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County’s jobless rate at 15-year low STAFF REPORT TPI Staff

Tallapoosa County posted the lowest unemployment numbers it has seen in more than 15 years in August, as numbers released Friday show the county’s jobless rate at just 3.9 percent.

That rate is a full percentage point better than the 4.9 percent the county had in July of this year and far better than the 5.5 percent unemployment the

Board of education approves new budget

county experienced in August 2016.

“Those are incredible numbers, especially considering the fact that overall workforce has not dropped drastically,” Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors said. “We are seeing good things all around. The tax collections have been up and remain steady and we are seeing new businesses come to the area.

All those are signs that the economy continues to improve.”

The good employment numbers were

experienced all across the state.

Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in August, down from July’s rate of 4.5 percent, and well below August 2016’s rate of 5.9 percent.

“After hovering near the national unemployment rate for several months, Alabama’s rate has dropped below it for the first time in many years,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said. “This is a milestone we’ve been working toward for some

time. We announced this week that Autocar, LLC. is opening a new plant in Birmingham, bringing nearly 750 new jobs. As we continue to recruit new businesses to Alabama, hopefully, we’ll be able to maintain that achievement in the months to come.”

The comparable national unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, up slightly from July’s rate of 4.3 percent.

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Despite board members Randy Anderson and Michael Carter being absent from the rescheduled meeting of the Tallapoosa County Board of Education, Superintendent Joe Windle and the three board members in attendance approved an operating budget for the 2018 fiscal year.

Tommy Thweatt, the Chief Schools Financial Officer for Tallapoosa County Schools, presented the budget in the second budget hearing. In his presentation, the projected revenue for the school system was $29,183,689.65, with more than half of these projected dollars coming from the state, and a large portion of the remaining revenue stream coming from its portion of the county’s property tax and the one-cent sales tax.

Under the approved budget, the projected expenditures would total $27,273,775.64, leaving the system approximately $2 million in surplus.

“There is nothing budgeted for capital outlay right now,” Thweatt said, while also stating funding for administration and auxiliary units, namely principals and library staff within the system would be gained next year.

“I absolutely feel good about the budget. With this budget, we can do the operational things we want to do,” Windle said after the meeting. “As a system, we’re in See BOE • Page 3

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Chamber readies for Fall Festival

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

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Andrya Chapman with Home Depot of Columbus tightens a nut as she works on the new deck of Dadeville resident Tracy Grantham. Grantham, below, is a Veteran and the work is being done through the Home Depot Foundation.

Home Depot, United Way donate time and work to Dadeville veteran

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

he Dadeville home of Tracy Grantham, a retired member of the Army National Guard, was a busy hive of activity last b Thursday, as associates T from Home Depot stores fr across the area, along with a the th manager from both the Alexander City and Auburn A

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Home Depot built a new porch onto Grantham’s house on Old Miller’s Ferry Road.

“We normally do about five or six of these large projects each year,” Team Depot Captain Pat Bull said. “We also do several smaller projects a year, such as building a ramp or things like that.”

See GRANTHAM • Page 5

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Centered around the Courthouse Square, the Dadeville Chamber of Commerce will be holding its first Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 23 and the event will have something in store for everyone.

“We used to do Lakefest at Lake Martin in the summer, but we decided to change it to Fall Festival in the downtown area,” Dadeville Chamber of Commerce Executive Administrator Linda Andrews said. “We wanted to bring something to downtown Dadeville.”

The event will feature inflatables and train rides for children, along with 35 food and arts and crafts vendors.

The River Dan Band will be in attendance as well, providing live music to the event. A soap box derby, similar to the recently held Ducky Ward Derby has also been suggested as part of the festivities, though Andrews was not completely sure this was the case.

Mix It Up Lake Martin has partnered with the Chamber of Commerce to make the Dadeville Fall Festival possible.

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Dadeville Kiwanis learns about Social Security

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

The Dadeville Kiwanis Club welcomed Kahalia Meadows from the Alexander City office of the Social Security Administration to their meeting Thursday afternoon.

Explaining how the system works, Meadows Meadows also took some time to address some of the misinformation that is often passed around in order to set the record straight.

“It’s a misconception that you have to apply for your benefits six months ahead of time,” she said. “We aren’t able to hold applications for that long. Thirty to 60 days is plenty of time to get your application in.”

Meadows said there are a number of factors that come into play when the administration determines See KIWANIS • Page 5

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Dadeville High School Homecoming Queen to be announced Friday The Dadeville High School Homecoming Queen nominees are Cimone Presley, left, Quanesha Presley and Khadija Shaw. The queen will be announced at Friday’s football game where the Tigers will host Holtville at 7 p.m.

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Library Notes Tomorrow is the first day of autumn! There are several things you can do to start celebrating the fall season. Bring out your fall colors, pumpkin decorations and get ready for cold weather to arrive.

Collect colorful leaves and pinecones to make into a centerpiece for your dining room table.

Stop in next week to check out a Banned Book! Books were once banned in the U.S. Now, books get challenged for removal from libraries, schools, and bookstores.

Stand up for your right to read any book you choose!

New Releases in Adult Fiction:

• Cherished Mercy by Tracie Peterson • The Cuban Affair by Nelson Demille • An Echo of Murder

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by Jan Karon • Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham

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• The Great Shift: Encountering God in Biblical Times by James L. Kugel • Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado • Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts that Continue to • Shape Our World by Brad S. Gregory.

• Purpose & Desire: What Makes Something Alive and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It by J. Scott Turner • Spiritual Graffiti: Finding My True Path by Mc Yogi • The Templars: the Rise and Fall of God’s Holy Warriors by Dan Jones • 7 Lessons from Heaven: How Dying Taught Me To Live a JoyFilled Life by Mary C. Neal, M.D. Story Time is on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. every week. Stop in with your PreK kids to enjoy a fun filled hour of Reading with Ms. Marilyn.

Library Notes are provided by Dadeville Public Library Director Abbi Mangarelli.

Rape Counselors provide support for fragile victims EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth 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

For victims of sexual assault, there are a number of support organizations who try to help these individuals overcome the experience and move forward with their lives. In Tallapoosa County, there is the Rape Counselors of East Alabama, who are always standing by their telephones to listen and provide support to these victims.

“Rape Counselors of East Alabama strives to provide free and confidential services to victims of rape and sexual assault, their families and friends,” RCEA Director Vickie Dearing said. “It is the goal of RCEA to reduce the physical and

psychological trauma of rape and sexual assault, enhance treatment and recovery, increase reporting of rape and sexual assault, and decrease incidences of sexual assault through education and community involvement.”

Working with individuals of all ages, RCEA provides those looking for assistance a 24-hour phone line, 334-705-0510. By remaining confidential, victims can feel secure while talking to one of the agencies’ counselors, getting the help they need to overcome the emotions brought on by such an attack without fear or worry.

The organization offers many other services in addition to their hotline, including community outreach at events like Sexual Assault Awareness Month, National Crime Victim’s Rights Week and health fairs. RCEA conducts educational sessions with high schools and colleges, providing the public with information on the kinds of help the agency makes available to those affected by sexual assaults. They can also serve as advocates for the victim, acting as liaisons between victims and officials investigating the

assault, filing with the Alabama Crime Victim’s Compensation and accompanying the victim to court to provide support for the individual.

Like many other non-profit public service agencies in the area, the Rape Counselors of East Alabama receive funding through the Lake Martin Area United Way, and in turn take part in a number of the United Way’s yearly events, according to Dearing.

To learn more about the Rape Counselors of East Alabama and their mission, their office number is 334741-0707, and their website is www. rapecounselorsofeastalabama.com.

Police P li R Reports t Dadeville Police Department September 19

• A Valley man, age 21, was arrested for possesw ssion of a controlled subsstance and driving under the influence on Highway th 280.

2 • A report was filed for harassing communicah tions that occurred on E. ti Lafayette Street.

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September 18

• An Alexander City woman, age 21, was w arrested on a warrant for a ccriminal mischief.

• A Waverly man, age 49, was arrested on 4 College Street for possesC ssion of a controlled subsstance and driving under the influence. th • A Dadeville man, age 43, was arrested on N. 4 Loop Road for possession L of a controlled substance o and possession of maria juana. ju

September 17

• A Dadeville man, age 57, was arrested on two 5 warrants for failure to w appear. a

September 16

• A report of domestic disturbance was reported d on Highway 280. o

September 15

• A report was filed for theft of property that fo occurred on Weldon o Street.

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September 14

• A Dadeville woman, age 25, was arrested a for resisting arrest and fo harassing communications h on South Broadnax Street. o • A Jacksons Gap man, age 45, was arrested on a a warrant for domestic vviolence.

• A Goodwater man, age 27, was arrested on a a warrant for failure to

appear.

• A one motor vehicle collision occurred on Highway 280 resulting in minor property damage and no injuries.

• A report was filed for harassment that occurred on Freeman Drive.

September 13

• A report was filed for domestic violence that occurred on Highway 280.

• A report was filed for harassing communications that occurred on Fulton Street.

Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office September 19

• Scottie McKinney of County Road 77 in Kellyton was arrested on six outstanding warrants for failure to appear burglary first, two burglary second, theft of property first, theft of property second and theft of property third.

• Curtis Easterwood of Woodland Road in Alexander City was arrested on a grand jury indictment for possession of methamphetamine.

• Chadrick Cassiano of Third Street in Alexander City was arrested on two grand jury indictments for burglary third and theft of property third.

September 18

• Tommie Odom of Alexander City was arrested for driving under the influence.

• Alejandro Ortega was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear child support.

• A business on County Road 34 in Dadeville filed a report for theft.

• A resident of Macedonia Road in Tallassee filed a report or

harassment.

September 17

• A resident of Boardwalk Lane in Dadeville, filed a report for theft of property.

• A Marcus Maddox of Camp Hill was arrested on two warrants for failure to appear child support and was transported to the county jail.

September 15

• A resident of B Street in Alexander City filed a report for harassment.

• A resident of Falling Water Drive in Dadeville, filed a report for criminal trespass and criminal mischief.

• A resident of Jacksons Gap Way in Jacksons Gap filed a report for simple assault.

September 14

• A resident of Highway 50 in Dadeville filed a report for criminal trespass.

Alexander City Police Department September 19

• Keith Edward Baucom, 60, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Tracy Merrell Strickland, 44, of Opelika was arrested for four counts of bail jumping.

• Brandon Jordan Baucom, 22, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Domestic violence was reported on Broad Street.

Septmeber 18

• Isacc Solis Esparza, 41, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Qualandon Cedrick Hayes, 24, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and bail jumping.

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• Gary Devarta Norris, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct.

• Markecia Renee Richardson, 25, of Alexander City was arrested for disorderly conduct.

• Sernee Delshay McNeal Wilson, 28, of Alexander City was arrested for harassment.

• Four incidents of unlawful breaking and entering were reported on Trenton Trail.

• Burglary was reported on Sunny Level Cutoff.

• Disorderly conduct and resisting arrest was reported on Scott Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Lee Street.

• Fraudulent use of a credit/debit card was reported on Dadeville Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on K Street.

• Harassment was reported on Carver Street.

• Assault was reported on Jones Road.

City was arrested for theft.

• Larinston Jamel Jackson, 26, of Alexander City was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession of a pistol by a drunk or addict.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported in Alexander City.

• Domestic violence and criminal mischief was reported at Cornerstone Apartments.

• Possession of a controlled substance was reported on K Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Highway 63 South.

• Possession of a controlled substance and possession of a pistol by a drunk or addict was reported on Lee Street.

• Reckless endangerment and criminal trespass was reported on Sasser Road.

• Burglary was reported on Main Street.

September 17

• Michael Danny Phillips, 38, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• April Hawkins, 38, of Alexander City was arrested for amphetamine possession, shoplifting and illegal possession of prescription drugs.

• Timmy C. Williams, 53, of Goodwater was arrested for failure to appear.

• Henry Lamar Riley, 71, of Wetumpka was arrested for driving under the influence.

• Dogs Running at large was reported on Fairlane Circle.

• Reckless endangerment and harassment was reported on Amber Hill Road.

• Domestic violence was reported on Old Dark Road.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported on Airport Boulevard.

• Burglary was reported on Arrowhead Loop.

• Criminal trespass was reported on 12th Avenue.

• Possession of a controlled substance and illegal possession of prescription drugs were reported in Alexander City.

• Michael Charles Thompson, 37, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Jackie Lee Thomas, 48, of Alexander City was arrested for harassment.

• Tony Lee Taylor, 57, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication and giving false information to law enforcement.

• Ashley Ware, 30, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.

• Burglary and theft was reported on U Street.

• Unlawful breaking and entering was reported on Warren Street.

• Domestic violence was reported on Scott Road.

• Public intoxication and giving false information was reported on Highway 280.

• Theft was reported on 7th Street.

• Theft was reported on Highway 280.

• Domestic violence was reported on Cleveland Street.

