group can also provide emergency

communications between members of the military and their families.

“The Red Cross is there for our communities when the call for help is heard from emergencies,” Hodges said.

One very visible program the Red Cross takes part in is regular blood drives, collecting much-needed blood

from willing donors in order to have plenty in stock should a serious disaster require victims to be given life-saving transfusions.

However, without a dedicated team of partners, the Red Cross would not be able to reach everyone it does and offer all the services it provides.

“The United Way is our No. 1 partner, allowing us to be there for our communities during their times of need,” Hodges said. “None of this would be possible without the United Way, our volunteers and generous community members.”

To learn more about the American Red Cross, the Central Alabama Chapter and the organization’s mission, their website is www.redcross. org, while Hodges can be reached at 334-399-3750 or kelly.hodges@redcross.org.

Horseshoe Bend FCCLA to host Pink and Teal Fashion Show

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

For the past several years, Horseshoe Bend teacher Felicia Williams and the members of FCCLA have organized a Pink Fashion Show at the school in order to raise money for breast cancer research. On Tuesday, Oct. 31, the group will be presenting the Pink and Teal Fashion Show.

“We started the Pink Fashion Show about nine years ago, but we changed it up slightly last year to a Pink and Teal Fashion Show,” Williams said. “In 2015, we lost a faculty member to ovarian cancer, so we decided to change it up and do both pink and teal.”

Williams said they had planned on changing it back to just pink for this year’s event, but the state FCCLA advisor was recently diagnosed with cervical cancer, so it was decided to keep the show pink and teal this year and do the show in the advisor’s honor.

The show is open for any student at Horseshoe Bend, as well as members of the community to attend for a $1 admission fee. The fashion show has

raised between $5,000 and $6,000 since beginning nine years ago, all of which has been donated to the American Cancer Society.

Due to the 2017 Pink and Teal Fashion Show falling on Oct. 31, Williams said the event will be Halloweenthemed, but will still follow the same overall format the show has had in previous years, with both students and community members invited to participate in the event.

“We try to have between 30 and 40 participants each year,” Williams said. “We do ask participants for a $1 donation, and we usually try to provide trophies for the winners.

“Each contestant will enter through the library onto the back of the stage, do a couple of turns, then go back and exit the stage through the library. At the end, all the contestants come out on stage as a group before the judging.”

As the show is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, a few of its members have been judges for the event the past few years, something Williams hoped would be

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Horseshoe Bend School student Dakota Howard walks off the stage with the other participants at last year’s Pink and Teal Fashion Show. This year’s fashion show will be hosted on Tuesday, Oct. 31.

able to continue this year.

Williams said the fashion show has a good attendance each year from both students and members of the community, and it would not be possible without plenty of hard work from the student members of FCCLA. “I expect members to set up for the show,

break it down afterwards, handle the music and announcements and many of the other backstage and behind the scenes things,” she said.

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Injuries are the worst part of sports O

pening night of the NBA season is always a highlyanticipated one for sports fans. The night allows the two previous Finals teams to premier before anyone else, giving fans a taste of the best of the best the league has to offer.

But jaws dropped and everyone held a collective breath when just six minutes into the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game against the Boston Celtics, things were put on hold as Gordon Hayward went down with what could only be described as ugly injury.

If you’re not much of an NBA fan — which, admittedly, I’m not — Hayward was projected to be a huge factor in Boston’s season this year. Now, it’s likely he’ll miss the entire season after the injury to his left ankle. He underwent surgery Wednesday and, thankfully, is expected to eventually make a full recovery.

Injuries are easily the scariest and worst part of sports, and what’s especially scary about Hayward’s injury — and in fact, many of the worst — is how little contact is needed to push bones out of place and make ligaments move in ways they aren’t supposed to.

I vividly remember watching the Kevin Ware injury, which remains to this day the most horrifying injury I’ve ever seen. Back in 2013, Ware was playing in the Elite Eight for the Lousville Cardinals against Duke. He went up to attempt to block a shot and came down on what became a broken leg. You could literally see his bone on the outside of his body.

I had to turn the game off. I couldn’t tell you now who won or lost, or what happened for the rest of the game. But I will never forget that injury.

Again, what was crazy about that injury is Ware was just doing his job. No one touched him; no one pushed him; no one made any contact. He was just doing what he was supposed to do.

And no one is immune.

Wednesday night, I covered Benjamin Russell’s volleyball match against Calera. Baylee Adkins had been flying all over the court all night long; she was making some great plays and was just giving 100 percent effort. Then things got bad.

Adkins went down for a dig and landed hard on the court. Fans in the crowd around me thought she had knocked her head, but it was actually her shoulder that separated. For a moment, it looked nearly as gruesome as Hayward’s injury that had happened just 24 hours prior. As the gym silenced, you could audibly hear Adkins writhing in pain, and a chill went down my spine.

Luckily, as the silly saying goes, heroes don’t always wear capes, and trainer Deb Arnold was rushed from the football practice field, and helped Adkins wipe away the tears and even show a smile or two on the bench.

All injuries are difficult to watch. I’ve been to three different football games this year where kids have been taking out on a stretcher; and I know of at least two players in the area who have suffered season-ending injuries this year. It’s truly heartbreaking.

But here’s the thing about sports: Injuries are part of the game — a horrible, awful, I-wish-it-wasn’t-so part, but a part nonetheless.

And like Ware and Hayward, Adkins was just giving it her all, trying to help her Wildcats to the victory. When she returns to the court, I guarantee she’ll be flying around just like she was before.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Outlook.

PLAYOFFS BEGIN Area volleyball tournaments start Monday

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

The volleyball regular season has officially come to a close, and playoffs are right around the corner. Area tournaments begin Monday with four area teams in action, and Central Coosa hosts its area tournament Tuesday.

Benjamin Russell will head to Wetumpka for the only three-team tournament. The Wildcats begin play in the Class 6A Area 6 tournament against Opelika at 4:30 p.m.

Benjamin Russell swept Opelika both times this season, winning each match 3-0, but if the Wildcats advance, they’ll face the Indians, who they lost to twice this year.

“It all is according to which team shows up,” BRHS coach Pam Robinson said. “If this team (against Calera) shows up, we have a great chance of going down there and winning both those matches and being area champion. If the team from Tuesday shows up, I don’t know what will happen because both those teams are good.”

A’Niah Ford has emerged as the offensive leader of the team; she has 289 kills on the season. Jakorria Glenn has 136, and Shay Johnson has 102. Defensively, Tayla Stowes has racked up 131 digs, and Benjamin Russell has recently changed things up to put Makenzie Davis at setter.

Baylee Adkins, who suffered an injury Wednesday, will return.

“I get so wound up because I know what they’re capable of,” Robinson said, “but if you had told me before the season started that things would work out like this — that we would beat Briarwood and Calera and have 22 wins — I would definitely take that. With everything we lost and what we had to work in, I would take that.”

Horseshoe Bend is also exceeding expectations. It finished the regular season with a 22-7 record and swept all three of its area opponents. The Generals host the Class 2A Area 8 tournament. Reeltown and Lanett face off at 3:30, followed by Horseshoe Bend against LaFayette at 5. The winners of each match meet up at 7 p.m.

Because of the Generals’ regular season success, they’re feeling confident heading into Monday.

“I would think that if we play to our abilities, we should come out on top,” Horseshoe Bend coach Julie Turner said.

“We’ve played all three of the teams, and

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Benjamin Russell’s Jakorria Glenn attempts a block against Wetumpka. BRHS heads to Wetumpka for the Class 6A Area 6 tournament Monday.

Lanett was the one that gave us the most trouble.”

Dadeville is on the road for the Class 4A Area 5 tournament, which will be hosted

by Elmore County. The Panthers take on Holtville to begin at 4:30, then Tallassee will face off against Dadeville with the championship game to follow. “(Tallassee) is a good team, and they’re going to be challenging,” Dadeville coach Felicia Edwards said. “It’s hard to beat a team three times, but I just pray that the

girls come out ready to play.”

Dadeville swept Tallassee and split with Elmore County during the regular season.

