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PREP FOOTBALL: Fairview’s Brian Simmons expects to maintain the Aggies’ winning standard as head...
FAIRVIEW, Ala.- After the sudden resignation of legendary Fairview head coach George Redding on Feb. 20, the future of the program was up in...
PREP SOFTBALL: A team-by-team guide as Cullman County softball gets underway
CULLMAN, Ala.- With winter sports and weather leaving us, Cullman County softball has returned. Teams like Good Hope are looking to back up a...
COLUMN: Netflix’s Mayweather vs. Pacquiao announcement is latest mockery of a once-respected sport
Like many kids in Alabama in the 2000s, I didn’t grow up in a boxing-centric household. I heard stories of Marino, Sanders and Favre...
PREP BASEBALL: A team-by-team guide as Cullman County baseball gets underway
CULLMAN, Ala.- With winter sports coming to an end, Cullman County baseball is back. From a seasoned Fairview squad looking to defend their 2025...
PREP BASKETBALL: Cullman wins NW Regional Championship 80-53 over Lee-Huntsville to return to State...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- When head coach Stu Stuedeman took Cullman to the Final Four in 2022, it was the first time the school had been...
PREP BASKETBALL: No. 4 West Point’s season comes to a close after dropping NW...
HANCEVILLE, Ala. - In the Class 5A Girls NW Regional Championship on Monday evening, no. 4 West Point met no. 2 Guntervsille at Tom...
PREP BASKETBALL: No. 7 Lady Tigers’ postseason run ends at the hands of no....
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- An inspiring season for Meek's young Lady Tigers has come to an end.
In the third matchup of Monday's NW Regionals, the...
PREP BASKETBALL: Lady Eagles win 45-42 thriller over Belgreen to take the NW Region,...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- In her first year at the helm, Paige Adams is taking the Lady Eagles to Birmingham.
Opening up the NW Regional Championship...
PREP BASKETBALL: Faulkner connection shines as West Point downs Priceville 65-32 to advance to...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The No. 4 West Point Lady Warriors, riding a 27-game heater, met the no. 7 Priceville Lady Bulldogs at Tom Drake Coliseum...
PREP BASKETBALL: Vinemont fights back, but comes up short in 47-45 loss to Lauderdale...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Vinemont Lady Eagles, on the cusp of their first Elite Eight appearance since 1995, met defending 3A State Champion Lauderdale Co....
PREP BASKETBALL: Mars Hill’s Belle Hill, No. 1 recruit in the AL class of...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Holly Pond Broncos opened up day two of the NW Regionals with a 9 a.m. matchup against the no. 2-ranked Mars...
PREP BASKETBALL: Lady Eagles avenge ’25 playoff loss to Decatur Heritage with a 57-14...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Cold Springs Lady Eagles met the Decatur Heritage Lady Eagles in the final girls matchup of Tuesday night at Tom Drake...
PREP BASKETBALL: Addison overcomes shooting woes, earns first Elite Eight berth since 1972 with...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- After their Winston County rival Meek was knocked out of the playoffs, the Addison Bulldogs took the court at Tom Drake Coliseum...
PREP BASKETBALL: Meek Lady Tigers earn Elite Eight appearance with 63-51 win over Brilliant...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Meek Lady Tigers faced off with the 25-8 Brilliant Lady Tigers in the first game of the ASHAA Northwest Regionals on...
‘We were in love with the game’: Addison volleyball receives State Championship rings, recall...
ADDISON, Ala.- Head coach Sadie Hall took over for Addison Volleyball in 2025 with big shoes to fill. In the prior ten seasons, Kaydi...
PREP BASKETBALL: Cullman wins its fifth straight area title under Stuedeman with a tight...
JASPER, Ala. - The Cullman Bearcats traveled to rival Jasper's Carl Cannon Coliseum on Tuesday night for the 6A, Area 13 championship game, with...
PREP BASKETBALL: Lady Bearcats lose 52-50 heartbreaker to Mortimer Jordan in 6A, Area 13...
CULLMAN, Ala.- After a blowout upset of (21-9) Jasper in the Class 6A, Area 13 semifinal, (17-12) Mortimer Jordan traveled to face off with...
PREP BASKETBALL: Cullman downs Mortimer Jordan 82-44, sets up colossal area championship game vs....
CULLMAN, Ala. - With a firm 79-44 lead and seven seconds to go in the fourth quarter of Saturday's area semifinal vs. Mortimer Jordan,...
PREP BASKETBALL: Area tournament games set to tip off tomorrow night
CULLMAN, Ala.- Tomorrow night, Hanceville's quarterfinal matchups with J.B. Pennington will tip off a five-day stretch featuring all of the Cullman-area stars across dozens...
PREP BASKETBALL: Cullman celebrates senior night with a 62-30 rout of Hanceville
CULLMAN, Ala.- Closing out another 20-win regular season under head coach Stu Stuedeman, Cullman's varsity boys hosted Hanceville on Tuesday night. After honoring...