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the best shape we’ve been in financially since 2004.�

The following business was also brought up during Wednesday afternoon’s meeting: • Minutes from the previous meetings were approved. • A motion to amend the board’s agenda, rescheduling the start time for its work session on Oct. 3 from 5 p.m. to 3 p.m., was approved. • Payment for August bills was approved. • The monthly financial report was accepted and approved. • A motion to approve the renewal of liability insurance for board members and employees was passed. • The board passed motions approving a district Capital Plan and Strategic Plan for the upcoming year. The Capital Plan is mainly a continuation of the expanding oneto-one initiative, though also keeping some of the high-dollar renovation and construction project plans, which could be started once a long-term revenue stream was secured for the next several years, according to Windle. Meanwhile, the Strategic Plan was required to be approved every year, and predominantly involved changing wording in a few

places. “We added some other things as well, like ‘Involved communities build strong schools,’â€? Windle said. • The board approved hiring current Dadeville City Clerk Mike Gardner as an accountant and financial assistant at the central office. • Purchased Service Agreements were approved for Deborah Godwin, Virginia Fallin, Carroll Payne, Jan Ledbetter, Barbara Yelder, Rebecca Taunton, Abby Thornton and Debra Lynn at Reeltown High School, Faith Berryman, Michelle Baynes, Lane Steward, Greg Shelton, Cecelia Blue, Donna Padgett and Chris Adkins at Dadeville High School, and Linda Daniel at Horseshoe Bend. • The board approved an updated District Safety Plan. “A lot of hours and work went into this. It’s a good, workable safety plan,â€? Windle said. • An updated District Counseling Plan was approved. According to Casey Davis, who presented a general overview of the plan to the board, the state provides an overarching guide, which the school counselors can take and adapt it to their individual needs. • The board approved Policy Revision 4.81, which was based on compliance monitoring and simply added an updated statement to the

policy. Other policies, which the state requires to be re-approved every three years, were approved. • Following a presentation from Dadeville High School Nurse Tammy Templeton, the board approved the Alabama Safe at Schools Act, the state Health Services Diabetic Curriculum and a state act on updated Automated External Defibrillators.

Templeton also said there were some defibrillators throughout the system that were having issues. Windle said he would like to sit down in a meeting and see what could be done to purchase replacements and additional units for the county schools. • During the Superintendent’s Remarks, Windle said the school system owed a great debt of thanks to Jason Moran at the Tallapoosa County EMA office, as well as the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office with regards to the recent storm. He also reminded the board the county schools would be undergoing compliance reviews next week.

The next meeting of the Tallapoosa County Board of Education is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. in the board room of the county board of education building.

Unemployment The last time Alabama’s unemployment rate was below the national rate was in October 2013.

August’s rate represents 90,913 unemployed persons, compared to 96,158 in July and 128,413 in August 2016. The last time the number of unemployed was at or below 90,913 was in August 2007, when it measured 89,206.

2,057,109 were counted as employed, compared to 2,063,900 in July and 2,044,186 in August 2016.

Alabama’s unemployment rate decrease was the largest in the nation, both over the month and over the year.

Alabama’s unemployment

rate dropped by 0.3 percentage points from July to August, and 1.7 percentage points from August 2016 to August 2017. “The news that Alabama experienced the largest rate drop in the country is most welcome,� said Fitzgerald Washington, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Labor. “We’ve already announced this morning that we’ve got the fewest number of unemployed people in Alabama in a decade and that we are below the national average for the first time in years. We are committed to working with employers and jobseekers to ensure that we continue to put people back to work.�

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Over the year, wage and salary employment increased 28,300, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+9,600), the professional and business services sector (+7,600) and the construction sector (+6,500), among others.

Wage and salary employment increased in August by 3,100.

Monthly gains were seen in the government sector (+3,100), the professional and business sector (+2,700) and the education and health services sector (+2,200), among others.

All counties, major cities, and metropolitan statistical areas experienced drops in their unemployment rates, both over the year and over the

month.

Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 3.2 percent; Cullman County at 3.6 percent; and Elmore, Madison, and Marshall Counties at 3.7 percent.

Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 11.3 percent, Clarke County at 8.6 percent and Greene County at 7.8 percent.

Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 2.8 percent, Homewood at 2.9 percent and Alabaster at 3.0 percent.

Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 8.3 percent, Prichard at 8.0 percent and Bessemer at 5.6 percent.

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T Ethan Club of Dadeville is also a The ppartner in the event, holding a color run in tthe morning prior to the opening of the Fall Festival.

F With so much scheduled for the event, a few blocks in the area around the Courthouse Square will be blocked off, C eensuring vendors and visitors have plenty oof space to enjoy the first-ever Dadeville Fall Festival and all it has to offer.

F Running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in tthe immediate vicinity of the Tallapoosa County Courthouse on Sept. 23, the Fall C Festival is free to attend.

F “So far, we’ve gotten a good response, ppeople are looking forward to it,� Andrews ssaid. “This is going to become an annual tthing, and we would love to see it grow.�

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H

ow do you decide who will get your vote when you go to the polls?

A recent Gallup poll said that 64 percent of voters said that party affiliation is the No. 1 fact considered by voters.

What about when it’s a runoff election to decide your party’s nomination?

What do you do then?

One man who helped shape our nation had some good advice.

As President Thomas Jefferson once said, “The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.”

We agree. So ignore the mud-slinging and television sound bites and start educating yourself on a very important election we have coming up in about a week here in Alabama.

We are facing a runoff election on Sept.

26 to decide the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat. We have Luther Strange, a former state attorney general who was appointed to the job facing Roy Moore, a former State Chief Justice who has been removed from the office twice in the last eight years or so.

The most basic improvement that can be made to modern American democracy is the development of an educated voting population. Being informed and then exercising the right to vote is an important way to help preserve our precious democratic system.

With that in mind, we would ask voters to spend the coming days before Tuesday’s runoff reading about the candidates. Get to know what they believe by meeting them when possible. Thursday the candidates meet face to face in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate. It will be carried on many platforms so voters can catch that to help make up their minds.

This newspaper will feature profiles of both candidates in an upcoming edition as a way to help voters form an opinion. We urge voters to do their homework and don’t just consider one source or what you think you know.

Our area and our state are facing issues that will shape our future. It is important that we find people who have our best interest at heart to serve us in elected office.

Don’t let cute commercials or sound bites be the deciding factor for you.

Knowledge is much more reliable.

hen I became editor of the Alexander City Outlook and the Dadeville Record, I had one goal — to make our papers the first choice for information by all the people who live here.

At that time, the Outlook was a five-day a week newspaper that had seen circulation drop a bit over the years. We had to win people over and get them to look at us differently at a time when our industry is changing and some say newspapers can’t compete with television, social media and the like.

So how would we accomplish the goal? It was as simple as covering the news and using every tool at our disposal to get news out there as quickly as possible.

Some days, I felt like we did a great job and other times I would think “what more can we do?”

But after our most recent battle Mother Nature and seeing how we covered that and our added features for covering sports and breaking news, it hit me. We are there.

Even though the Outlook only has three printed papers and the Record one each week, we have become an information source that the people of Tallapoosa County are embracing, following and trusting to help keep them informed. We found during the storms that in many cases, they are even helping us spread the word.

Last week from Sunday afternoon until 4 p.m.

Tuesday, we were read by more than 5,000 people in

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We can host live talk shows where we break down the night’s game and catch the emotion of a coach following a big win. We can take you along with us when we go to the scene of an accident, a plane crash or let you actually hear and see hurricane evacuees tell us their story.

You can see video clips from games, even if the folks from Montgomery don’t consider us part of “The River Region.”

We can instantly tell people when there are traffic issues so you can avoid an area and we can introduce you to characters like my cousin Rich who doesn’t have a lick of sense.

If your baby goats are missing, we can actually post that on social media and the great people of Alexander City will help you find them.

Yes, we actually did that Friday morning.

The cool thing is that people appreciate that we are out there and that we are hustling to news. This week I actually had one of our loyal readers tell me that while I was out chasing stories in the rain to stop by and she would fix me a chicken sandwich.

That’s the kind of people we have here in Alexander City and Dadeville. They are great folks and appreciate our effort to bring them the news.

That is a great feeling.

Thank you all for trusting us to be your news source.

We couldn’t have done it without all of you.

print, 45,000 people through www.alexcityoutlook.com and reached about 93,000 viewers on our Facebook page. We posted seven storm related videos and those were viewed 44,900 times.

The beautiful thing about the web presence is that it helped us with our coverage.

The comments sometimes alerted us to problem areas and we could get people there. We had people post pictures of damage that we were able to use. We even brought to readers an EMA briefing live so they could see for themselves what the government officials were saying about what was coming our way.

We now realize the impact of all our new tools. From our newspaper, which is packed full of local news, to our website where we try to add additional features, exciting and relevant, to all of our social media platforms, we will continue to work to give you the news how you want it and when you want it.

Think about how far we’ve come and the things we are now able to do.

We can broadcast city council meetings live, take you to the scene of breaking news and let you watch as police take a murder suspect Mitch Sneed is the editor of into custody. the Record.

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Richardson right choice as interim superintendent

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f Alabama’s State Department of Education wants someone to get it on the right track after the tumultuous tenure of Michael Sentance, then its board has picked the right man.

On Thursday, the state’s Board of Education chose Dr. Ed Richardson by an 8-1 vote as the person to lead them into the post-Sentance era.

Richardson is a man of action. I know. I worked with him in my tenure as media relations manager at Auburn University. I saw the action.

Richardson was chosen as president at Auburn because the university was in disarray.

He was hired to fix it. He did. The Auburn that Jay Gogue inherited was a much better place, much more in order, than when Richardson arrived.

Did heads roll at Auburn?

Yes, but they were heads that needed rolling. I’m sure the same will happen as Richardson begins his second tenure as state superintendent of education, this time on an interim basis.

In true Richardson fashion, he has already settled on four priorities for what he says will be an “initial 90-day term” as state superintendent: • Finalize the state’s federal plan for education under the Every Student Succeeds Act. “That’s clearly got to be a priority,” Richardson told AL.com. “We’ll be getting on that first thing next week.”

him, you are best off to listen to those opinions.

I often worked closely with the man, jetted around the state with him on one DAVID occasion. My memory of that is that he called back to GRANGER Managing Auburn and complained to Editor his secretary about renting us the priciest cars available.

• Dealing with the state That and that the man likes Department of Education’s popcorn and barbecue. budget, which, according to I was having a discussion Richardson, is carrying a “big with someone the morning deficit.” that Sentance announced • Working on a plan to his resignation and inquired identify a new standardized of this person what kind of test to replace the ACT replacement the board should Aspire, which the board voted look for.

In the conversation, to quit using in June.

• The intervention into the Ed Richardson’s name and Montgomery Public Schools. what he did at Auburn came up as examples of the kind of “I will be devoting a good part of my time to getting that person and the job that needs doing with the state education better focused,” Richardson said. “I really don’t know that department.

Little did we know that much about it, but I do know the next day Richardson there are some issues that would be chosen by a nearneed to be addressed.” unanimous vote of the state’s Richardson is a man that board of education to be the ticks off priorities and attacks man to come in and work to them with singular purpose. right the ship.

Expect these priorities to Take it from someone who be largely dealt with by worked with him on a day-tothe time a new permanent day basis for a time. superintendent is selected.

Take it from me.

But for all of the fear that Richardson is the right he inspires in some – he choice. was often called “Chainsaw Ed” at Auburn – Richardson David Granger is is a likeable person. He is, the managing editor of however, one that expects Tallapoosa Publishers that you do your job and if Elmore County newspapers. he has an opinion about how He can be reached it should be done, he will let at david.granger@ you know. If you work for thewetumpkaherald.com

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Eclectic’s Ned Rogers gets one last boat ride

By MITCH SNEED Editor

A man who spent a good portion of his life keeping Lake Martin safe was memorialized in a special ceremony that included a trip back to being the center of attention in an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Marine Police patrol boat.

A special ceremony was held Thursday to honor former Marine Police Officer Ned Anthony Rogers, 72, of Eclectic. Rogers passed away Saturday after a courageous battle with cancer.

On Lake Martin last Thursday, law enforcement officers and members of the same unit in which he served gave Rogers one last ride.

“Ned worked with the Marine Police from the early 70s until he retired in 1997,” said Capt. Gary Buchanan of the Marine Police. “I worked with him for the first two years I was part of the unit. His whole career was spent on Lake Martin so the memorial seemed appropriate.”

After a private service inside Children’s Harbor Chapel with Rev. Tim Floyd officiating, Rogers’ flag-draped coffin was taken lakeside where he received a 21-gun

salute.

Following a brief ceremony there, Rogers’ remains were placed on a Marine Unit patrol boat and was slowly taken across Kowaliga Bay and under the Kowaliga Bridge. The boat was met at the boat ramp across the lake where Rogers was taken to be laid to rest.