Central Coosa finishes area action on Tuesday by hosting the Class 3A Area 6 tournament. The Cougars take on B.B. Comer to start the day at 2 p.m., followed

by Beulah and Randolph County. The championship game is scheduled for 5 p.m.

Both the runner-up and the winner of each area tournament advances to the Super Regionals, which begin Thursday.

Hunting works for Alabama’s economy

By DAVID RAINER Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources

There’s an old saying that to find a person’s passion, follow the money. That apparently is true for Alabama’s hunters, who fuel the economies in many parts of the state that need it the most.

To ensure the citizens of the state understand how important hunting is to the state’s wellbeing, both economically and culturally, Hunting Works for Alabama was formed last year to enlist the aid of the business community to spread this important message.

“Hunting Works for Alabama is basically a grass-roots group of people who want to make sure we inform the public about the enormous impact hunters have on our economy,” said Tim Wood, one of the four co-chairs of Hunting Works for Alabama. “You’re talking about a $1.8 billion industry in the state. In the rural part of the state, that is extremely important. The tax dollars and economic benefits in these rural areas, it would be devastating if they didn’t have it.”

Wood, the general manager of Central Alabama Farmers Co-Ops in Selma, said the co-ops he manages cover the Alabama Black Belt, which is known for its rich soil, great hunting and fragile economy.

Wood said the importance of hunting is reflected in their business model.

“Our business has changed,” Wood said. “We used to make money three months out of the year, March, April and May, from selling fertilizer, chemicals and seeds. Now we make our

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money in September, October and November. The paradigm has absolutely swapped. We’re also a sporting goods company that sells firearms. You don’t see that at farm stores. We sell hunting apparel. Our focus is on the hunting industry.”

According to the latest figures, about 44,000 nonresidents hunt in Alabama annually. Because the costs of non-resident licenses are significantly higher than resident licenses, those nonresident sales provide a significant funding source for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division.

The economic impact from non-resident hunters also ripples throughout the state.

“What I think is so important is the out-of-state dollars coming into the state,” Wood said. “You’re talking about some of the poorest areas in Alabama in the Black Belt.

People travel from all over the United States to go deer hunting in Alabama. These people are paying lodging

taxes, buying food and gas, and buying hunting licenses.

These tax dollars are not just being used by people in the hunting industry. It affects everybody in Alabama. Even the birders benefit from hunting in Alabama because the habitat enhancement made for hunting benefits all wildlife.”

Wood also outlines the importance of more hunting opportunities for the general public.

“Hunting leases have become so expensive,” he said. “People are having to pay $15 to $20 an acre for a place to hunt. The everyday hunter back in the old days didn’t pay anything. If you wanted to go hunting, you could go up the road and some farmer or landowner would let you hunt. Those days aren’t here anymore.

“That is why it is absolutely critical that programs like Forever Wild and the Wildlife Management Areas from Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries provide the everyday

citizen places to hunt and give them a reason to buy hunting licenses. It is crucial that this Division is properly funded.”

Chuck Sykes, Director of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, said that proper funding Wood mentioned can only be realized when people buy hunting licenses.

Sykes offered a statistic that stuns just about everybody who hears it. Sykes asks for an estimate on the percentage of Alabama’s almost five million citizens who buy hunting licenses. The estimate normally ranges from 15 to 50 percent.

“We receive not one penny from the State General Fund.

Not one tax dollar goes to provide goods and services,” Sykes said. “It’s all hunting and fishing licenses. Most people have no idea that only 3.8 percent of Alabama citizens buy hunting licenses. We’ve got to get that number up if we’re going to be competitive.”

Wood said anybody or any business that wants to become a member of Hunting Works for Alabama can sign up and it won’t cost a dime. Go to www.huntingworksforal.com for information or to join the organization.

After one year, Hunting Works for Alabama has 107 members with a goal of reaching at least 150 by the end of the year.

“We’re looking for slow growth,” Wood said. “When you have an all-volunteer staff, we have paying jobs we have to tend to. But for many of us, this does affect our paying jobs.

And it also affects our way of life, which I think is more important.”

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Benjamin Russell 38, Helena 20

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Benjamin Russell’s Davede Herron finds daylight behind offensive lineman Noah Benton. Herron had a big second half and finished the night with 23 carries for 138 yards.

Wildcats take care of business in 38-20 win over Helena

By MITCH SNEED Editor

HELENA – Benjamin Russell could have easily looked past the Helena Huskies in anticipation of next week’s game with Wetumpka for the region

championship.

With the exception of a few mistakes, the Wildcats proved to have laser focus and rolled to a 38-20 road win over Helena.

The win moves the Wildcats to 7-1 and 5-0 in Class 6A Region 3

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Previously undefeated Wetumpka lost to Opelika 20-19 on a late field goal Friday night, leaving the Wildcats as the only team without a region loss.

“I was a nervous wreck all week,” Horn said. “I know it’s easy to say, but they may be the best one-win team in the state. They are well coached and have some great athletes. But all week it was about staying focused and coming See WILDCATS • Page 7

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Handley 46, Dadeville 20

Handley offense explodes in win over Dadeville

Jim Denney / For The Outlook

Dadeville’s Jalen Sullivan tries to avoid Handley’s Brandon Ploof in Friday night’s game.

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

The only thing Dadeville’s football team could be thankful for on Friday night was Childersburg.

Against the winless Handley, Dadeville blew a big opportunity to take a stranglehold on a playoff opportunity with Childersburg falling to Munford on Friday night. But the Dadeville Tigers

couldn’t match, neither offensively or defensively, against Handley in a 46-20 loss in Class 4A Region 3 action.

“I don’t know what happened,” Dadeville coach Richard White said.

“We work on stuff and we work on stuff, I don’t know what happened. It’s one of those old butt whoopings and we gotta take it like a man and move on.”

Despite Handley (1-7, 1-5) looking like the better team from the get-go,

Dadeville (4-5, 2-4) kept it close with a nice drive in the second quarter.

The Tigers put together what may have been their best passing drives of the year.

Quarterback Slade McCullers went 5-for-5 on the drive. He started moving the ball with a 19-yard throw to Qua Tucker, then two plays later on third and five, he got a bit lucky. McCullers’ pass was tipped up before Cooper

Childers made a heads up play, grabbing the pass in the area for a first down to put Dadeville in enemy territory.

After being backed up by a false start, McCullers found Morgan Davis on a screen pass. Davis broke a quick pair of tackles and broke a run to the Handley 5. On the ensuing play, the snap was fumbled, making Dadeville go from first and 5 to second and 21. But no matter, See TIGERS • Page 14

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Opelika 20, Wetumpka 19

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Wetumpka RB Kavosiey Smoke (7) is brought down by Opelika’s Jaylen Stinson (2) and Marcus Tyson (42) in Friday night’s game.

Opelika knocks off Wetumpka

By SCOTT FIELDS Opelika-Auburn News

It all came down to a single kick in a battle for regional supremacy wherein the Opelika Bulldogs outlasted the Wetumpka Indians, 20-19.

Previously undefeated, the visiting Indians (8-1, 4-1) could not contend with the Bulldogs’ (6-3, 4-1) balanced offense or the myriad of penalties the Indians drew. In the first half alone, the Indians were penalized 11 times for 70 yards compared to the

Bulldogs’ one penalty for 15 yards.

Beyond the penalties, the Bulldogs’ defense stepped up its game and held the Indians to 311 total yards. As for the Bulldogs’ offense, it balanced out its game with quarterback Cade Blackmon spread-

ing the ball around to seven receivers for 132 yards while the ground game – led by backs Malik Wilson and Kani Kellum – managed 164 total rushing yards.

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Indians dialed in all day,” Opelika head coach Caleb Ross said.

“We were focused. I could tell in pregame that this was going to be a good night. We had a great plan defensively.

I thought our plan offensively was good.”

Through the first quarter, neither offense managed to find much success as the Indians were limited to two scoreless possessions and the Bulldogs turned the ball over twice on an interception from Blackmon and a fumble by Kellum. The fumble became the most crucial point in the quarter as the Indians’ Lumon McCreary scooped it up and ran it in from 7 yards out for the game’s first points.