Nancy Myers got the ball rolling on the touching tribute to Rogers. She contacted Brian Cummings at Radney’s Funeral Home to get permission to rent the chapel at Children’s Harbor. After that was approved, she contacted Lt. Mark Fuller with the Marine Police to request the boat ride. From there things started to fall into place.

“That was the first time that we’d ever done anything like that,” Buchanan said.

“It started with Lt. Mark Fuller getting a call and getting the ball rolling on our end Mitch Sneed / The Record and doing a lot of the leg work. Then he called me and I reached out to the Alabama Former Marine Police Oficer Ned Rogers had a special funeral service, where his flag-draped coffin was taken lakeside. He received a 21-gun salute and was taken across Kowaliga Bay after Department of Conservation and Natural the ceremony.

Resources because back when he was an officer, we were all in that department.

Rogers is survived by his wife of 49 The family did not wish to comment, but They had 17 of their guys there. It really years, Helen Rogers; son, Patrick Rogers; did express their appreciation to all those turned out great and I think it honored Ned who attended and worked so hard to put the mother, Peggy Rogers; and brother, David well.”

Rogers. touching memorial service together.

Grantham

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In order to do projects like this, veterans come into Home Depot and apply for assistance. Someone from Team Depot will go out and examine the project site to see if it is something they can do. Should the project be deemed feasible, the store will apply for a grant through the Home Depot Foundation, according to Bull.

In order to receive grants to complete projects like Grantham’s new porch, the store must have a non-profit partner. For the Alexander City Home Depot, they have been in a partnership with the Lake Martin Area United Way for the past several years.

“We help write the grants to apply for these funds,” United Way Executive Director Sharon Fuller said. “Once the project is approved, we offer all the support we can.”

Sometimes, this means the United Way members will be rolling up their sleeves and working right alongside the Home Depot associates, but Fuller and her team could be found early Thursday afternoon serving the Team Depot crew lunch, giving the nine orange-shirted workers a well-deserved break of Little Caesars pizza.

Fuller added she had met Grantham through the Loaves and Fishes ministry, seeing how much the veteran believed in giving back to his community.

“Without the United Way being our non-profit partner, we would not be able to do these projects,” Bull said. “It means the world, doing things like this.

It really gets to you when you can do something to help like this.”

Grantham watched the team as they cut wooden boards before fitting and nailing them into place, slowly turning the frame into a brand new, sturdy

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Members of Team Depot and the Lake Martin Area United Way pose with Tracy Grantham in front of the new porch being constructed at Grantham’s home.

wooden porch for he and his family.

“It feels wonderful,” Grantham said.

“It shows people really care about the community and the people in it.”

Grantham said he had initially gone to Home Depot to apply for getting part of his roof repaired, but that an examination of his house by Bull led to Team Depot looking at building him a new porch, as the old one had begun to weaken and fall.

Kiwanis when and how much a person receives each month from Social Security, including at what age they first apply to begin receiving their benefits and on what day of the month their birthday is. For example, a person born on the first of any given month will receive their check on the first Wednesday of each month, while someone born on the 31st can expect their check on the fourth Wednesday of the month.

“There’s nothing we can do to change when a person’s benefit check is received,” she said.

Meadows also took the time to answer questions several of the Kiwanians asked, including the one regarding Social Security everyone has thought about, will it be there several years from now?

While Meadows said she had heard little about the potential financial crisis Social Security could be facing, she admitted that there are not enough people currently working and paying into it.

In addition, Meadows talked about how the process worked for divorced couples and widowed individuals.

Just like for individuals applying for their own Social Security benefits, there are different factors

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that determine what can be received.

“Living requirements are different from the requirements where one spouse is deceased,” Meadows said. “For divorced couples, it’s required that they were married for 10 years.”

Lastly, Meadows explained how the Social Security Administration changed up how the $255 death benefit was distributed, being paid to the family following an application process, rather than being paid directly to the funeral home.

Several Kiwanis members told Meadows how much they appreciated the great customer service they received at the Alexander City office, though Meadows said this has caused issues.

“We have people coming from places like Selma and Montgomery to use the Alexander City office,” she said, adding that applications and many other services offered by the Social Security Administration could be accessed and submitted through their website, www.socialsecurity.gov.

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“I feel overjoyed. There was a really big turnout for this. Some of them have been here since I think around 8 this morning,” Grantham said.

Fuller wanted to express thanks to Little Caesars for supplying the Team Depot crew with lunch Thursday, as well as the Dadeville Jack’s for agreeing to furnish lunch for the workers on Friday.

When the Home Depot associates

finish their work Friday afternoon, Grantham and his family will have a brand new front door and well-built porch gracing their Dadeville home, making the many hours the members of Team Depot and the Lake Martin Area United Way spent volunteering on this project well worth it.

“For them to give their own time for this, it really makes it wonderful,” Grantham said.

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New Life Baptist County Road 14, Alex City, 256-329-2635 Victory Baptist 280 By-Pass, Alex City West End Baptist Off 280 West, 256-234-2130 BAPTIST – MISSIONARY Bethlehem Baptist New Site Cross Key Baptist Hackneyville, 256-329-9716 Darian Missionary Baptist Church Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City 256-329-3865

The Great Bethel Missionary 520 Christian St., Alex City 256-234-5513 Unity Baptist Robinson Rd., Alex City Zion Hill Missionary Baptist 583 S. Broadnax St., Dadeville BAPTIST – SOUTHERN Bay Pine Baptist 1480 Bay Pine Rd. Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4433 Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Road Bethel Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-5070 Beulah Baptist Smith Mt. Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-825-9882

New Hope Baptist Lake Martin, off Hwy. 63 256-329-2510 New Life Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-6190 / 256-329-2635 New Pine Grove Baptist Off Hwy. 22, Perryville New Providence Baptist Pearson Chapel Rd., Alex City New Rocky Mount Baptist 670 Peckerwood Rd., Jackson’s Gap 256-794-3846 New Salem Road New Site Rd., New Site, 256-234-2932 Old Providence Baptist Off Hwy. 63 N., near Hackneyville

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

Old Union Baptist 1106 Davis Circle Jackson’s Gap 256-596-1873

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

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

Hollins Springs Baptist Hwy. 280, Goodwater

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

Perryville Baptist Perryville, 256-234-3588

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

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

Liberty Church 1034 Liberty Church Rd. Willow Point Alex City

Daviston Baptist Daviston, 395-4327

Flint Hill Baptist Hwy. 280, Dadeville Friendship Baptist Our Town Community, 256-329-5243

Macedonia Baptist Macedonia Circle, Goodwater 256-839-5793 Marietta Baptist Goodwater Miracle Missionary Baptist 1687 “I” Street 256-215-9788, 256-215-9787 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

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

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

Southview Church of Christ 2325 Dadeville Rd., Alex City 256-329-0212 CHURCH OF GOD Alex City No. 2 A.C.O.P. Church of God Local Street, Alex City Bread of Life A.C.O.P. Church of God Hwy. 280, Kellyton Cedar Street Church of God 711 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Alex City Dadeville Church of God 425 Horseshoe Bend Rd. (Hwy. 49 N.) Dadeville 256-825-8820 Marshall Street Church of God 428 Marshall Street, Alex City 256-234-3180 New Faith Tabernacle A.C.O.P. Church of God “J” Street New Harvest Ministries Church of God Hwy 280 & Coosa 28 256-329-2331

Duncan Memorial U.M. 3997 Hillabee Rd., Alex City 256-234-6708 First United Methodist 310 Green St., Alex City 256-234-6322

Goodwater U.M. Main St., Goodwater, 256-839-6661 Haven United Methodist 354 Christian St., Alex City 256-329-8394

Liberty United Methodist Liberty Rd., Hackneyville Mt. Godfrey New Site New Site U.M. New Site, 256-234-7834

EPISCOPAL Saint James Episcopal Church 121 South Central Ave., Alex City 256-234-4752

Trinity United Methodist 280 By-pass, Alex City, 256-234-2455 Union United Methodist 4428 Hwy. 50, Dadeville 256-825-2241 METHODIST – INDEPENDENT Daviston Independent Methodist Daviston, 395-4207 PENTECOSTAL Pentecostals of Dadeville 115 West Columbus Street Dadeville, 256-596-3411 PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian 371 Jefferson St., Alex City 256-329-0524

UNITED PENTECOSTAL Alex City Apostolic 3708 Robinson Rd., Alexander City, 256-329-1573

Sixth Street Baptist Sixth St., Alex City, 256-234-2408

FULL GOSPEL Dadeville Foursquare Gospel Church Old 280 By-pass

Family Worship Center 1676 Sewell Street 256-839-6895

Sunny Level Baptist Church Sunny Acres Subdivision Sewell Street

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

First Congregational Christian 11th Ave. South, Alex City

Town Creek Baptist Camp Ground Rd., Alex City

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Jackson’s Gap Baptist Jackson’s Gap, 256-825-4951 Kellyton Baptist Kellyton, 256-329-1512 Kendrick Baptist Church Nixburg Lake Martin Baptist Hwy 34, Dadeville 256-825-7434 Lake Pointe Baptist 8352 Hwy. 50W, Dadeville

Zion Hill Baptist Hwy. 79, near Horseshoe Bend

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

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

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Lake Watch’s Bronson moving on to next chapter in life work has been done out here, a lot of it by kids.

We have had five Eagle At some point in the Scouts make Eagle rank coming months, Dick because of this trail Bronson and his wife project.”

Mary Ann are leaving Barrett explained the community but not Bronson was the without having left their mastermind behind it all. mark on the area.

“He did all the legwork Most are familiar with coordinating with the Bronson’s efforts through Eagle Scouts,” Barrett Lake Watch of Lake said. “He takes his own Martin but the husband time to come out here and and wife have made other take care of things. He has contributions to the area. taken his own money and For a decade, the created rope obstacles for Bronsons have been the kids to learn things helping the gifted program like teamwork.” at Radney Elementary The work over the School. As a result of the years has been passed on Bronsons efforts, there is from student to student. now a pond and nature “The kids have adopted trail for students learn this,” Barrett said. “We many lessons on. are trying to keep it going.

Thursday was no I want the kids to realize different as Bronson was how lucky they are to out with gifted teacher have them (Bronsons) out Laurie Barrett and her here.” students on the Trillium Like his 30-year Trail. military career leading “We are lucky to have soldiers in the Army, this here,” Barrett said.

Bronson was teaching “None of this would be lessons to the students here if it were not for Mr. by making them take Bronson.” notice of markings on his Many of the projects on walking stick. the trails like bridges and Bronson explained he benches were constructed found the straight branch with the help of a number in a creek and noticed of Eagle Scout projects. beavers had snacked on it.

But Bronson did not stop “They love the bark,” there.

Bronson told the students.

“We have been coming “They chewed off the out here for 10-years,” bark and left those bite Bronson said. “A lot of marks. I found this in a

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

Cliff Williams / The Record

Dick Bronson shows gifted students at Radney Elementary School his walking stick complete with beaver teeth marks Thursday on the trail.

stream and I trimmed the limbs off.”

Bronson also led the effort to make sure the trail was ready for use by students at Radney. In the effort he got help from the gifted students.

“We are getting it back in shape for the school year,” Bronson told the students. “I saw several trees that fell that need to be moved.”

The students took orders like soldiers and

worked in teams to clean up trash on the trail and move downed limbs.

“We cleaned up the trail so we can walk through it,” Radney student Brantley Calhoun said.

As the students made their way back to the school, Bronson’s military leadership kicked in getting the students to march.

“Everybody line up,” Bronson laughingly barked. “Left. Left. Left

right left.”

Bronson joked about a previous group of students as he got them to chant.

He got them to chant “You are in the Army now. You are not behind the plow.”

“The kids got really into to all the way back to the school,” Bronson said. “The principal said the next day students were marching from room to room in the hallway singing ‘You are in the

CommunityCalendar Today is

September 21, 2017 Today’s Events

DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEETING: The Tallapoosa County Democratic Party will host a meeting Sept. 21 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. to learn more about the Dec. 12 special election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Jeff Sessions. The meeting will be held at the Charles Porch Center.

For more information call Carol Gowan at 256-7947432.

ARTISTS ASSOCIATION MEETING: The Artists Association of Central Alabama will meet Sept. 21 at 11:30 a.m. at the senior center at the Alexander City Sportplex.

President June E. Dean will give a brief history and special recognition to Martha McKnight and Dorothy Holdren. Current board members and chairmen will be introduced along with upcoming projects, workshops and calendar events. Membership dues are $35 per year.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY: Haven Memorial United Methodist Church at 354 Christian Street in Alexander City is hosting a women’s Bible study “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyer Thursdays Sept. 14, 21, 28 from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch.

Churches and non-profits can submit items to the calendar at editor@thedadevillerecord. com and calendar@alexcityoutlook.com.

For more information contact Joanne Finley at 334332-5970 or Pastor Nolan at 256-682-3810.

CHURCH REVIVAL: GAP Fellowship Church is hosting revival services Sept. 20 - Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. nightly with Rev. Alvin Williams of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. Adonis Thomas of Flint Hill Baptist Church and Rev. Emerson Ware of Great Bethel.

Today’s Birthdays

LaCresha Griffin, Dwayne Martin, Cleon Vernon, Felicia Jackson, Ashley Strickland, Jason Teel, Johnny Spraggins, Barbara Sellers, Abbey Salinas, Bernice Whetstone, Wanda Smith Pulliam, Katherine Walls and Wima Worthy are celebrating their birthdays today.

Graves High School Alumni and Friends in Millerville will have Family Game Night Bingo from 5:00 until 8:00 Saturday September 23. 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.

Now - September 30

CHEESE BALLS: The UMW of First United Methodist Church are taking orders for their annual cheese ball fundraiser through Sept. 30. Orders can be placed through the church office. Four varieties are being offered from $10 to $12 each. Pick up will be Nov. 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First United Methodist Fellowship Hall.

Sunday, September 24

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: Wayside Baptist will celebrate 70 years of ministry on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m. Special music will be provided by Eric and Whitney Miller and also the gospel trio Justified. The speaker will be Gerry Tapley. Everyone is invited to join with us for the service and a covered dish lunch afterward.

CHURCH HOMECOMING: The Socaptoy Church Homecoming will be Sunday, Sept. 24 at 11 a.m. with guest speaker Brother Pete McElrath.

There will be a business to follow and dinner on the grounds at noon.

Friday, September 22

CLASS REUNION: There will be a class reunion for the Dadeville High School Classes of 1958, 1978 and 1998 Sept.

22 with a pre-game homecoming reception at the Dadeville High School Media Center.

Former students and spouses will receive tickets to the football game and will be recognized at the pre-game activities. Class pictures will be made for $10.

HOMECOMING: Dadeville High School is celebrating Homecoming Sept. 22. The is is “Rock the Bulldogs.”

Everyone is invited to he homecoming parade. Entry fee is $15 and the entry forms are located in the school office with a deadline to enter of Sept. 20.

ROTARY GOLF TOURNAMENT: The Alexander City Rotary Club is hosting a charity golf tournament Friday, Sept. 22 at the LakeWinds Golf Course. Registration begins at 11 a.m., lunch will be available at noon and tournament play starts at 1 p.m.

It is two-person scramble tournament. The is cost is $100 for a two-person team or $50 for an individual player. It will benefit the Alexander City Rotary Club Foundation.

Anyone interested in participating contact Dana Rickman at 256-625-6392 or email dana@ campascca.org.

Army now.’”

Bronson says he and his wife are moving on to the next chapter in life as they age.

“We are going to Montgomery,” Bronson said. “We have a lot of family there. It is a military retiree community. They have medical facilities for our future needs. We are good now but will not always be. It is the next chapter and we are good with it.”

Submitted / The Record

A group of Dadeville High School students spent a week collecting for hurricane relief efforts and finished with $380.91 in cash, 15 cases of water, plus 10 additional gallons of water. The students made the drive a competition and split into groups of two and divided the school into three sections and then competed each day to see who could get the most donations. Pictured are back from left Mallory Meadors, Laquarious Lockhart and Janya Jones.

Front from left are Matthew Porter, Cameron Tidwell and Alex Sims. The Red Cross is scheduled to pick up the items and have them distributed to areas in need.

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: The Weogufka Family Worship Center is hosting its annual Women’s Conference Friday, Sept. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring Tolie Meggs of Out of the Boat Ministries in Tuscaloosa.

The Weogufka Family Worship Center is located at 20771 County Road 29/ Coaling Road.

September 22-23

MUSIC WORKSHOP: The Power of Praise and Worship

musical workshop with Eugene C. Brown of Baltimore Maryland will be Sept. 22 starting at 6 p.m. and Sept. 23 starting at 9:30 a.m. at Hatchett Springs Baptist Church in Goodwater. Registration is Sept. 22 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is $20 a person.

Saturday, September 23

STARGAZING: The Auburn Astronomical Society will set up telescopes to look at the night sky Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. on Hospice Point near the silo at Wind Creek

State Park.

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE: Sistas for a Cause are hosting their third annual women’s conference, “Broken but Still Blessed,” Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at Miracle Missionary Baptist Church on I Street in Alexander City.

ALABAMA POWER OPEN HOUSE: Alabama Power is hosting a public education open house Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Square in Downtown Dadeville.

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Monday, September 25

HORIZONS UNLIMITED: Terry Robbins will present “Merle Haggard, The People’s Poet” to Horizons Unlimited Monday, Sept. 25 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alexander City Board of Education Building at 375 Lee Street Alexander City.

September 28-29

CLOTHING SALE: Russell Medical Auxiliary will host a clothing sale featuring Britches and Bows on Sept. 28-29. The sale will be in the Russell Medical Community Room beginning at 7 a.m. Women’s clothing, sizes small – 3x along with boys’ and girls’ clothing will be available.

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LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

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ere’s the thing you’ve gotta know about me: I’m the most nonchalant person about weather.

I typically think people are overreacting, the weather won’t actually be that bad, the power won’t be lost, everything will be fine.

You’d think I would’ve learned my lesson when I was hit by Winter Storm Jonas in 2016. I was in one of the worst areas, as Chambersburg, Pennsylvana, was covered by about 32 inches of storm. I literally got stuck in the snow while I was outside playing with my stepson — my body got stuck, not my car. I had to have Lucas actually pull me out of the snow that was waist high.

We lived on a main road and between the plows and trying to shovel out our driveway, there was a snow wall nearly 10 feet high at the end of our yard when all was said and done.

But no, weather isn’t that bad.

Or I might’ve learned when I came down to Alabama and everyone warned me about tornado season. “Pack a tornado box,” they said. “Find a safe place to be if a tornado hits,” they told me. Have I done any of that? Nope. And I am actually scared of tornados.

So when everyone started saying the outskirts of Hurricane Irma were going to hit Alexander City, of course the inner me was thinking, “Whatever. It probably won’t.”

Originally, they were calling for debilitating winds and rain nearing 10 inches. I knew that wasn’t going to happen, but still my mother called telling me to at least go to the store and buy some bottled water and a flashlight. OK, Mom, I’ll do as you say.

But I was right. It rained a lot and it was pretty windy, but nothing I haven’t seen in Alabama so far.

At about 5:10 Monday afternoon, I texted my mom telling her everything was OK, we gotten through the worst of it, and, turns out, the flashlight is still in its plastic wrap.

Then just 10 minutes later, the unthinkable happened. My poor, storm-anxiety-ridden dog and I were sitting out the couch, eating lasagna and watching “Dexter,” when the most enormous banging I’ve ever heard came down around us.

A giant — and when I say giant, I mean giant — pecan tree in my backyard had fallen on my house.

Let’s grieve for that tree for a second, because if I was 10 years old again, that would be the perfect climbing tree.

But anyway, so a tree falls on my house — me, the person who thinks weather really can’t get that bad — and of course, I have no idea what to do. So I called my trusty editor Mitch Sneed, who walked me through the worst of it. Then of course, who turns up on the scene first? Not the police, not the power guys, but The Outlook’s own Cliff Williams. (Hey, at least I made the news portion of the paper this week.)

The good news is, my house is still standing — although I no longer have a porch roof — and my pup and I are safe. But the morale of the story is, don’t mess with Mother Nature, especially not when she has children named Irma. And when you’re having a bad day or your team didn’t win the big game on Friday night, just remember: At least there’s not a tree in your house.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor of The Record.

MUST-WIN GAME Dadeville looks to avoid 0-3 region hole

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

This early in the season, it’s difficult to call a game a must-win, but looking at the rest of Dadeville’s schedule and knowing it is currently 0-2 in the region, the Tigers are looking at Friday night’s homecoming game versus Holtville as one they can’t let slip away.

“I hate to say it’s a must-win, but yeah,” Dadeville coach Richard White said. “We’re 0-2 in the region, and at this point in the season, we can’t afford to lose another game this early. We’ve got to find a way to win this ballgame and get on track to find some more down the line.”

Although White’s Tigers have struggled the past two weeks against the likes of Munford and Leeds, they’re not giving up hope yet.

Dadeville played the No. 2-ranked Green Wave tough through the first two quarters, but a couple of costly plays nearing the end of the first half gave Leeds a 28-14 lead heading into the locker room.

“If we didn’t get a punt blocked and that long touchdown returned for 86 yards, it’s a 14-14 game at halftime and we’re in it,” White said. “But they put two on us there, and we have to get that stuff corrected. We’re not good enough to overcome that stuff of stuff.

But we still have a chance to make the playoffs. There’s a lot of ballgames to play.”

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Dadeville’s Jalen Sullivan holds on for dear life in the open field as Leed’s receiver Jaylen Washington tries to spin away after a 38-yard pickup

for Dadeville’s offensive success, but injuries have gotten the best of the Tigers recently. Top running back Qua Tucker missed the game against Munford, and starting quarterback Jeff Rice didn’t play versus Leeds.

Although Tucker is back, White said he’s uncertain if Rice will return this week; he has a day-to-day shoulder

injury.

Luckily for the Tigers, backup quarterback Slade McCullers played fairly well last Friday.

“Slade played well being thrown in there and having to play the whole game at quarterback,” White said.

“He’s eager to play and very receptive See TIGERS • Page 12

Reeltown attempts to overcome Lanett

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

Devastating news hit Reeltown’s football team this week. Keke Hughley suffered a season-ending ACL tear that will keep the top running back out possibly through the basketball season as well.

The news couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the Rebels will have their hands full Friday night with the No. 2-ranked Lanett.

“That is massive,” Reeltown coach Matt Johnson said. “He’s the fastest player on the team, he’s our iron man.

That is a huge loss. Part of the offense is gone without Keke. Getting him in motion and in the jet, playing slot receiver too, you lose that edge. We have guys that can do that but not with the explosiveness that he has.”

Kenneth Boone / The Record What should give Johnson’s Rebels Reeltown’s Cameron Faison attempts to avoid a tackle against Horseshoe Bend last week. Faison See REBELS • Page 12 will be called upon quite a bit after a season-ending injury to running back Keke Hughley.

Athlete of the Week

Jerry Bosworth racks up 6 touchdowns

By LIZI ARBOGAST Sports Editor

In eight-man football, it’s relatively common to see a high-scoring game.

But for one player to score six touchdowns is pretty unheard of. But that’s exactly what Lyman Ward’s Jerry Bosworth accomplished on Thursday night in a 54-42 win over People’s Baptist, and he is the Outlook Athlete of the Week.

“I’ve scored some touchdowns, but I’ve never scored six in a game,” Bosworth said.

Bosworth, a transfer from Vestavia Hills, had an obvious connection with Fighting Ranger quarterback Garrett Davison. The two hooked up five times, and four of those were for touchdowns.

JERRY BOSWORTH, LYMAN WARD Grade and position: Junior wide receiver Measurements: 5-foot-10, 185 pounds Parents: Jerry Bosworth and Andrea Moore Other interests: Bosworth also plays basketball.

Favorite team: University of Alabama Athlete most admired: Jay Barker, Bosworth’s uncle who was also a national champion quarterback at UA Statistics: Bosworth scored six touchdowns in Lyman Ward’s victory on Thursday night, including four receiving and two rushing. He totaled 214 receiving yards and had two tackles for a loss.

“The thing with eight-man football is if you can get past someone’s secondary, you’re going to score a lot of touchdowns,” Lyman Ward coach John McNeal said. “It’s not uncommon per say, but it was definitely something that I don’t think this school has ever seen. It’s going to be

something that we look to do more now that I know they can do it.”

Bosworth had receiving scores of 50, 45, 72 and 37 yards. He also punched in two more touchdowns on the ground from 1 and 7 yards out.

“He’s not my first go-to

guy on running plays just because I have a couple guys that are more on my lookout list,” McNeal said. “But after Friday night, I might look to him a little bit more as a strong secondary runner.”

Bosworth said, “I feel like as a player, my best attribute See BOSWORTH • Page 12

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Weekly Stars ASHLEY CLANTON, Horseshoe Bend: The Generals were on fire in a 25-5, 25-5, 25-8 win over LaFayette, and much of it was due to strong serving.

Whitlow Worthy Clanton led the way with a staggering 14 aces in the three-set victory.

LANDON COTNEY, Benjamin Russell: Cotney continues to get better and better as Benjamin Russell’s quarterback, and this week, he showed off some of his offensive prowess. Cotney had one passing touchdown, tossing a 29-yard score to Nick McGhee, and he also punched in a 5-yard rushing touchdown.

GARRETT DAVISON, Lyman Ward: After a winless season in 2016, Davison led the Fighting Rangers to a big victory over People’s Baptist. The senior quarterback was 8-for-11 for 273 yards and he threw four touchdown passes to Jerry Bosworth.

JAKORRIA GLENN, Benjamin Russell: Glenn had a bit of a breakout week for the Wildcats’ volleyball team. During the Calera Tournament, where BRHS went 3-2, Glenn totaled 13 kills for one of her best hitting performances so far this season.