“Those are the kind of guys we have, they’re going to battle,” Wetumpka head coach Tim Perry said.

“Opelika has a great team.

We saw the improvement on film. I knew they had some key injuries, but they had a great gameplan. We played hard. But we also hurt ourselves a lot with penalties and you can’t do that against a team like Opelika. But I was proud how our guys battled.”

Despite the early miscues, the Bulldogs righted the ship in the second quarter.

The Bulldogs’ defense was responsible for putting the offense in great scoring position for the Bulldogs’ two second quarter touchdowns.

Early in the second quarter, Opelika’s T.J. Jones picked up a muffed snap on an Indians’ punt attempt, and put the Bulldogs just 15 yards out. Alhough they were backed up 15 yards on a penalty, Wilson still broke loose for a 31-yard touchdown to even out the score.

Shortly after the Bulldogs’ score, their defense stepped up again as end Talik Jackson stepped in front of a short pass from quarterback Jadarious Martin to set the Bulldogs up 9 yards from the end zone.

“I thought our plan defensively; our staff did an outstanding job. Our kids played inspired,” Ross said. “They have four or five guys that are dynamic. We held them in check. They had one big play and a drive in the sec-

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Adam Sparks / Opelika-Auburn News

Wetumpka quarterback Jadarious Martin (18) is forced out of bounds by Opelika cornerback Justin Lewis (8) in Friday night’s game.

ond half. But, what an outstanding job by our defense tonight. I can’t say enough.

They kept making plays.”

With a short field, Wilson scored his second rushing touchdown of the night with a 9-yard run. For the night, Wilson paced the Bulldogs with 123 rushing yards and 38 receiving yards.

The Indians had a solid ground game of their own with Kavosiey Smoke leading the way. Smoke ran for 136 yards and led the Indians on a comeback drive before scoring on a 34-yard run to bring the score to 14-13 – the Bulldogs blocked the ensuing extra point kick.

Before the half could end, though, Tyler Sellers notched a 26-yard field goal to extend the Bulldogs’ lead, 17-13.

The Indians managed to retake the lead in the third

quarter, however, with Smoke continuing to lead the way. The senior tailback added his second score of the game on a 2-yard dive before seeing a premature end to his night just minutes into the fourth quarter.

Smoke’s score proved to be the last major success for the Indians on the night.

“Right now, we’ve got to deal with this one and put it away,” Perry said. “But I know our guys will bounce back.”

Through the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs fought back to reclaim the lead, but the Indians stood strong until the final moment.

Forced to drive from their own 5-yard line, the Bulldogs used the final 3:09 of the game to orchestrate a methodical drive with Wilson leading the way.

“Right now, we’ve got to deal with this one and put it away.

But I know our guys will bounce back.”

— Tim Perry Wetumpka head coach Finally, with mere seconds remaining, Opelika went back to Sellers for the gamewinning 32-yard field goal which he put right down the middle of the uprights.

“It feels great and it puts us in a good spot in the rankings for playoffs. It just feels good to win,” Sellers

said.“They said, ‘Just go out there and do what you do.’”

With the win, the Bulldogs pushed for one of the topthree spots in the region.

Their game next Friday will be at home against Pelham (4-4, 3-2) while Wetumpka will travel to Benjamin Russell (7-1, 5-0).

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Elmore County 30, Holtville 28

Brian Tannehill / For The Herald

Holtville receiver Dajon Reeves (11) makes an over-the-shoulder catch despite being blanketed by ECHS defensive player Taylor Henderson (6). The Bulldogs couldn’t stave off a late rally by the Panthers who picked up their second win of the year on Senior Night in Eclectic.

Senior Night belongs to a junior in 30-28 Panther win

By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

Thursday night was Senior Night for the Elmore County High School football program.

But when the battle of two old rivals that, coming in, claimed only two combined wins was over, the night belonged to a junior.

Elmore County’s DJ Patrick rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Panthers (2-7, 2-4) to a 30-28 come-from-behind win over region foe

Holtville (1-7, 0-6). For good measure, the talented junior added an interception of a Drake Baker pass with time running out in the game to stop the Bulldogs’ last chance at pulling out a victory.

Elmore County head coach Norman Dean was happy for his players, who according to him, have played through youth and injury this season.

“The kids played hard,” Dean said.

“They’re playing beat and banged up and they didn’t quit, so my hat’s off to them. We’ve got a B team out there.

And they played hard and they played hurt and they played through their mistakes. DJ sucked it up and just gave us all he had. So they deserved this win.”

Holtville coach Jason Franklin said, “That’s a tough one to swallow there. I feel like our guys played their butts off and I feel like they got shortchanged.

But if I said who I thought shortchanged us, I’d probably be in trouble with Mr. (AHSAA Executive Director Steve) Savarese, so I’m not going to say that.

Our guys played hard and there were a couple of things out there that were

questionable, real questionable. But you know when you play on the road you’re going to have to overcome things like that and we didn’t overcome them there late in the ballgame. We’ve just got to keep fighting.”

For most of the game, it looked like the night at Eclectic’s Burt-Haynie Field would belong to the visiting Bulldogs.

Holtville outscored the Panthers 13-3 in the opening quarter on Baker’s 3-yard run at right guard and his 17-yard pass See PANTHERS • Page 16

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Mitch Sneed / The Outlook

Benjamin Russell quarterback Landon Cotney delivers a stiff arm to Helena’s Nic Cummins on his way to a 68-yard touchdown run in Friday’s 38-20 road win.

up here and getting the job done.

“We made some mistakes and got beat a couple times on the long ball, but I’m proud of our kids. They may not be the most talented team, but they play as hard as any bunch I’ve ever had.

They understood that we had to get this one first before even thinking about next week.”

The Wildcats got 138 yards on 23 carries from senior running back Davede Herron and 111 yards on just six carries from quarterback Landon Cotney.

Cotney’s total included a spectacular 68-yard touchdown run in the second half where he showed power, shiftiness and surprising speed.

The long run came with the Wildcats up just 17-14. Cotney rolled right and saw a hole open up. He was met in the hole by Helena’s Nic Cummins, but the junior signal caller nailed the defensive back with a stiff arm and broke the tackle. He outran a defender with an angle on him to give the Wildcats a 24-14 lead with 3:30 left in the third quarter.

“When I got to the corner I saw the hole, but it closed pretty quick,” Cotney said. “I tried to stiff-arm him and it knocked him off balance enough so I could break the tackle. From there I just ran as hard as I could.”

The Wildcats got a 19-yard touchdown run from Keedon Young in the fourth quarter and

sophomore Isaiah Holloway alertly plucked an onside kick out of the air and raced 48 yards for the final Benjamin Russell score of the game with just 1:00 left.

The game was close for a half.

Hezekiah Hunter scored both of the Wildcats first-half touchdowns on 1-yard runs. Those scores were sandwiched around a 46-yard field goal from Dylan Moncus. That enabled Benjamin Russell to get into the locker room with a 3-point lead at 17-14.

The Wildcats last possession of the first half is where they finally started to control the line of scrimmage. The Wildcats drove 52 yards on nine plays

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Helena 7 7 0 6 — 20 Benjamin Russell 7 10 7 14—38 First Quarter Benjamin Russell— Hezekiah Hunter 1 run (Dylan Moncus kick), 6:33.

Helena — Justin Stuckey 26 pass from Luke Stamba (Brad Willis kick), 1:36.

Second Quarter Helena — Randall Tolbert 1 run (Willis kick), 11:54.

Benjamin Russell — Moncus 46 FG, 6:35 Benjamin Russell — Hunter 1 run (Moncus kick), 1:21 Third Quarter Benjamin Russell — Cotney 68 run (Moncus kick), 3:30 Fourth Quarter Benjamin Russell — Keedon Young 19 run (Moncus kick), 3:21 Helena— Rhett Henderson 61-yard pass from Stamba (kick blocked), 1:09.

Benjamin Russell — Isaiah Holloway 48 kickoff return (Moncus kick), 1:00.

Team Statistics HEL BRHS First downs 9 18 Rushes-yards 24-58 51-359 Passing 12-21-2-0 6-11-0-2 Passing yards 252 41 Total yards 319 400 Punts 4-34 1-46 Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-0 Penalties-yards 6-40 3-40 Individual Statistics Rushing — Benjamin Russell: Herron 23-137, Cotney 6-111, A.J. Thompson 12-50, Young 2-26, Hunter 7-35. Helena: Williams 11-47, Lawson Peoples 2-2. Randall Tolbert 2-3, Stuckey 1-(-6), Luke Stamba 5-(-4), Ralph Holsey 3-6.

Passing — Benjamin Russell: Cotney 6-11-41-2-0 ; Helena: Stamba 15-21-243-2-0.

Receiving — Benjamin Russell: Tyler Watts 1-6, Herron 2-26, Zae Stowes 1-8, Thompson 1-1; Helena: Tolbert, 2-29, Justin Stuckey 11-15, Rhett Henderson 2-66.

with Herron picking up 23 yards on the drive. Hunter’s touchdown with 1:21 left in the half is what turned out to put the Wildcats up to stay.

Helena quarterback Luke Stamba had to come on in relief of Lawson Peoples who suffered a knee injury in the first quarter.

Stamba hit Justin Stuckey for a 26-yard touchdown with 1:36 left in the first quarter to tie the game at 7-7.

A DJ Hudson interception and 38-yard return to the Benjamin Russell 2 yard-line, set up the second score for the Huskies.

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Stamba finished the night with 243 yards passing, with Stuckey hauling in 11 catches for 157 yards. Stamba also connected with Rhett Henderson for a 61-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left in the game.

This was only the second meeting between the Wildcats and Huskies. Last year Helena took a 35-24 win at the Sportplex.

Helena falls to 1-7 overall and 1-3 in Class 6A Region 3 and will host Chelsea next week.

Helena has now been outscored 236-80, while the 18-point victory means that Benjamin Russell has outscored opponents 203-110 on the year.

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Tallassee 36, Leeds 21

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Tallassee’s Trent Cochran-Gill (14) is stopped by Leeds’ Gaitlin Roberson (7) during Friday night’s game between the Tigers and the Green Wave.

Tallassee stifles Leeds for homecoming victory

By GRIFFIN PRITCHARD For The Tribune

Offense may put butts in the seats, but defense wins the games. That was the case on homecoming night in Tallassee as the Tigers defense stifled Leeds’ offense on multiple fourth downs en route to the 36-21 victory.

“We knew that they were going to take some shots,” Tigers head coach Mike Battles said after the game. “The kids hung in there. They made some mistakes and we made some mistakes.

But when it came time where we needed them, they kept us in the ballgame.”

The win, according to Battles, guarantees the Tigers a first-round game at J.E. “Hot” O’Brien Stadium when the playoffs start in November. Leeds, however, controls its own destiny as it battles region-leader Munford next week in a game that could either create a three-way tie or send the Green Wave rolling toward the Andalusia area.

But that’s next week. This week was a celebration as the THS Class of ‘98 was the honored guests in town and

they were treated to a playoff caliber homecoming game.

Tallassee, after forcing Leeds to punt on its opening possession of the first quarter, engineered a 72-yard scoring drive.

Casey Baynes connected with Markevious Matthews on a third-down pass for the first touchdown of the night. The 15-yard screen-pass score, followed by the Quinton Jeter kick, put the Tigers on top of their greenand-white opponents for the rest of the night.

“Our kids made the plays,” Battles said. “This was total team victory and I’m happy for them. They’ve played hard and you’ve got to have some really interested kids to do that.”

One quarter later, the Tallassee defense again proved formidable as a host of purple jerseys met Green Wave running back Jaylen Washington two yards in the backfield for the fourth down stop.

Leeds, however, came after Baynes on back-to-back plays — knocking the See TALLASSEE • Page 11

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Stanhope Elmore 28, Dothan 21 OT

Stanhope’s overtime win raises playoff hopes

By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer

There was an unmistakable, undeniable sense of victory after the Mustang’s overtime win against Dothan High School still leaving Stanhope Elmore hope for the playoffs.

After a first half that by all appearances seemed stacked against them, the Mustangs came back in the second half with a vengeance and played with renewed vigor, resolve and determination to take an overtime victory 28-21.

At the end of the game both teams seemed as pleased as they could be with the results, smiling faces on both sides from a game that was perceivably well played. Coach Brian Bradford said penalties hurt them up in the first half.

“The difference between the first and second half: penalties,” Stanhope Elmore coach Brian Bradford said. “Defensively, we made the play, went three and out. We roughed the kicker.

They got the automatic first down. We went down, we jumped off sides, gave them another first down. Then we stopped them on fourth and short and got a face mask penalty which gave them their other 14-yard touchdown.

“We came back the second half with a little better mindset, relaxed a little bit, knew it was do or die time.”

There was a lot of backand-forth between officials and coaching staff and even unofficial sideline advisors like SEHS’ principal were drawn into the volatile game.

Dr. William Bergeron said it was one of the most stressful games he had watched in some time.

Dothan coach Kelvin Jackson was fairly reposed about the results with a near win for Dothan.

“Kids played hard. They gave it everything they got,” Jackson said. “A couple calls here and there cost us the game.

Coming out in the second half, we were not disciplined. We gave the defense 40 (yards in) penalties the first drive and they went down and scored on us.

And a key third down play and the referee kind of made it on a pass interference flag on us

Corey Arwood / The Herald

Logan Swindle in the winning play of the night ran a four-yard touchdown in overtime against Dothan.

and messed up the momentum for us but our kids played hard.

They played tough.”

But the Mustangs came back in the second half and wiped the slate clean – the two-touchdown lead and all. And any bad vibes left over from last week’s game at the Cramton Bowl were annihilated at the end of Friday.

On the field, there were hugs and prayers and impassioned speeches.

Bradford spoke with the members of the team gathered

around him on knee, and joked after his talk saying, “Next time let’s just don’t start off so slow.”

Next week the Mustangs play Sydney Lanier High School, at Faulkner University.

Beyond that though, Bradford said they had their sights set on the playoffs, now “it all depends.”

“We really don’t know,” Bradford said. “That should hopefully put us in the playoffs.

That’s what we’re hoping for.

It all depends on the rest of the

region and everything but we’re hoping that is. That’s our goal for this year, to make some noise in the playoffs. You got to get there first.”

The Mustangs’ scores of the night started with junior Kadin Andersen about three minutes into the first quarter off of a 6-yard play.

Shortly after Quantarius Daniels with an up the middle run into the end zone.

A 30-yard completion led to another Andersen touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Logan Swindle scored the winning touchdown in overtime off a 4-yard run.

The Tigers’ Ta’Bryious Webb was the sole scorer for Dothan throughout the game with his first touchdown came with five minutes left in the first quarter.

In the second quarter a handoff led to 13-yard Webb touchdown run.

With about five minutes left in the fourth quarter Webb completed his score of the night off a steady Tiger push down field.

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Reeltown 48, Vincent 15

Hughley, fast start push Rebels past Vincent into playoffs

By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

The Reeltown Rebels used a fast start, a stingy defense and a strong running attack led

by Tre Tre Hughley to clinch a spot in the 2017 Class 2A state playoffs with a 48-15 win over Vincent in Class 2A Region 5 action here at the Yellow Jackets’ Harold Garrett Stadium Friday night.

Hughley rushed for 136 yards on 11 carries and scored four touchdowns as the Rebels improved to 4-4 on the season, 4-2 in the region. He helped the Rebels jump out to a 21-3 halftime lead and they never looked back.

“I thought the kids played well, they played hard,” second-year Reeltown head coach Matt Johnson said. “I thought we were fundamentally sound and we got off to a fast start. That always helps.

“Tre Tre’s a heckuva runner. He’s powerful, he’s got good vision. He’s pretty much all you want in a runner.”