LEO LEWIS, Reeltown: Lewis was flying all over the place defensively against the Horseshoe Bend Generals. He finished with three tackles for a loss in the victory.

TADARIUS PARKER, Central Coosa: Parker was thrown into the fire a bit, taking over the starting tailback position for the Cougars this week. He managed to gain 34 yards on 12 carries.

JORDAN WHITLOW, Reeltown: Although Whitlow carried the ball just three times and had two catches, he was the reason for a lot of the Rebels’ rushing success against Horseshoe Bend. He blocked and paved the way for Cameron Faison and Tre Tre Hughley, who each had more than 100 yards on the ground.

CADE WORTHY, Horseshoe Bend: Worthy had a productive game against Reeltown, totaling 118 passing yards. His best connection of the game was with Nalijah Heard; Worthy and Heard hooked up for a 54-yard reception for the longest of the night.

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Tigers to what we’re trying to do.”

White is hoping to get the offense moving again this week as it stalled against the Green Wave during last week’s second half. This year has been full of adjustments for the Tigers, who are used to what White called a “quickstrike offense.” This season, the Tigers are more suited for an offensive attack that pounds the ball on sustained drives.

“Probably the biggest thing offensively is our running backs are not patient to let the holes develop,” White said.

“There have been several holes we could’ve run in, and the backs kick it outside and of course there’s no blocking outside so we’re getting tackled. Had they been patient, we would’ve popped it for 6

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or 7 yards or maybe even 40 or 50.”

On paper, Dadeville should have no problem getting on the right side of the track against the winless Bulldogs. Holtville quarterback Drake Baker stands at 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, and White said they’ll need to limit his potential production.

“Holtville is kinda like us — they’re struggling in certain areas, but they’ve got some good-looking kids,” White said. “Their quarterback is tough to bring down, so we’ve gotta put pressure on them.

They run a lot of Tony Franklin system in the passing game, so if we can get some pressure Mitch Sneed / The Record on him and make him do some things he doesn’t want to do, Dadeville coach Richard White knows how we have a chance to win.” important Friday’s game versus Holtville is.

Rebels some confidence is how well they played even after Hughley went down in the first quarter of last week’s victory against Horseshoe Bend. Tre Tre Hughley, Keke’s brother, and Cameron Faison both totaled more than 100 yards on the ground and they combined for all three Reeltown touchdowns.

There’s another player Johnson is giving a lot of praise, but he’s not one that jumps off the stat sheets. That’s fullback Jordan Whitlow, who paved the way for Hughley and Faison’s success last week.

“We have probably one of the best fullbacks I’ve ever coached,” Johnson said. “We’ve had great fullbacks here, but Jordan Whitlow and what he does at the fullback

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position is special. A lot of people don’t even notice him because he doesn’t get the ball much, but if it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have 300 yards rushing. I can’t say enough about how he’s developed.”

Offense might be the name of the game as Reeltown hosts the Panthers, who are explosive from just about every skill position.

Caden Story is the definition of a dual-threat quarterback, and receivers Qua Pollard and Trikweze Bridges are listed at 6-foot-7 and 6-4, respectively.

Johnson said he’ll also be looking out for running back Ja’Won Howell.

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to running back, but he does a really good job for them and runs the ball extremely well.”

The game plan for Reeltown going in will be quite similar to what it was against Horseshoe Bend. The Rebels need to have sustained drives, win the time-ofpossession battle and finish with touchdowns.

“No. 1, we need to limit the big plays, which goes back to limiting the production of their big-play players, which is a lot of them,” Johnson said. “We’ve gotta control the ball. Basically, we’ve got to offensively do what we did last week — control the line of scrimmage, control the time of possession, get first downs and keep their offense on the sideline.”

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been playing 11-man, but getting adjusted to the eight-man game hasn’t been as difficult as one

would expect.

“It’s really not that much different,” he said. “There are just less offensive linemen, but there’s not that much difference. I think it’s easier to get bigger plays, but I don’t think it’s easier as a whole. It’s a lot easier to play defense in 11-man, but it’s maybe easier to play offense in eight-man.”

Because Lyman Ward has such a small roster, Bosworth also played on defense for quite a bit of the game and added two tackles for a loss to his name.

Although Bosworth wasn’t a part of last year’s winless season, he still knows how important getting the victory over People’s Baptist was for the Fighting Rangers.

“It’s huge,” Bosworth said. “This is the first year that the team has had a coaching staff that really cared, so I give a lot of props to coach McNeal, and I think we’re going to win some more.”

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Reeltown’s Tre Tre Hughley (24) is chased down by the Horseshoe Bend defense during Friday night’s showdown.

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Wetumpka 40, Stanhope Elmore 13

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Stanhope Elmore’s Johnny Montgomery releases the pass just as Wetumpka’s Travarris Bozeman (42) and Jacorey Murphy (73) get through the line.

Indians corral Mustangs in intense rivalry, 40-13

By EVAN DUDLEY Herald Sports Editor

The annual Battle of Elmore County was just as intense and nasty as the previous matchups with both squads combining for more than 200 yards of penalties and seven turnovers. Tempers flared and the faithful were vocal and loud as the rivals battled all night with

Wetumpka pulling out the runaway victory.

The Wetumpka Indians (4-0, 1-0) wrangled the Stanhope Elmore Mustangs (0-3, 0-1) Friday night, 40-13, in the 48th straight regular season meeting between the two county rivals.

Indian running back Kavosiey Smoke ran for more than 100 yards and four touchdowns and Robert LaPrade added

another 54 yards and two touchdowns as Wetumpka overcame turnovers and penalties to beat its cross-county rival for the third straight year.

“Stanhope threw some stuff at us defensively that we haven’t seen on film so we had to adjust accordingly,” Wetumpka head coach Tim Perry said.

“But I thought our defense played great and thought this was the best defensive

effort since last year.”

The contest began with both squads feeling each other out which resulted in a war of attrition as the Indians and Mustangs traded possessions until Smoke broke a 47-yard touchdown run on the first play following a Mustang punt. Stanhope was forced to punt on its See WETUMPKA • Page 3

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Wetumpka’s Kavosiey Smoke scores as Stanhope Elmore’s Ladorian Leonard tries to make the stop.

Stanhope 0 0 7 6 — 13 Wetumpka 13 8 7 12 — 40 First Quarter Wet – Kavosiey Smoke 47 run (Grindle kick), 5:03 Wet – Smoke 5 run (kick failed), 0:00 Second Quarter Wet – Smoke 18 run (Deandra Ezell to Keedrick Adams 2pt conversion) Third Quarter Wet – Smoke 1 run (Grindle kick), 8:15 SEHS – Johnny Montgomey to Logan Swindle 40 pass (Conner Bradford kick), 6:34 Fourth Quarter Wet – Robert LaPrade 40 run (kick failed), 11:04 Wet – LaPrade 1 run (kick failed) SEHS – Willie Burks 7 run (2pt conversion failed), 5:44 Team Statistics Stanhope Wetumpka First downs 11 9 Rushes-yards 40-147 34-275 Passing 6-16-2 4-14-2 Passing yards 77 94 Total yards 224 369 Punts 5-32 4-43.8 Fumbles-lost 3-2 3-1 Penalties-yards 11-100 14-140 Individual Statistics Rushing — Wet: Smoke 11-126, Martin 6-54, LaPrade 7-54, Ezell 6-22, Thomas 2-13, Johnson 1-4, Adams 1-2. SEHS: Daniels 16-68, Burks 7-58, Duncan 10-17, Ashley 1-7, Swindle 1-(-1), Montgomery 5-(-2).

Passing — Wet: Martin 2-5-44-0, Ezell 2-8-48-1, Johnson 0-1-0-1.

SEHS: Montgomery 6-16-77-2.

Receiving — Wet: Adams 3-54, Rogers 1-38. SEHS: Anderson 3-24, Swindle 1-40, Bradford 1-9, Daniels 1-4.

Interceptions — Wet: Maliq Davis 1, Tyquan Rawls 1. SEHS: KJ Stokes 1, Larry Wright 1.

Wetumpka next possession and Smoke scored his second touchdown of the night on a 5-yard run following a 27-yard from junior quarterback JD Martin – who was injured in the second quarter and did not return to the game – to Keedrick Adams.

Wetumpka held its ground in the second quarter forcing the mustangs to punt once again and Smoke scored his third touchdown on an 18-yard scamper up the middle. Senior quarterback Deandre Ezell completed a pass to Adams for the two-point conversion and the Indians led 21-0 at halftime.

“I felt pretty good tonight,” Smoke said. “I knew we would come out with the victory whether I played tonight or not. But it feels good to be back with my brothers on the field.”

However, the game was marred by three consecutive turnovers to end the half with Mustang linebacker KJ Stokes intercepting Ezell and Travarasia Duncan of Stanhope and LaPrade fumbling on back-to-back plays.

Stanhope began the third quarter driving to just across midfield but Maliq David intercepted a Johnny Montgomery pass and Smoke scored his fourth and final touchdown five plays later on a 1-yard plunge into the end zone.

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The Mustangs responded in kind with a 40-yard pass from Montgomery to Logan Swindle to cut into the Indian lead at 28-7.

Stanhope forced a Wetumpka punt on the Indians’ next possession but sophomore defensive back Tyquan Rawls gathered in his third interception of the season on a Montgomery pass.

The Indians got back to work in the fourth quarter with LaPrade scoring his first touchdown of the night, a 40-yard burst through the middle that extended Wetumpka’s lead to 34-7 with 11 minutes left in the game.

Stanhope fumbled on the first play of its next possession and LaPrade capped the Indians’ scoring on a 1-yard run five plays later.

The Mustangs tacked on one last touchdown before the final gun sounded – a 7-yard run by Willie Burks – but the Indians had decided the contest long before the scoreboard hit black.

Perry was pleased with his team battling it out for another win but knows his team must clean up the penalties if it expects to be playing in late-November and December.

“I’m very proud of them and I’ve been proud of them all season,” he said. “Proud of how they

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Wetumpka’s Recardio Bozeman (8) and Kamyron Jackson (25) sack Stanhope Elmore quarterback Johnny Montgomery in the second quarter.

care about each other, how they support each other and how they show up every day and give a great effort. But we got to eliminate those penalties. We make it a point of emphasis in practice

but it was just an intense game and a lot of emotion was spilling out.”

The Indians return to action Friday as they host the Chilton County Tigers (0-4, 0-2) who

were blasted by the sixth-ranked Opelika Bulldogs, 41-14.

Stanhope travels to Dothan to face the Northview Cougars (1-2, 0-1) who lost 47-9 to Park Crossing.

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Reeltown 22, Horseshoe Bend 12

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Horseshoe Bend’s Trace Meadows (23) tracks down Tre Tre Hughley, of Reeltown, on Friday night.

Reeltown’s depth overpowers Horseshoe Bend

By LIZI ARBOGAST Managing Sports Editor

As predicted, the biggest difference in Friday night’s game between Reeltown and Horseshoe Bend came down to the run game.

While Horseshoe Bend had only one player put up more than 100 yards on the ground, Reeltown had two, and that depth proved to be key in a 22-12 victory for the Rebels in Class 2A Region

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“It’s key because Coach has said we can both do it,” said Reeltown’s Tre Tre Hughley, who rushed the ball 27 times for 181 carries, “so whoever is hot, he can give us the ball.”

Hughley was complemented by Cameron Faison, who scored twice and had 133 yards on 15 attempts.

The Generals, on the other hand, were once again led by Trace Meadows, who rushed for 164 yards, but the rest

of the team combined for only six rushing yards.

“We’re working on the passing game,” Horseshoe Bend coach Josh Averett said. “Right now, Joe Railey, who’s the second back, he’s been hurt the past couple weeks with a high ankle sprain, so we’re just working with what we got right now.”

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slowly but surely chipped away at it.

After Faison punched in a 1-yard score to open the second quarter, the Generals answered on the ensuing possession.

Cade Worthy got the Generals within striking distance with a 54-yard completion to Nalijah Heard before Meadows bullied his way with a 1-yard touchdown just a few plays later.

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Reeltown 7 7 0 8 — 22 Horseshoe Bend 0 6 0 6—12 First Quarter R — Cameron Faison 23 run (Coonor Moore kick), 9:52 Second Quarter R — Faison 1 run (Moore kick), 10:19 HB — Trace Meadows 1 run (kick failed), 8:03 Fourth Quarter HB — Meadows 47 run (kick failed), 9:25 Reel — Tre Tre Hughley 28 run (Hughley run), 1:16 Team Statistics

Reel HBS First downs 18 12 Rushes-yards 51-330 29-170 Passing 5-9-0 4-11-0 Passing yards 55 87 Total yards 385 257 Punts 3-20.3 2-43.0 Fumbles-lost 0-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-40 10-56 Individual Statistics Rushing — Reeltown: Hughley 27-181, Faison 15-133, Trey O’Neal 3-20, Jordan Whitlow 3-11, Kolby Coan 1-4, Logan Hunt 1-(-9), Team 1-(-10); Horseshoe Bend: Meadows 26-164, Cade Worthy 3-6.