Reeltown recovered Vincent’s attempt at an onside kick on the opening kickoff and set sail from there. A key play on the Rebels’ opening drive was a pass from Logan Hunt to Trey O’Neal, a 23-yarder that moved the ball from Vincent’s 45 to the Yellow Jackets’ 22.

In all, the 54-yard drive took seven plays with Hughley scoring over right tackle from 12 yards out with less than three minutes gone off the clock. The extra-point try sailed wide left.

When the first quarter ended, Reeltown was in the middle of its second scoring drive, this one of 76 yards and nine plays. Hunt completed passes of 10, 11 and 12 yards on the march and Hughley had three runs totaling 21 yards.

Finally, the Rebels’ Cameron Faison scored over left tackle from 3 yards out and Hunt passed to Eric Shaw for a successful two point conversion with 9:09 left in the half.

Late in the half, Vincent put together a drive that ended with a 32-yard Zachary Munoz field goal. The key play in the drive was a 16-yard fourth-down pass from Dusty Davis to Zavien Kelly that moved the ball to the Rebels’ 21.

The two teams scored a pair of touchdowns

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Tallassee’s Jake Burton (8) tries to breakaway from Leeds’ Ethan Kennedy (8) to score for Tallassee late in the second quarter of Friday’s night between the Tigers and the Green Wave.

senior down on first down then nearly intercepting a pass on second down.

Baynes wasn’t rattled as he bootlegged out and threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to Kalvin Levitt. Jeter again added the point after to push the tally to 14-0 Tallassee with 7:04 left before the intermission.

Leeds, whose lone blemish before Friday was a loss to Piedmont, started stringing plays together. Zachary Roberts completed a pass to Braxton Ragland for a short gain.

Torrence Pollard, on back-topback runs, rattled off 48 yards and rolled the Wave to the Tigers’ 2.

“I thought our gameplan was good, they hit us on a couple of big plays,” Green Wave coach Lee Gipson said. “We had

some mismatches athletically, but that’s going to happen.”

On first and goal, Washington plunged ahead for the score. The point after cut the homecoming lead in half, 14-7 with 6:21 left before break.

The Tigers mishandled the ensuing kickoff, fumbling it in a scrum of bodies only to have the Green Wave cover it.

The impromptu possession proved fruitless as Leeds eventually had to punt, pinning Tallassee at its own 9.

The Tigers, on the legs of Matthews, Eryn Cochran-Gill and Baynes, crossed the 50 and moved inside the Green Wave’s red zone.

Baynes, who’d completed passes to Jacob Burton earlier to extend drives, took advan-

tage of the height mismatch and completed the 20-yard touchdown pass with 49 seconds left before the break.

The point after turned into an adventure as the snap was mishandled causing Burton to roll to his right before changing field and completing the successful two-point-pass to Tavarious Griffin. The score moved the tally to 22-7 as both squads jogged toward their locker rooms at intermission.

The Tigers added another score to the pile following a second-and-long fumble recovery late in the third quarter.

Matthews broke free on a 28-yard touchdown run to swell the Tigers lead to 29-7.

Tallassee attempted and recovered an onside kick with around 2:00 left in the third,

but couldn’t keep possession allowing a swell of Green Wave players to pounce on it.

Roberts — who had over thrown his target earlier in the game — found the range and completed a 54-yard pass to Braxton Ragland for the score.

“He missed some kids earlier in the game, but I’m not going to put this on one kid,” said Gipson. “We had some dropped balls in the end zone. But he’s a very athletic kid. This game came down to four plays.

Tallassee made them and that was the difference.”

With the point after, Tallassee led 29-14.

Baynes completed a 22-yard pass to Matthews early in the final frame, giving Tallassee a 36-14 lead.

Leeds, however, kept fight-

ing.

Roberts, on fourth and four, pulled the trigger on a playaction-fake and completed the touchdown pass to Pollard.

While Tallassee began controlling the clock, Leeds began taking shots downfield.

Roberts, on a play-action throw, completed a 21-touchdown pass moving the tally to 36-21.

The visitors wouldn‘t lay down in the final minutes. Leeds drove down but its drive was thwarted by Tavarious Griffin, who picked off a Roberts pass inside the Tallassee 10.

Late in the game Leeds, trailing 36-21, drove down a final time, but a series of dropped passes in the end zone sealed the 36-21 victory.

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STATEWIDE SCOREBOARD Class 7A Auburn 52, Smiths Station 7 Bob Jones 21, Grissom 0 Davidson 28, Jackson 6 Fairhope 46, Murphy 26 Foley 45, Mary Montgomery 7 Hewitt-Trussville 45, Huntsville 3 Hoover 17, Vestavia Hills 7 James Clemens 33, Buckhorn 7 Jeff Davis 31, Prattville 14 McGill-Toolen Catholic 48, Baker 6 Mountain Brook 31, Oak Mountain 28 Spain Park 24, Tuscaloosa County 19 Sparkman 38, Gadsden City 13 Theodore 31, Alma Bryant 7 Thompson 41, Huffman 8 Class 6A Albertville 16, Fort Payne 7 Athens 29, Hazel Green 12 Austin 42, Muscle Shoals 14 Baldwin County 35, B.C. Rain 20 Benjamin Russell 38, Helena 20

Carver-Birmingham 34, Jasper 0 Carver-Montgomery 20, Northview 7 Center Point 19, Parker 16 Chelsea 25, Chilton County 13 Clay-Chalkville 45, Minor 14 Cullman 42, SouthsideGadsden 40 Daphne 31, Blount 10 Decatur 24, Hartselle 13 Florence 62, Columbia 8 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 47, Brookwood 13 Homewood 37, Shades Valley 27 Hueytown 46, Jackson-Olin 14 LeFlore 28, Robertsdale 27 McAdory 28, Selma 6 Opelika 20, Wetumpka 19 Oxford 32, Pell City 0 Park Crossing 34, Sidney Lanier 19 Pinson Valley 55, Gardendale 7 Paul Bryant 25, Bessemer Academy 20 Ramsay 53, John Carroll Catholic 35

Spanish Fort 34, Saraland 7 Stanhope Elmore 28, Dothan 21 Class 5A Arab 43, Douglas 20 Beauregard 48, Cleburne County 20 Briarwood Christian 39, Shelby County 14 Brooks 67, St. John Paul II Catholic 7 Calera 42, Sumter Central 16 Carroll 28, Escambia County 6 Central-Clay County 42, Sylacauga 21 Central-Tuscaloosa 36, Marbury 22 Charles Henderson 28, Rehobeth 9 Corner 24, Springville 8 Demopolis 33, Enterprise 7 Etowah 42, Crossville 6 Eufaula 41, Headland 14 Faith Academy 37, Wilcox Central 7 Greenville 36, B.T. Washington 9 Guntersville 17, Alexandria 0

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Hayden 34, Fairview 21 Jemison 49, Dallas County 28 Lee-Huntsville 21, Lawrence County 6 Mae Jemison 55, Ardmore 14 Mortimer Jordan 44, Curry 13 Pleasant Grove 41, Woodlawn 6 Russellville 17, East Limestone 13 Scottsboro 30, Boaz 14 St. Clair County 20, Moody 0 Talladega 14, Valley 7 Vigor 27, St. Paul’s Episcopal 20 Wenonah 34, Fairfield 0 West Point 37, Good Hope 0 Williamson 20, Citronelle 9 Class 4A Andalusia 52, W.S. Neal 28 Bibb County 49, West Blocton 13 Cherokee County 49, Ashville 19 Cordova 34, Hamilton 28 Deshler 42, Danville 6 Elmore County 30, Holtville 28 Fayette County 35, Winfield 14 Greensboro 24, Oak Grove 16 Hale County 31, Sipsey Valley 14 Haleyville 20, Dora 14 Handley 46, Dadeville 20 Hokes Bluff 41, Anniston 16 Jacksonville 41, White Plains 20 Madison Academy 26, North Jackson 22 Montgomery Catholic 31, Bullock County 6 Munford 28, Childersburg 7 Northside 56, Holt 0 Randolph 34, DAR 21 Saint James 49, Dale County 22 Saks 30, Oneonta 0 Sardis 21, Madison County 14 Satsuma 49, Monroe County 0 Tallassee 36, Leeds 21 Trinity Presbyterian 43, Ashford 15 UMS-Wright 28, Thomasville 20 West Limestone 26, CentralFlorence 6 Wilson 52, Priceville 17 Class 3A American Christian 21, Midfield 20 Bayside Academy 17, T.R. Miller 14 Clarke County 21, Mobile Christian 14 Clements 17, East Lawrence 0 Colbert County 42, Lexington 0 Colbert Heights 28, Lauderdale County 13 Daleville 12, Straughn 7 Flomaton 35, Excel 20 Fultondale 55, Holly Pond 14 Geneva 29, Opp 19 Geraldine 45, New Hope 6 Gordo 59, Montevallo 27 Greene County 38, Aliceville 32 Hillcrest-Evergreen 41, Cottage Hill Christian 14 Locust Fork 48, Hanceville 24 Montgomery Academy 41, Central Coosa 0 North Sand Mountain 34, Pisgah 8 Oakman 40, Carbon Hill 14 Piedmont 41, Ohatchee 20 Pike County 33, Beulah 6

Plainview 13, Sylvania 3 Pleasant Valley 34, West End 14 Prattville Christian 34, B.B. Comer 0 Randolph County 47, Weaver 14 Slocomb 31, Houston Academy 17 Southside-Selma 52, CentralHayneville 46 Susan Moore 55, Vinemont 21 Walter Wellborn 34, Glencoe 7 West Morgan 49, Elkmont 9 Wicksburg 21, Providence Christian 0 Class 2A Ariton 55, Abbeville 12 Cleveland 21, Tarrant 14 Cottonwood 53, Barbour County 22 Falkville 20, Winston County 15 Francis Marion 26, Verbena 0 Fyffe 62, Section 7 Goshen 38, New Brockton 14 Hatton 40, Phil Campbell 8 Horseshoe Bend 43, Fayetteville 8 Ider 48, Asbury 6 Jay, FL 44, J.U. Blacksher 7 Keith 38, R.C. Hatch 30 LaFayette 33, Ranburne 22 Lamar County 30, Sheffield 14 Lanett 47, Woodland 6 Leroy 40, Chickasaw 3 Luverne 20, Elba 4 Reeltown 48, Vincent 15 Samson 22, G.W. Long 21 Sand Rock 48, Collinsville 27 Southern Choctaw 41, Choctaw County 6 St. Luke’s Episcopal 41, Washington County 7 Sulligent 35, Red Bay 7 Tanner 28, Cold Springs 14 Thorsby 47, Billingsley 12 Westbrook Christian 31, Gaston 0 Zion Chapel 22, Calhoun 0 Class 1A Addison 49, R.A. Hubbard 6 A.L. Johnson 34, McIntosh 0 Berry 40, Marion County 21 Brantley 65, Florala 21 Cherokee 70, Tharptown 0 Coosa Christian 33, Gaylesville 6 Decatur Heritage 21, Sumiton Christian 0 Georgiana 42, Pleasant Home 0 Hackleburg 42, Vina 6 Highland Home 43, Loachapoka 41 Houston County 48, Kinston 14 Isabella 48, Notasulga 22 J.F. Shields 44, Fruitdale 12 Linden 20, Marengo 18 Lynn 57, Shoals Christian 20 Maplesville 71, Autaugaville 6 McKenzie 42, Red Level 40 Meek 44, Southeastern 13 Phillips 41, Waterloo 34 Pickens County 42, Hubbertville 3 Ragland 40, Donoho 26 South Lamar 62, Brilliant 0 Spring Garden 23, Holy Spirit Catholic 18 Sweet Water 42, Millry 14 Talladega County Central 52, Appalachian 7 Wadley 53, Winterboro 0 Woodville 21, Valley Head 6

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Horseshoe Bend 43, Fayetteville 8 Horseshoe Bend 43, Fayetteville 8 Horseshoe Bend 14 8 7 14—43 Fayetteville 0 0 0 8—8 First Quarter HB—Nywanski Russell 25 pass from Cade Worthy (kick failed), 8:02 HB—Luke Yarbrough 22 pass from Worthy (Trace Meadows run), 38.4 Second Quarter HB—Yarbrough 23 pass from Worthy (Meadows run), 3:11 Third Quarter HB—Jace Rodriguez 71 pass from Worthy (Jamison Taylor kick), 1:59 Fourth Quarter HB—Jumall Buchanan 40 rush (Taylor kick), 11:26 HB—Kamden Evers 25 fumble recovery (Taylor kick), 11:14 Fay—Cody Pate 10 rush (Benjamin Terrell rush), 4:54 Team Statistics HB Fay First downs 9 9 Rushes-yards 27-140 37-149 Passing 11-16-0 3-7-1 Passing yards 254 41 Total yards 394 190 Punts 2-35.5 5-25.2 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 11-76 5-45 Individual Statistics Rushing—HB: Joe Railey 9-76, Buchanan 4-48, Meadows 7-30, Trenton Cotney 2-10, Yarbrough 1-(-6), David Johnson 1-(-7), Worthy 3-(-11); Fay: Pate 11-72, Terrell 7-46, Lucas Byrd 6-35, Christopher Hill 1-9, Daurian Cook 3-0, Dalton Pate 1-(-3), Andrew Machen 8-(10).

Passing—HB: Worthy 11-16-254-0; Fay: Machen 3-6-41-0, Dalton Pate 0-1-0-1.

Receiving—HB: Russell 3-59, Yarbrough 3-56, Railey 3-42, Rodriguez 2-97; Fay: Dalton Pate 2-22, Zachary Roberts 1-19.

Interceptions—HB: Taylor 1

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Hosreshoe Bend’s Jumall Buchanan scores against Fayetteville’s Jon Pate in Friday night’s game.

Horseshoe Bend hits stride in 43-8 win

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

Sitting at 2-5 on the season, the Horseshoe Bend Generals came into Friday night’s game needing to make a statement and walk away with a strong win in order to have any shot at remaining in the playoff race. They did so against the Fayetteville Wolves, returning home with a 43-8 victory.

“We’ve been working hard every week.

The guys did a good job, starting to click a little bit, but we wish it wasn’t Week 8 before that starts happening,” Generals coach Josh Averett said. “Hopefully we

can take tonight and use it to fuel the next two weeks and finish strong.”

The big men for Horseshoe Bend against the Wolves were quarterback Cade Worthy, who completed 11 of his 16 passes for 254 yards and four touchdowns and running back Joe Railey, who carried the ball nine times for 76 yards.

“I just knew this week we had a good chance coming out and throwing the ball,” Worthy said. “Our receivers made a bunch of plays tonight. I was very satisfied with our protection. We were able to protect, and I had plenty of time and really, we just beat them on the outside.”

The Generals came out pressing hard,

forcing the Wolves to punt on their first two possessions after gaining a total of four yards on the two drives, while the offense was firing on all cylinders. Trace Meadows and Railey shared rushing duties, putting Horseshoe Bend in a good position on its first two drives, both of which ended with touchdown passes from Worthy. Nywanski Russell caught the first for a 25-yard score, while Luke Yarbrough reeled in a 22-yarder for the second touchdown of the game.

The defense flexed its muscles again late in the first frame, when Fayetteville’s third drive abruptly ended after quarterback Dalton Pate threw a pick on the first play from scrimmage, intercepted by Jamison

Taylor.

The Horseshoe Bend offense had another sustained drive building into the second quarter, but came up just short of the first down marker on fourth and one from the Wolves’ 6-yard line. However, the defense answered well and dropped Fayetteville rushers for two straight losses, backing it up to the 1 and forcing another punt from the 10.

“Their running back, we knew he was a good one. We prepared to stop the run this week, but evidently we did not accomplish that,” Fayetteville coach John Limbaugh said. “We weren’t able to mount anything See GENERALS • Page 15

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Montgomery Academy 42, Central Coosa 0

Coosa puts together ‘complete game’ in loss STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Although Central Coosa suffered a 42-0 shutout loss at the hands of Montgomery Academy, coach Shane Rary was encouraged by what the Cougars put on the field.