Passing — Reeltown: Hunt 5-9-55-0; Horseshoe Bend: Worth 4-11-87-0.

Receiving — Reeltown: Whitlow 2-24, Landon Hunt 1-20, O’Neal 1-13, Hughley 1-0; Horseshoe Bend: Nalijah Heard 2-58, Leevontae Robinson 1-29, Luke Yarbrough 1-0.

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Horseshoe Bend’s Trace Meadows is taken down by a host of Reeltown defenders.

early in the fourth quarter when Meadows cut the deficit to two points on a 47-yard score, his longest run of the game.

Despite the score being 14-12, Horseshoe Bend attempted the extra-point but it fell short.

Reeltown finally put the game away as it drove down field on a sustained drive, and on third and 3, Hughley found daylight, running in a 28-yard score.

“When I first got it, I saw the hole,” Hughley said.

“I went to the outside then bounced it back in, and it wasn’t nothing but daylight.

We were just going for a first down, but things happen.”

After two missed extra points were called back due to Horseshoe Bend penalties, coach Matt Johnson called for

a two-point conversion that Hughley drilled in to put the game out of reach.

“Those two penalties got us inside the 1, and we felt like when we get in our heavy package, we could get a yard,” Johnson said. “We had just missed the extra point, and if we missed it, it was only an eight-point game. They run the kick back and get the two-point conversion, it’s a tie ball game, so we thought we could go for it and it paid off.”

Although Horseshoe Bend’s defense came up with a few big plays, including two tackles for a loss from Heard and a 9-yard sack by Parker Branch, it just couldn’t hang with Reeltown’s skill players.

“Tre Tre had a heck of a game,” Johnson said. “That

was a breakout game for him.

We stayed in our heavy stuff and stayed inside tackles.

We had to control the clock to manage (Meadows). Our defense played phenomenal, and he still had (164 yards).

Our game plan was to control the clock, move the chains three to four yards and keep him off the field because we know he can do big things.

He’s an unbelievable player.”

Although Horseshoe Bend has gotten itself in an 0-2 hole in the region, Averett said there’s still plenty of time to improve.

“I thought them I was proud they fought all the way to the end,” Averett said. “We had our chances. You just sometimes come up a little short, and that’s what happened.”

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Benjamin Russell 27, Chelsea 0

Benjamin Russell shuts out Chelsea

By ALEC ETHEREDGE Shelby County Reporter

CHELSEA – It’s been a slow start to the season for the Chelsea Hornets as they’ve been searching desperately for playmakers to replace 90 percent of last year’s offensive production, but have come up empty handed. On Friday, the Hornets hosted a Benjamin Russell team that had gotten off to a flying 2-0 start and is getting better every week.

The combination of offensive confusion and a solid Benjamin Russell team didn’t bode well for Chelsea as it fell to Wildcats 27-0. It marked the first time since a 14-0 loss in 2013 the Hornets have been shut out in a game.

With the loss, Chelsea fell to 0-4 on the season and 0-2 in region play, while Benjamin Russell improves to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the region, which gives the Wildcats a leg up and a solid chance at making the playoffs as they currently sit atop the Class 6A Region 3 standings.

The game started out rather slow in the first quarter with neither team showing much in the way of offense, while the defense carried each team, something the Hornets have become accustomed to so far this season.

Benjamin Russell was, however, able to put points on the board rather quickly

thanks to special teams. After being forced to a three-andout by the Chelsea defense, the Wildcats punted the ball away.

The Hornets were set to return the kick, but it was bobbled, which set Benjamin Russell up on the Chelsea 22-yard line. It looked like Chelsea was going to hold the Wildcats scoreless after forcing them into a thirdand-17, but instead Benjamin Russell came up huge on fourth down. Landon Cotney found Nick McGhee for a 29-yard score.

After the missed PAT, Benjamin Russell found itself in front 6-0 in the early going.

The game became a slow defensive battle after that with neither team able to move the ball.

Eventually, however, the Wildcats worse down a Chelsea defense that rarely left the field near the half.

They capped off a nice drive with a 1-yard run by Hezekiah Hunter to take a 13-0 lead into the half.

A big story in the first half was when Chelsea’s offense looked like it was ready to click into gear, it coughed up the football. The Hornets lost three fumbles in the first half alone, which not only put their defense back on the field, but also gave the Wildcats good field position.

Chelsea came out in the second half and didn’t let up

Cari Dean / Shelby County Reporter

Benjamin Russell’s Davede Herron runs the ball against Chelsea on Friday night.

defensively and was in the game late in the third quarter still trailing 13-0 as it headed to the final quarter.

The exhaustion finally started settling in for the Hornet defense. In the first four seconds of the final quarter, Cotney got in on the action again as he punched in a 5-yard touchdown to take a 20-0 lead.

There was still plenty

of time remaining, but the deficit didn’t suit a Chelsea offense not built to score a ton of points. The Wildcats continued a strong defensive game and put the final dagger on the board with just under two minutes to win. Kraige Abercrumbie’s 29-yard rushing touchdown set the final score at 27-0.

Benjamin Russell is 3-0 for the first time since 2012

and has made a strong statement in region play to start the season, while Chelsea will not only continue to search for offensive production, but its first win of the season as well.

The Wildcats will host Opelika next Friday in a game that might be a deciding factor in the region; while the Hornets take on Pelham in a must-win game.

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Tallassee 28, Childersburg 19

Carmen Rodgers / The Tribune

Tallassee High School’s Casey Baynes (18) trys to push past Childersburg High School’s Jamarcus Tuck (13) early in the fourth quarter during Friday night’s game against the Childersburg Tigers.

Tallassee outlasts Childersburg in Region 3 slugfest

By GRIFFIN PRITCHARD For The Tribune

With his head hung, Markevious Matthews walked the Tallassee sideline as Childersburg threatened to score.

Chaplain Dric Williford grabbed the junior by the jersey and pulled him into a hug followed by a few kind words.

That gesture snapped Matthews out of his funk and helped turn the tide for the hometown Tigers en route to Friday’s 28-19 victory over visiting Childersburg at “Hot” O’Brien Stadium.

“That helped me a lot. I was down on myself because I’d made a bad play,” Matthews said. “He told me don’t get down on myself. Go out and do my thing. It was a little boost.”

Matthews, on the post pep-talk possession, broke free on a 27-yard touchdown run giving Tallassee the 28-13 (following a successful Quionton Jeter point after kick) edge.

Childersburg which, like Tallassee, had a shortened practice schedule due to Hurricane Irma’s swirl through Alabama, came in with a game plan of stopping the run. And it was successful

as the first period ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

“They came in prepared and more ready than we were,” said Mike Battles, coach of the Tallassee High Tigers.

“But, hey I’ll take a bad win any day.”

Tallassee, early in the second, capped a drive that began in the latter stages of the first quarter with a 15-yard run by Eryn Cochran-Gill. Jeter added the point after for the lead. Tallassee — ranked inside the Alabama Sports Writer’s most recent 4A top five — never trailed, but did have to break a tie in the second half.

Terry Thomas, on a blitz for Childersburg, stepped into a Casey Baynes swing pass and returned down the sideline before being knocked out at the Tallassee 20. A handful of plays later and Jalen Kidd connected with Takairee Kennebrew in the end zone for the touchdown. The successful point after try knotted the game at 7-7 and sent both teams in the locker room for the intermission.

“We got the ‘W,’ and I think anyCarmen Rodgers / The Tribune body that watched this game can see Tallassee High School’s Anderson Baker (64) puts a stop to Childersburg High School’s quarSee TALLASSEE • Page 15 terback, Jelan Kidd (1), during Friday night’s game against the Childersburg Tigers.

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SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2017

Elmore County 28, Handley 14

Carmen Rodgers / The Herald

Elmore County High School’s D.J. Patrick finds room to run after a narrow miss by Handley’s defensive end, Corey Arrington (59) during Friday night’s battle between the Panthers and the Tigers.

Panthers pounce on defending state champion Handley

By DAVID GRANGER Managing Editor

When two winless teams meet and one is the defending state champion, you have to think the defending champ is the team that’s about to end its losing skein.

But Friday night at BurtHaynie Field in Eclectic, the Elmore County Panthers (1-3) were in no mood to play along with that scenario.

Junior running back D.J. Patrick scampered for 150 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries, Donovan Jones added a score and Terrence Head ran for one and threw for another as the Panthers led throughout and kept the defending 4A state champion Handley Tigers (0-3)

winless on the season.

“We finally played a game,” Elmore County head coach Norman Dean said. “We didn’t make a lot of mistakes, we had some people back healthy that had been banged up and we didn’t have stupid penalties.

“But don’t talk to me. Talk to 1 (Head), 4 (Patrick) and 13 (Jones). They did it, not me.”

Head, who finished the night completing 4 of 7 for 77 yards, including a second-quarter touchdown toss to LaDarius Jenkins, said everyone on the home side of Burt-Haynie had a hand in the win.

“We played like a team,” Head said. “We went out and played as hard as we could and we came out victorious. We played a quality team and we

played amazing. We believed the whole week that we could come out and win this game.

We just fought. We scrapped.

The coaches did a great job, the O line, the defense, everybody on the sideline. Even the band.”

Elmore County never trailed the visiting Tigers. After the Panthers turned the ball over on downs at the Tigers’ 5-yard line on their first possession, Handley struggled to move the ball to its own 21 before punting and Elmore County took over at its own 44. The big play came on a 28-yard Headto-Jones pass that moved the ball to the Tigers’ 18. Patrick got nine on first down, then Head scampered around left end for the score. After Joseph See ELMORE • Page 15

Elmore County 28, Handley 14 Handley 0 0 7 7 — 14 Elmore County 6 8 7 7 — 28 First Quarter Elmore County — Terrence Head 9 run (Joseph Stockman’s kick blocked) Second Quarter Elmore County — LaDarius Jenkins 23 pass from Head (Donovan Jones run) Third Quarter Elmore County – Jones 1 run (Stockman kick) Handley — Cadarious Burton 14 run (Jared Sears kick) Fourth Quarter Elmore County — D.J. Patrick 20 run (Stockman kick) Handley — Y’Quavious Patterson 8 pass from Corey Bell (Sears kick) Team Statistics Handley Elmore County First downs 16 20 Rushes-yards 30-114 36-201 Passing 11-19-0 5-8-0 Passing yards 121 100 Total yards 235 301 Punts 3-32.7 2-30.5 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-1 Penalties-yards 15-177 10-83 Individual Statistics Rushing — Handley: Cadarious Burton 7-33, Xavier Slaughter 6-27, Devontae Houston 6-24, Dylan Brooks 2-20, Corey Bell 8-5, Y’Quavious Patterson 1-5. Elmore County: D.J. Patrick 22-150, Donovan Jones 13-36, Terrence Head 6-15.

Passing — Handley: Corey Bell 10-18-108-0, Jamal Fuller 1-1-13-0.

Elmore County: Terrence Head 4-7-77-0.

Receiving — Handley: Y’Quavious Patterson 3-47, Devontae Houston 2-19, Cadarious Burton 2-13, Jamal Fuller 1-21, Jakell Houston 1-6, Dylan Brooks 1-4, Xavier Slaughter 1-0. Elmore County: Donovan Jones 4-80, LaDarius Jenkins 1-23.

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Munford 54, Holtville 0

Munford blanks Holtville, 54-0

By COREY ARWOOD Staff Writer

The game seemed over before it began Friday night at Boykin Field with a brutal 54-0 shutout of the Holtville Bulldogs (0-3, 0-2) by the hands of the Munford Lions (2-0, 2-0), but the coach made no excuses for what he said was a team that could have done better.

There were a number of things Jason Franklin could have blamed the night’s performance on.

It was a hurricane week with two days of practice cut short and a team, as a whole, bolstered by younger, less experienced players. The field conditions were muggy with mist already blanketing the turf causing at least a few Bulldog slip-ups.

But he chose not to, and instead placed the blame squarely on himself.

“We’re a better football team than we showed tonight and that’s what disappoints me the most, we’re better than this right here and we just didn’t show up tonight,” Franklin said. “We didn’t execute offensively and that’s on me, nobody else.

I’m in charge of that and I just didn’t feel like we played real well on the offensive side of the ball.”

“We didn’t protect our quarterback, we didn’t throw the ball well tonight and we didn’t run it well. You know the phases that you have to do, blocking and executing on the offensive side, and we didn’t put any points on the board.”

However, Franklin’s fiery demeanor after the game seemed to say the team would feel the loss over the next week while it was practicing for the next game at Dadeville.

“They’re a good football team. They whooped our butt tonight up front and they dominated us. I mean we turned the ball over too many times tonight,” Franklin said.

“I mean we didn’t have many first downs and we turned the ball over. We played with them in the first half but we didn’t respond the second half.”