“It’s kinda weird to say this, but this was actually probably the most complete game we played all year,” he said. “We were moving the ball well; we stalled out here and there, but we had some momentum going into halftime.”

Ahead 21-0 at halftime, Montgomery Academy actually elected for an onside kick to start the second half because Coosa did have some momentum carried over from the second quarter.

Despite quarterback Jamichael Chambliss going down with an injury, the Cougars found some positives in the Class 3A Region 3 loss.

Donta Daniel was certainly a

bright spot. He rushed for more than 150 yards, and together with Tadarius Parker, the two combined for 185 rushing yards.

Daniel also caught three passes for 25 yards and had three pass completions totaling 40 yards. He and TJ Lamberth split the quarterbacking duties after Chambliss was injured.

“We did a better job of getting out on the edge, and our backs did a better job of reading blocks and going inside when they could,” Rary said. “We also snuck in some play-action stuff, and we got some more people involved.

It was good to finally see growth from one game to another.”

Some standouts defensively were Tahj Robbins, Jashaslin James, Dawson Duncan and Toney Davis.

The loss drops Coosa to 0-8 and 0-5 in the region, while Montgomery Academy remains atop the region standings with a 7-1 (5-0) record.

Jim Denney / For The Outlook

Central Coosa’s JaMichael Chambliss runs the ball against Thorsby in a game earlier this season.

Tigers McCullers hit Zander McClendon for the 21-yard score to cut Handley’s lead to 14-6 with 8:39 left in the first half.

But from there, things quickly got out of hand.

Handley scored three more touchdowns before the end of the second quarter. Quarterback QuonDarius Lyons found a wide-open Jared Sears for a 58-yard score, and Devontae Houston had rushing touchdowns of 29 and 10 yards to put Handley ahead 33-6 at the half.

After that, the game was out of reach.

“Their speed hurt us,” White said. “They had athletes back there, and we just didn’t tackle well. We didn’t execute well offensively, and defensively, we missed tackles. They ran two fullback screens for touchdowns. We knew it was coming, and we still didn’t get it done. It goes back to kids executing on defense, and we just didn’t.”

On the flip side, Handley executed nearly flawlessly on the defensive side of the ball.

While Handley racked up 449 yards of offense, Dadeville managed only 207 — 117 of which were passing yards from McCullers and 65 of which came on a single rushing touch-

Handley 46, Dadeville 20 continued from page 3

Jim Denney / For The Outlook

Dadeville’s Slade McCullers passes against Handley.

down by Qua Tucker.

“Our defense has been a little bit ahead of our offense all year long, and we made a few adjustments and some shuffles in the players that we got,” Handley coach Larry Strain said. “Dadeville has a very talented backfield. We were scared to death of (Tucker), and (McCullers) throws the ball well. Our kids just took it to heart that that’s what we had to stop to get the win tonight.”

The victory gave Handley, the defending Class 4A state

champion, its first win of the season.

“From us going to winning a state championship last year and being at the pinnacle, it’s kinda hard to swallow to be at 0-7, so it is a pride thing,” Strain said.

“Tonight’s speech was about, ‘What’s your why?’ Why are you here? It’s all about keeping them working and getting better each and every day.”

With Childersburg and Dadeville both losing, that sets up a matchup next week that’ll determine who slides into the

Dadeville 0 6 8 6 — 20 Handley 7 24 13 0—46 First Quarter H — Cadarious Burton 10 run (Jared Sears kick), 5:49 Second Quarter H — Devontae Houston 37 pass from QuonDarius Lyons (Sears kick), 11:37 D — Zander McClendon 21 pass from Slade McCullers (kick failed), 8:39 H — Sears 58 pass from Lyons (Sears kick), 6:54 H — Houston 29 run (kick blocked), 2:51 H — Houston 10 run (passed failed), 0:56 Third Quarter H — Houston 19 run (kick failed), 6:00 H — Lyons 60 run (Sears kick), 1:22 D — Qua Tucker 67 run (Jeff Rice pass from McCullers), 0:10 Fourth Quarter D — Preston McAdory 6 run (run failed), 1:50 Team Statistics Dade Hand First downs 9 16 Rushes-yards 32-90 37-260 Passing 7-13-1 6-14-1 Passing yards 117 186 Total yards 207 446 Punts 5-24.8 3-29.7 Fumbles-lost 3-1 3-1 Penalties-yards 9-59 8-55 Individual Statistics Rushing — Dadeville: Tucker 13-65, Joshua Taylor 2-33, Kadore Glenn 7-22, Tykeem Holley 4-15, McAdory 1-6, McCullers 3-(-23), Team 2-(-28); Handley: Houston 11-120, Xavier Slaughter 7-70, Lyons 7-49, Burton 3-33, Hayden Daniel 2-13, Evan Cofield 4-(-2), Jakell Houston 1-(-3), Team 2-(-20).

Passing — Dadeville: McCullers 7-10-117-0, Tucker 0-2-0-1, Jeff Rice 0-1-0-0; Handley: Lyons 5-12-189-1, Cofield 1-1-(-3)-0, Corey Bell 0-1-0-0.

Receiving — Dadeville: Tucker 4-39, Z.McClendon 1-45, Morgan Davis 1-21, Cooper Childers 1-12; Handley: Sears 3-101, J.Houston 2-91, Keldrin Staples 1-(-3).

Interceptions — Dadeville: Tucker; Handley: J.Houston.

final playoff spot.

“We got one more game, and it comes down to us or them,”

White said. “The winner goes to the playoffs, and the loser stays home.”

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Cliff Williams / The Outlook

Reeltown’s Trey O’Neal tries to break the tackle of Vincent’s Zavien Kelley.

The two teams scored a pair of touchdowns each in the third quarter, Vincent on passes of 13 and 10 yards from Davis to Kelly. In each case, two-point conversion attempts by the Yellow Jackets failed.

Reeltown got third-quarter scores on a 44-yard Hunt-to-O’Neal pass play and on Hughley’s 13-yard run around left end. The Reeltown drives took one and four plays, respectively.

The Rebels added two more insurance touchdowns in the

game’s final quarter, Hughley scoring from 15 yards out with 10:23 left and Faison picking off a Davis pass and returning it 33 yards for a score. Connor Moore kicked both extra points.

Reeltown hosts Fayetteville, a 48-3 loser to Horseshoe Bend, next week and ends its season Nov. 2 at Loachapoka. Vincent hosts Ranburne, which lost to LaFayette 33-22 Friday night, next week and ends its season at Victory Christian Nov. 3.

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offensively early in the game. We couldn’t establish the run, and if we can’t establish the run, it’s going to be a long night because we’re a run-first football team.”

Worthy continued to find his men on the subsequent possession, while Railey and eighth-grade running back Jumall Buchanan found strong seams to put the Generals on the edge of the red zone. On third and five from the Fayetteville 23, Worthy nailed Yarbrough as he tightroped the sideline in the end zone.

Horseshoe Bend’s defense refused to let off the gas pedal, backing Fayetteville up deep in the Wolves’ territory with a 5-yard sack courtesy of Jose Cruz and Parker Branch, but the offense could not capitalize at the end of the half, leaving the halftime score 22-0.

Fayetteville started to find its rhythm as the second half began, forcing the Generals to punt for the first time all night, while the offense began to methodically move the ball, crossing midfield for the first time as well and reaching the edge of the red zone before a fourth and four pass at the Horseshoe Bend 25 fell incomplete.

The Generals struck right back, with Railey gaining 11 yards to the Horseshoe Bend 31-yard line following a false start penalty. The very next play, Worthy saw Jace Rodriguez open downfield and threw a perfect strike. Rodriguez danced around a

host of Wolves and completed the 71-yard scoring play. Fayetteville was called for a facemask, but the penalty was declined and the extra point was nailed to give Horseshoe Bend a 29-0 lead late in the third quarter.

Fayetteville was stifled yet again, with Railey teaming up with Branch to sack Andrew Machen for an 8-yard loss to force another punt. Russell took the punt to open the final frame and raced 45 yards to the house, but a targeting penalty at the 25-yard line negated the score. The foul mattered little, however, as Buchanan found a hole at the Wolves’ 40, evaded a few would-be tacklers and found paydirt to extend the Generals’ lead to 36.

Special teams continued to shine early in the fourth, as Fayetteville’s Casen Bryant fumbled the ensuing kickoff. Kamden Evers picked up the loose ball and returned it for the final Horseshoe Bend touchdown of the night, making the score 43-0.

The fourth quarter saw a good effort from the Generals’ backup players. Despite allowing the only Fayetteville points of the game and starting an offensive drive that sputtered out after another targeting foul and a sack, the second string did make some fairly strong tackles, even sacking Machen for a 6-yard loss.

“Hopefully we can just take that momentum and keep it going, try to finish strong these next two weeks,” Averett said.

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Edgewood shut out for third week straight STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

The end zone is getting more and more unfamiliar for the Edgewood Academy Wildcats, who were shut out by Bessemer Academy on Friday. That’s the third week in a row the Wildcats were shut out, and the loss dropped them to 1-8 and 0-5 in AISA Region 1.

The absence of Christian Ivey was particularly challenging for Edgewood, as it finished with just 63 total yards of offense.

Alex Johnson took over the quarterbacking duties and completed only four passes totaling 31 yards.

Kolby Potts led the run game with 20 yards on nine carries, and Drez Crawford added 13 yards on four attempts.

Potts also led the way defensively, as he finished with four solo tackles and four assisted.

Clay Williams had two solo tackles and two assists. Mitchell Boyd picked off a Bessemer pass, and Cade Bazzell had one tackle for a loss.

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Edgewood’s Christian Ivey passes against Glenwood in a game earlier this season.

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Bessemer 54, Edgewood 0 Bessemer 54, Edgewood 0

Edgewood 0 0 0 0—0 Bessemer 21 14 13 6—54 First Quarter B — Xaviar Coleman 9 pass from Ty Hatcher (Jay Fitch kick), 9:49 B — Jalen Conwell 40 run (Fitch kick), 7:42 B — Austin Clarke 3 run (Fitch kick), 2:16 Second Quarter B — Coleman 75 pass from Hatcher (Fitch kick), 11:50 B — Conwell 24 pass from Hatcher (Fitch kick), 9:11 Third Quarter B — 83 kickoff return (Jackson Stewart kick), 11:28 B — Jason Rucker 42 run (run failed), 5:34 Fourth Quarter B — Tristan King 7 run (kick blocked), 3:37 Team Statistics Edge Bess First downs 5 15 Rushes-yards 23-32 14-194 Passing 4-20-2 7-17-1 Passing yards 31 175 Total yards 63 369 Punts 7-22.6 0-0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 2-30 2-10 Individual Statistics Rushing — Edgewood: Kolby Potts 9-20, Drez Crawford 4-13, Mitchell Boyd 5-2, Alex Johnson 5-(-3); Bessemer: Justin Jones 2-56, Jalen Conwell 2-50, Jason Rucker 1-42, King 3-27, Alex Duncan 2-12, Ty Hatcher 1-6, Austin Clarke 1-3, Collin Timmons 1-1, Wes Davis 1-(-3).

Passing — Edgewood: Alex Johnson 4-20-31-2; Bessemer: Hatcher 5-12-155-0, Nick Perry 2-4-20-1, King 0-1-0-0.

Receiving — Edgewood: Desmond Adam 2-14, Crawford 1-5; Bessemer: Coleman 2-84, Tavish King 1-28, Jalen Conwell 1-24, Colin Kirkpatrick 1-19, Trent Barry 1-11, Jay Fitch 1-9.

Interceptions — Edgewood: Mitchell Boyd; Bessemer: Judson Hogeland, Jaden Hudgins.

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Elmore County quarterback DJ Patrick stiff-arms a Holtville defender trying to battle for extra yardage Thursday night.

to Jaderick Carter. The Bulldogs’ Michael Watson was good on one of two PATs. Elmore County sandwiched a 32-yard Joseph Stockman field goal between the Holtville scores.

In the second quarter, Patrick capped an eight-play, 55-yard Panthers drive with a 5-yard touchdown at left guard just two plays in. Elmore County executed a successful onside kick and drove to Holtville’s 17, but Stockman’s field goal try was blocked and returned 70 yards for a Bulldogs touchdown by Alex Boling. Baker passed to Tyler Richardson for the two-point conversion and Holtville led 21-10.

But Patrick changed that quickly scampering around left end on the Panthers’ first ensuing play and racing down the sideline for a 57-yard score with

6:19 left in the half. Stockman’s PAT made the halftime score 21-17.

Neither team managed much offense until Holtville’s final possession of the third quarter.

The Bulldogs started at their own 20 and drove the distance, the big play of the drive being a 30-yard, Baker-to-Dajon Reeves pass. Five plays later, Baker went over from 9 yards out and, with just 27 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Holtville’s lead was 28-17.

Elmore County turned the ball over on downs on its next possession and Holtville took over at its own 28. On third down, Baker tried to hit an open receiver and his pass was intercepted by the Panthers’ Ladarius Jenkins at the Elmore County 42. Eight plays later, Patrick raced into the end zone around right end and, with Stockman’s kick, the Holtville lead was 28-24 with just 7:15 left.

Stockman recovered his own onside kick, with Franklin arguing vigorously the ball didn’t travel the needed distance. But, after a long discussion among the officiating crew, the ball was awarded to the Panthers at the Holtville 49.

The Panthers mounted the game-winning drive, highlighted by a determined 17-yard run by Terrence Head on second-and-11 to the Holtville 25. Three plays later, Patrick bulled through the middle of the line for the Panthers’ score with 3:22 left. Stockman’s PAT failed.

Holtville took over at its own 20 after Stockman’s kickoff sailed into the end zone. But on fourthand-six from the Bulldogs’ own 34, Baker’s pass was intercepted by Elmore County’s Patrick at the Panther 17 to seal the win.

Next week, Elmore County ends its season at Tallassee. Holtville hosts Handley next week and Beulah in two weeks.

Elmore County 30, Holtville 28 Holtville 13 8 7 0 — 28 Elmore County 3 14 0 13—30 First Quarter Holtville — Kelandre Baker 3 run (Michael Watson kick) Elmore County — Joseph Stockman 32 field goal Holtville — Jaderick Carter 17 pass from Baker (kick failed) Second Quarter Elmore County — DJ Patrick 5 run (Stockman kick) Holtville — Alex Boling 70 blocked punt return (Baker pass to Tyler Richardson) Elmore County — Patrick 57 run (Stockman kick) Third Quarter Holtville — Baker 9 run (Watson kick) Fourth Quarter Elmore County — Patrick 8 run (Stockman kick) Elmore County — Patrick 5 run (kick failed) Team Statistics HOLT EC First downs 15 20 Rushes-yards 22-119 47-287 Passing 17-28-3-0 6-15-0-0 Passing yards 200 75 Total yards 319 362 Punts 0-0 3-33.3 Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 5-50 9-110 Individual Statistics Rushing — Holtville: Kelandre Baker 11-72, Alexander Gibbons 6-20, Austin Gay 10-15, Jadaarius Carter 2-12; Elmore County: DJ Patrick 30-256; Terrence Head 4-21, Ladarius Jenkins 2-6, Lapatrick Brown 9-6.

Passing — Holtville: Kelandre Baker 15-26-192-3-1, Jadarius Carter 1-1-8-0-0, Jaderick Carter 1-1-0-0-0; Elmore County: DJ Patrick 5-9-45-0-0, Terrence Head 1-6-30-0-0.

Receiving — Holtville: Jaderick Carter 5-71, Jadarius Carter 3-51, Dajon Reeves 5-36, Tyler Richardson 1-20, Austin Gay 2-14; Elmore County: Ladarius Jenkins 2-41, Matthew Pattillo 1-23, Jason Aguilar 1-10, Antwan Cooks, 2-1.

Interceptions — Elmore County: DJ Patrick, Ladarius Jenkins, Taylor Henderson.