Lions’ coach William Smith said, “We’re pleased to be 2-0 in region play, and this region has shown itself to be the best region in the state over the past four or five years. So, we’re fortunate to get the win and we’ll watch film tomorrow and Sunday and try to get better and see if we can beat Tallassee this next week.”

Going into the game the Lions were up by 14 in the second quarter, and from there they only solidified and furthered their lead.

Senior Carson Smith drove the ball to the Holtville 25-yard line and put the third touchdown on the scoreboard with five minutes left in the half.

Four minutes later, Munford’s Marshall Clark brought the score to 28-0.

In the second half, the Lions continued to hammer away on the Bulldogs and scored two minutes into the third quarter with a 20-yard touchdown pass to junior X’Zavian Britt.

Munford junior Cameron Lemons was next to put points on the board with less than four minutes left in the third quarter, bringing the score to 41-0.

And in the fourth, Ja’Isiam Tuck struck first, followed by the fatal and final touchdown by sophomore Kanadre Simmons.

The Bulldogs travel to Dadeville Friday and, in the meantime, Franklin said his focus was the team at large.

“We got to focus on us; we got to get better at us, that’s the main thing right now,” Franklin said. “We got to block, we got to execute offensively and get ready to play football next week.

If we hang around with this butt kicking we got tonight, that’s going to be tough.”

Holtville’s Austin Gay tries to avoid Munford’s Marshall Clark.

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SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2017

Leeds 42, Dadeville 14

Leeds takes down Dadeville 42-14

By GARY HANNER St. Clair Times

LEEDS — The Leeds Green Wave remained perfect on the season following a 42-14 over the Dadeville Tigers.

It was Dadeville that took an early lead as it scored the first time it had the football thanks to a Leeds fumble. The touchdown came on a 41-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Slade McCullers to Kadore Glenn.

The PAT by Alex Sims was good to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead with 7:32 remaining in the first quarter.

It didn’t take long for Leeds to tie the game as quarterback Zach Roberts threw a 93-yard touchdown pass to Torrence Pollard with 6:15 remaining in the first quarter. Gregory Dawkins added the PAT to make the score 7-7.

The next score came in the second quarter as Roberts and Pollard hooked up again on a 16-yard touchdown pass. The extra point by Dawkins was good as Leeds took its first lead with 10:08 remaining before halftime.

The Tigers were forced to punt from its own end zone the next time they had the ball. The punt was blocked and recovered by Braxton Ragland in the end zone as Leeds increased their lead to 21-7 with 7:53 left in the second quarter.

Two plays later, Dadeville’s Glenn scored on a 60-yard run. Sims added the PAT to make it 21-14 with 7:14 left before halftime.

Leeds Jaylen Washington returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards. A few plays later, Pollard scored from 18 yards out to make it 28-14 in favor of the Green Wave.

The second half was all Leeds as it outscored Dadeville 14-0 to make the final score 42-14.

The Tigers got the ball first to start the second half, but Pollard intercepted a Dadeville pass and returned it 18 yards for a touchdown with 10:29 left in the third quarter.

The last touchdown of the game came in the fourth quarter with 9:02 remaining in the game. Roberts threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Ragland. The extra point

by Dawkins was good to make the final score 42-14.

Leeds improved to 4-0 (2-0) on the season while Dadeville slipped to 2-2 (0-2). The Tigers look to get back on the winning track next week at home against Holtville.

Mitch Sneed / The Outlook

Dadeville’s Ab Abernathy (51) pounces on a loss ball, recovering a Leeds fumble and setting the Tigers up for the first score of the game Friday night at Homer Smiles Field in Leeds.

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Prattville Christian 40, Central Coosa 0

Cougars falter in second half, fall 40-0

By DONALD CAMPBELL Staff Writer

During the first half of Friday night’s Central Coosa game against Prattville Christian Academy, the Cougars came out strong, keeping the Panthers at bay and leaving the score knotted at 0-0. The final 24 minutes were a completely different story however, as Prattville Christian began to put together consistent drive after consistent drive, leaving the field with a 40-0 victory.

“The first half, we had them, second half, we didn’t,” Central Coosa coach Shane Rary said.

“I’m very disappointed at how we handled adversity today.”

The Cougars took on a different look Friday night as Donta Daniel was moved to quarterback, easing some of his rushing workload while junior Tadarius Parker transitioned into the starting running back position, taking the ball 34 yards on 12 carries.

“We wound up making a move and putting Donta at quarterback, so his rushes would be diminished some.

We hoped that Tadarius could make the plays he made and he did. We just didn’t block well Mitch Sneed / The Outlook enough tonight to let all the Coosa’s Tadarius Parker (40) looks for blockers on his way to a 6-yard pickup for the Cougars. After holding Prattville Christian to a scoreless tie in the first other things we had going to put Donta at quarterback haphalf, the game got away from Coosa and dropped its third straight. pen,” Rary said.

For the Panthers, the ground er Ben Segars open, throwing a 3-yard line seven plays later, Prattville Christian 40, Central Coosa 0 game was just as important, strike and a 19-yard touchdown aided by two Central Coosa though they found much more Prattville Christian 0 0 19 21—40 offside penalties. Briggs put the with five and a half minutes success rushing the ball, with Central Coosa 0 0 0 0—0 to go in the game, before runfirst points on the scoreboard Third Quarter eight different offensive playwith a 3-yard rush on the eighth ning back Preston Kosciuszko PCA—Brandon Briggs 3 rush (Andrew Clem kick), 8:15 ers recording rushing yards. pounded into the end zone on play of the drive.

PCA—Sterling Berry 5 rush (Clem kick), 5:26 Running back Brandon Briggs each of the next two drives.

A Cougars fumble recovPCA—Safety, 5:25 led the way for Prattville Central Coosa had one last ered by Prattville Christian PCA—Clem 30 field goal, 1:21 Christian, going 116 yards on chance in the final minute of on the Central Coosa 25 put Fourth Quarter 17 carries.

PCA—Ben Segars 19 pass from Ethan Jones (Clem kick), 5:30 the game to get on the scorethe Panthers in great shape PCA—Preston Kosciuszko 17 rush (Clem kick), 2:23 “We had to stay under cenboard. Two pass interference for another score just seconds PCA—Kosciuszko 11 rush (Clem kick), 0:53 ter because we’re having a calls against Prattville Christian later. Despite a low snap causTeam Statistics hard time blocking in space,” moved the Cougars from their ing quarterback Ethan Jones to PCA CC Panthers coach John Fussell own 20 to midfield with eight take an 8-yard loss, Prattville First Downs 16 6 said. “But it is nice to have a Christian rebounded as Sterling ticks remaining on the clock, Rushes-Yards 46-274 27-30 lot of different backs you can but Daniel’s pass to Benjamin Berry pounded the ball in from Passing 4-9-0 3-22-1 give the ball to.

Passing Yards 45 18 Cardwell fell incomplete as the 5 yards out five plays later.

Total Yards 319 48 “Our starting quarterback is final whistle went.

Central Coosa gave up a Punts 1-6.0 3-25.3 no longer with us, and so we Going into preparation for safety on the ensuing kickoff Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 have a new quarterback, Ethan next week’s game against when the ball stopped rollPenalties-Yards 15-113 8-53 Jones, and so right now, we’re Beulah, Rary said the team ing at the 1-yard line before Individual Statistics just needing some help from would continue working to being picked up and downed Rushing—PCA: Briggs 17-116, Kosciuszko 6-61, Berry 8-39, our running backs until we can improve and clean up its game. in the end zone, then Panthers Preston Cox 4-27, Jordan Haynes 5-27, Segars 1-19, Michael get him ready.”

McCarty 1-4, Jones 4-(-19); CC: Tadarius Parker 12-34, Donta “We’re just going to keep kicker Andrew Clem tacked Daniel 14-(-3), Jashaslin James 1-(-1).

Prattville Christian opened working on fundamentals and on another three points late in Passing—PCA: Jones 4-9-45-0; CC: Daniel 3-22-18-1. the scoring on its first drive of the third quarter with a 30-yard keep working on standing Receiving—PCA: McCarty 2-16, Segars 1-19, Trent Jorgensen the second half. Starting at their field goal. strong through adversity. That’s 1-10; CC: Xavier Moon 1-9, Benjamin Cardwell 1-8, Parker 1-1. own 36, the Panthers found the best thing we can do right Prattville Christian quarterInterceptions—PCA: Michael McCarty 1 themselves on the Cougars’ back Ethan Jones found receiv- now,” he said.

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SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2017

STATEWIDE SCOREBOARD Interclass Fultondale 46, St. James 21 Sardis 46, Geraldine 27 Leroy 28, Citronelle 6 Selma 28, Dallas County 12 Notasulga 34, R.C. Hatch 29 Class 7A Auburn 21, Prattville 6 Bob Jones 17, Sparkman 14 Davidson 28, Baker 0 Fairhope 17, Theodore 14 Foley 31, Alma Bryant 13 Gadsden City 38, James Clemens 35 Hewitt-Trussville 49, Grissom 7 Hoover 27, Spain Park 24 Huffman 32, Tuscaloosa County 29 Huntsville 24, Buckhorn 14 Jeff Davis 38, Enterprise 35 Lee-Montgomery 40, Smiths Station 0 Thompson 40, Mountain Brook 13 Vestavia Hills 7, Oak Mountain 0 Class 6A Albertville 28, Brewer 14 Austin 63, Hazel Green 21 Benjamin Russell 27, Chelsea 0 Carver-Montgomery 48, Dothan 20

Daphne 22, LeFlore 0 Decatur 35, Columbia 6 Florence 35, Hartselle 14 Gulf Shores 37, B.C. Rain 20 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 37, Bessemer City 7 Homewood 28, Jackson-Olin 6 McAdory 33, Paul Bryant 7 Minor 27, Center Point 26 Muscle Shoals 35, Athens 14 Northridge 33, Brookwood 14 Opelika 41, Chilton County 14 Oxford 38, Cullman 14 Park Crossing 47, Northview 9 Parker 24, John Carroll Catholic 17 Pelham 29, Helena 25 Pell City 28, Southside-Gadsden 21 Pinson Valley 34, Clay-Chalkville 32 Ramsay 26, Hueytown 10 Saraland 42, Blount 14 Spanish Fort 42, Robertsdale 7 Wetumpka 40, Stanhope Elmore 13 Class 5A Alexandria 42, Boaz 13 Beauregard 61, Sylacauga 35 Briarwood Christian 34, Wenonah 0

Brooks 23, Lee-Huntsville 0 Calera 22, Central-Tuscaloosa 14 Carroll 29, Headland 0 Charles Henderson 27, Greenville 24 Crossville 34, Arab 25 Demopolis 53, Marbury 6 East Limestone 51, Ardmore 26 Etowah 26, Guntersville 21 Eufaula 28, Central-Clay County 23 Hayden 30, Curry 28 Jackson 28, Wilcox Central 0 Lawrence County 25, Russellville 6 Mae Jemison-Huntsville 49, St. John Paul II Catholic 7 Mortimer Jordan 31, Corner 10 Rehobeth 28, B.T. Washington 8 Scottsboro 35, Douglas 0 Shelby County 27, Moody 21 St. Clair County 29, Pleasant Grove 20 St. Paul’s 9, Williamson 6 Sumter Central 26, Jemison 23 Talladega 37, Lincoln 34 Valley 13, Cleburne County 0 Vigor 35, Faith Academy 7 West Point 49, Springville 7 Alabama

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Lee-Scott 34, Edgewood 21

John D. Oliver / For Opelika-Auburn News

Lee-Scott defender Jackson Cook records a sack of Edgewood quarterback Christian Ivey during Friday’s victory.

Lee-Scott handles Edgewood for 3rd straight victory

BY JOSH VITALE Opelika-Auburn News

AUBURN — Ask anyone about Robert Maddox, and they’ll tell you the Lee-Scott Academy head football coach is “not a throwing guy.”

But when you have the personnel, sometimes you have to put the ball in the air.

The Warriors did exactly that in a 34-21 over Edgewood Academy on Friday at Judd Scott Field. Quarterback Eric Schuster completed 6 of 9 passes for 124 yards and three touchdowns. Five of those catches and all three touchdowns went to tight end Jacob Carson, who had 125 yards.

Yes, you read that correctly — the only pass Schuster didn’t complete to Carson lost a yard.

“We are a running team. We have that reputation,” Maddox said. “But this year, it’s become a passing offense. It’s not my favorite thing, but if it works, I’m not going to say nothing.”

The final 13-point margin makes the game look a lot closer than it was on LeeScott’s home field. Visiting Edgewood (1-3) didn’t gain its inaugural first down until its fifth drive of the game in the second quarter. Lee-Scott (3-1) scored touchdowns on its first four possessions and all 34 of its points in the first half.

That Wildcats first down play was a 48-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Christian Ivey to wide receiver Kam Burleson, but it didn’t come until Lee-Scott already had 27 points on the scoreboard.

Schuster scored the game’s first touchdown on a 14-yard scramble, Mitchell Sanders took a jet sweep 10 yards for the second score, and Carson did the rest, catching touchdown passes of 50, 28 and 13 yards.

Carson also recorded a sack and an interception on defense in a well-rounded performance.

“The boy is having a breakout year, I’ll tell you,” Maddox said of Carson, who had nine catches, 136 yards and

two touchdowns in last week’s win over Glenwood. “This is the new norm for us.”

Carson’s interception was one of two the Warriors got off Ivey, with Thomas Whatley catching the other. Thomas Rankin, Grant Hilyer and Jackson Cook also got to Ivey for sacks.

Ivey did burst through the Lee-Scott defense for a 54-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter, and running back Tyler Abernathy capitalized on a late fumble to score a 4-yard touchdown against the Warriors’ second-team defense with 2:02 left on the game clock.

But it proved too little, too late.

“I feel like we played solid,” Maddox said. “I’m proud of our kids for winning the game. They didn’t have any quit in them, which speaks a lot for them and their coaches and their kids. And I’m proud for mine. We were able to hold on. They scored some points late, but we were trying to get a lot of people in. I’m proud that we were able to get everyone in the ballgame.”

Lee-Scott 34, Edgewood 21 Edgew.

0 7 0 14 — 21 Lee-Scott 20 14 0 0 — 34 1st quarter L – Eric Schuster 14 run (kick failed), 8:30 L – Mitchell Sanders 10 run (Jake Jenkins kick), 5:23 L – Jacob Carson 50 pass from Schuster (Jenkins kick), 3:00 2nd quarter L – Carson 28 pass from Schuster (Jenkins kick), 6:56 E – Kam Burleson 48 pass from Christian Ivey (Burleson kick), 4:52 L – Carson 13 pass from Schuster (Jenkins kick), :12.6 4th quarter E – Ivey 54 run (Burleson kick), 6:28 E – Tyler Abernathy 4 run (Burleson kick), 2:02

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Lyman Ward 54, People’s Baptist 42

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Lyman Ward’s Garret Davison tries to break the tackle of Peoples Baptist’s Noah McRee.

Lyman Ward picks up first win since 2015

By LIZI ARBOGAST Managing Sports Editor

After a winless season in 2016, Lyman Ward Military Academy finally got on the right side of the track.

But looking at the statistics, you’d never know it.

People’s Baptist had 504 offensive yards, compared to just 377 for the Fighting Rangers, and the Knights also had nearly as many first downs as Lyman Ward had offensive plays.

But some huge touchdown passes from Garrett Davison to Jerry Bosworth, a

kickoff returned for a score and a handful of big defensive stops, Lyman Ward earned a 54-42 victory on Thursday night.

“It’s awesome,” Lyman Ward firstyear coach John McNeal said. “I came into a program that I kept hearing was not the best, and I didn’t let it affect me.

I took what I know, my experiences and the boys’ strengths — half the team has never played a game before. Being able to coach these boys with as little time as I had to really practice with them, they’re doing awesome. This is a big victory for us. They needed it, I think,

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more than I needed it.”

The Knights (2-3) went shot-forshot with Lyman Ward (1-1) throughout most of the game. It seemed like every time People’s Baptist scored, the Rangers had an immediate answer. But Lyman Ward finally pulled away nearing the end of the third quarter.

Davison connected with Bosworth for a 37-yard touchdown just three plays after the Knights had taken a two-point lead. It was the duo’s fourth score of the night.

Then Lyman Ward’s defense answered the call, as the Knights were

pushing the ball downfield on two straight possessions in the fourth quarter.

“From Day 1, our defense has been super strong,” McNeal said. “Our defensive coach, Anthony Reaves, took them under his wing. I’m an offensive quarterback and receivers kind of coach, and he’s the defensive coach. He took them and just ran. He took the boys that have never played defense before and made them strong. They work together as a unit, and that’s more than I can ask for.”

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Tallassee we’ve got a lot of improvements to make,” Battles said. “I don’t know what was going through our minds in that first half. But we came out in the second half and made some plays and just held on.

Childersburg is a much-improved team and they came in wanting to win the ballgame. No doubt about it.”

Tallassee held on the first second-half possession and took over inside its own 30. The run game, up to this point had been reduced to a series of fits and stops.

But, with Casey Baynes back at quarterback, Tallassee’s offense becomes two dimensional.

Baynes — who finished the night with more passing yards than rushing yards — connected with Kalvin Levett on a vertical route down the sideline.

Levett took the reception and cut inside at the hash mark, then split the defenders and sprinted into the end zone for the touchdown. With the kick, Tallassee led 14-7.

The Tigers, on the next possession, used a 38-yard catch and run by Levett to move them deep into the Childersburg

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blue zone.

“They made a commitment to stopping us from running the football and were putting eight or nine men in the box and leaving our receivers in man coverage,” Battles said. “We’ve got some pretty good receivers and a pretty good quarterback. We tried to throw a few things. Kalvin and Jake (Burton) came up and made some great plays for us.”

Baynes called his number three times and turned the corner on a simple sweep for the touchdown. Tallassee’s lead swelled to 21-7 with 6:46 left in the third period.

Childersburg tried to claw its way back into the game. Kidd battled back and with a flick of the wrist, had put them back in the game. Kidd connected Cameron Thrash for the touchdown from 10-yards out.

Childersburg scored again, late and began to craft together some offense.

He tossed a pass to Maurice Barrett for the 46-yard double courage.

Tallassee — with Childersburg threat-

ening — took the game over.

Matthews broke free on a 27-yard touchdown run, bringing the tally to 28-13.

Childersburg answered with a 46-yard touchdown pass. The two-point attempt was thwarted as Kidd was met with purple-clad resistance at the goal line.

The two 4A squads exchanged possessions deep into the game. Baynes recorded an interception, but a fumble gave the ball back to Childersburg.

“Their game plan was very effective — ‘You are not going to run the football’ — and it worked to a tee,” Battles said. “We just had some kids step up and make plays. That’s what I’m proud of.”

The visiting Tigers engineered one final drive into Tallassee’s red zone. The fourth-down pass was batted away giving the ball back over to Tallassee.

Matthews, on second and six, turned a simple straight run play into a 62-yard scamper.

“This was a big win,” said Matthews, who turned 18 Friday. “This was a great birthday present and we needed this to

Elmore Stockman’s PAT was blocked the Panthers led 6-0 with 4:31 left to go in the first quarter.

Handley couldn’t earn a first down on its next possession and the Tigers’ Devontae Houston punted to Patrick, who returned it 20 yards to the Tigers’ 40. It took the Panthers eight plays to march the distance, scoring on a 23-yard Head strike to Jenkins with 10:58 to go in the first half. Jones bulled into the end zone for the two-point conversion and Elmore County was up 14-0 at halftime.

It looked as though Handley had made a game out of the contest on the second-half kickoff. The Tigers’ Cadarious Burton took Stockman’s kick in at his own 14 and returned it 86 yards for an apparent touchdown. But the referees brought the play back due to a block-in-the-back call on Handley.

Then on the Tigers’ first play from scrimmage, Xavier Slaughter fumbled and Elmore County’s Shakwan Bickley recovered at the Handley 26. An unsportsmanlike conduct foul on Handley was tacked on and the Panthers took over at the Tigers’ 13. Five plays later, Jones powered in over the right guard and, with Stockman’s extra point, the Panthers led 21-0 with 10:04 left in the third quarter.

Elmore County tried to get sneaky on the ensuing kickoff, but Handley’s Cory Arrington recovered Stockman’s onside kick attempt at the Tigers’ 47.

Quarterback Corey Bell passed for 13 yards to Jared Sears. Dylan Brooks ran for another 13 and Burton went around right end from 9 yards out for the score.

Sears PAT cut the Panther lead to 21-7 with 7:55 left in the third quarter.

But Elmore County put the game away the first time it touched the ball in the fourth. From their own 19, the Panthers moved the ball to the clinching score on a 20-yard Patrick run, a 12-yard Jones scamper, an 18-yard Patrick dash and, finally, a 20-yard race around right end by Patrick for the score. Stockman’s kick made it 28-7 with 8:34 left in the game.

Handley added an oh-by-the-way touchdown with

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Tallassee High School’s Kalvin Levette (1) runs the football in for a touchdown late in the third quarter during Friday night’s game against Childersburg High School.

stay 2-0 in the region.”

His run proved to be the final nail for the visiting Tigers defense.

Childersburg lined up but was forced to watch the Tallassee kneel in victory.

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Carmen Rodgers / The Herald

Elmore County High School’s Terrance Head finds room to run after skirting by Handley’s defensive line during Friday night’s battle between the Panthers and the Tigers.

13 seconds left in the contest on an 8-yard pass from Bell to Y’Quavious Patterson.

Bell completed 10 of 18 passes for 108 yards to lead the Handley offense. Burton was the Tigers’

leading rusher with only 33 yards on seven carries.

Next week, Elmore County travels to Childersburg, a 28-19 loser to Tallassee Friday night. Handley hosts Leeds, a 42-14 Friday night winner over Dadeville.

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Lyman game with nine tackles for a loss, including a 9-yard sack on fourth down and four TFLs from Davison.

Bosworth, who totaled four receiving touchdowns and two rushing, set the final score when he bullied his way in for a 7-yard score with just over two minutes remaining.

“Davison is a returning quarterback and with Bosworth, they just have a magnificent chemistry on the field,” McNeal said. “We run all the plays so that everybody every play gets a chance to touch the ball in practice, but when you have a quarterback and receiver duo that deadly, you gotta use them.”

Davison and Bosworth were the definition of lethal on Thursday night.

The pair connected five times for a total of 214 yards and four of those went for touchdowns. Most of the scores came when Davison found Bosworth 15 or 20 yards out, and the receiver went to the races.

“He’s one of my good bud-

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dies,” Davison said. “We talk, we hang out a lot, and we kind of have this connection.

When he goes out, he’s my guy I’m throwing it to. If I’m in doubt of throwing it, it goes to Bosworth every time. He’s my guy.”

Probably the most incredible thing about Lyman Ward’s victory was its ability to break big plays. The Fighting Rangers needed just 25 total offensive plays to score 54 points, while People’s Baptist snapped the ball 70 times. Lyman Ward had only 11 plays that went for fewer than 10 yards and had seven go 25 yards or more.

“We have guys that can read plays and they can read the defense,” McNeal said.

“I’ve got a coaching staff that can read from the sideline, too. We start taking notice of what plays they’re running, who they’re going to. They had a very small team, so it made it kind of easy for us to really choose. We really just see what they’re doing and

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Lyman Ward’s Christopher Owens runs against Peoples Baptist in Thursday night’s game.

adjust every game.”

Regardless of how Lyman Ward got the victory, Davison said it felt so good to finally get that monkey off the Rangers’ back.

“It’s so nice,” he said.

“Last year, we had a coach that wasn’t fully into the team, but we have a good coaching staff this year.

Everybody is playing their hearts out, so it’s a way different system than last year.

We’re not the team that we were last year.”

People’s Baptist 16 14 12 0 — 42 Lyman Ward 14 20 14 6—54 First Quarter PB — Andrew McKneeley 10 pass from Gavin Haynite (Braddock Garland pass from Vincent Esprit), 7:09 LW — Jerry Bosworth 50 pass from Garrett Davison (Davison run), 6:08 PB — Haynite 10 run (Jamari Peters pass from Esprit), 0:00.6 LW — Christopher Owens 78 kick return (run failed), 0:00.0 Second Quarter LW — Bosworth 45 pass from Davison (run failed), 6:15 PB — Micah Alfaro 70 run (Esprit run), 4:32 LW — Bosworth 72 pass Davison (kick blocked), 4:13 LW — Bosworth 1 run (Bosworth run), 2:17 PB — Alfaro 4 run (run failed), 0:18 Third Quarter PB — Haynite 10 run (pass failed), 7:38 LW — Davison 30 run (run failed), 6:43 PB — Alfaro 10 run (pass failed), 1:30 LW — Bosworth 37 pass from Davison (Josepg Reese), 0:11 Fourth Quarter LW — Bosworth 7 run (run failed), 2:04 Team Statistics PB LWMA First downs 19 12 Rushes-yards 56-407 14-104 Passing 9-14-0 8-11-0 Passing yards 97 273 Total yards 504 377 Punts 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-lost 4-0 1-0 Penalties-yards 8-60 7-35 Individual Statistics Rushing — People’s Baptist: Alfaro 21-227, Esprit 21-190, Haynite 8-25, Jarquavius Tyson 2-5, Team 2-(-45); Lyman Ward: Davison 9-75, Reese 1-13, Bosworth 2-8, Owens 2-8.

Passing — People’s Baptist: Haynite 9-13-97-0, Esprit 0-1-0-0; Lyman Ward: Davison 8-11-273-0.

Receiving — People’s Baptist: Esprit 3-29, McKneeley 2-14, Jeremy Morrow 2-12, Garland 1-26, Alfaro 1-16; Lyman Ward: Bosworth 5-214, Reese 3-59.

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