TRACK & FIELD: Cold Springs wins runner-up 1A-3A girls title, five local schools compete...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The ASHAA Indoor Track and Field championships concluded Saturday, and five Cullman-area teams participated in the event. To split classifications, 1A through...
Former Cullman star, UNA’s Kaleb Heatherly declares for the NFL Draft after playing in...
CULLMAN, Ala.- Like many other kids getting into football in the 2010s, Cullman-native Kaleb Heatherly fell in love with the high-flying Matt Ryan and...
PREP BASKETBALL: Holly Pond sinks Addison 72-69 with a Dunn buzzer-beater in double overtime
HOLLY POND, Ala.- The Addison Bulldogs (18-5) of Winston County, newly minted as the fifth-ranked 1A team in the state per ASWA, traveled to...
PREP BASKETBALL: New ASWA basketball rankings released post-county tournaments
CULLMAN, Ala.- The Alabama Sports Writers Association released their updated rankings for girls and boys high school basketball on Thursday. Notably, Addison's varsity boys...
TRACK & FIELD: West Point’s Sutter qualifies for state championships, Warriors compete in Last...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The West Point high school track and field team traveled to the Birmingham CrossPlex to compete in the first two days of...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: No. 1 West Point holds off no. 3 Good Hope to secure...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The no. 1 West Point Lady Warriors met no. 3 Good Hope in the Cullman County Basketball Tournament varsity girls championship on...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Ellis’ all-around game pushes No. 2 Cold Springs to win the JV...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- In the first matchup of championship Friday, the no. 2 Cold Springs Lady Eagles took on no. 5 Holly Pond to finish...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Chapman’s double-double, team defense lead no. 2 West Point to varsity boys...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- In the final game of day four of the Cullman County Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, no. 2 West Point and no. 6...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: No. 3 Good Hope advances to championship after winning 48-44 thriller over...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- In the second semifinal matchup of Wednesday afternoon, no. 3 Good Hope and no. 2 Vinemont met for a shot at no....
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Threes rain as no. 2 West Point defeats no. 7 Hanceville 68-47
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- Closing out day three of the Cullman County Basketball Tournament, the two-seeded West Point Warriors took on the seven-seed Hanceville Bulldogs in...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Slick passing, Marsh’s shooting the difference in no. 6 Vinemont’s 57-45 upset...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- In the second matchup of the varsity boys bracket on Tuesday evening, the no. 3 Fairview Aggies met a feisty sixth-seeded Vinemont...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Buchanan’s big third pushes no. 3 Good Hope to the JV Boys...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- With the game tight and the Aggies having just taken a 27-26 lead, Good Hope's star point guard, Web Buchanan, took charge....
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: No. 1 seed West Point takes down no. 5 seed Cold Springs...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- Day two of the Cullman County Tournament saw its' JV Girls no. 1 seed go down in the first game, but the...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Physical no. 5 seed Holly Pond knocks off no. 1 Fairview 39-29...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Cullman County Basketball Tournament kicked off with a semifinal matchup between no. 5 Holly Pond and no. 1 Fairview, who got...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Ellis’ 35-point gem drives no. 2 seed Cold Springs JV girls past...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- No. 2 seed in the JV girls bracket, the Cold Springs Lady Eagles, faced the no. 7 seed Hanceville Lady Bulldogs in...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: No. 3 seeded Good Hope JV girls play complete game, defeat No....
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The no. 3-seeded Good Hope Lady Raiders took on the no. 6 seed Vinemont Lady Eagles in game two of the JV...
COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Mayfield shines as No. 5 seed Holly Pond JV girls upset No....
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The 2026 Cullman County Basketball Tournament tipped off on Saturday afternoon at Wallace State with a gritty defensive battle between the no....
PREP BASKETBALL: Cold Springs loses key player, Falkville pulls off huge second-half rally to...
FALKVILLE, Ala.- The 21-1 Cold Springs Eagles traveled 35 miles north to face the 14-6 Falkville Blue Devils on Friday night. The first half...
Rocket City Trash Pandas announce Global Baseball Series at Toyota Field this spring
MADISON, Ala.- The Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels, the Rocket City Trash Pandas, held a press conference earlier this week to announce...
Fairview’s new timeline wall binds together six decades of football, family and memories
FAIRVIEW, Ala. - In 2025, the Fairview Aggies had one of their most successful seasons in school history, dominating on the gridiron on the...
PREP BASKETBALL: Jasper’s block party leads Vikings to a 43-40 win over Cullman
JASPER, Ala.- The 19-3 Cullman Bearcats traveled to Jasper on Tuesday night to take on their rival Vikings, who were 15-4 before tonight's game....
PREP BASKETBALL: 2026 Cullman County Basketball Tournament brackets revealed
CULLMAN, Ala.- The Cullman County Board of Education released the complete brackets for the varsity boys', varsity girls', junior varsity boys' and junior varsity...
PREP BASKETBALL: Vinemont comes from behind for 61-57 win over Hanceville
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- After a comeback win over Locust Fork on Tuesday night, The Vinemont Eagles found themselves in familiar territory Friday, trailing Hanceville by...
PREP BASKETBALL: Meek completes season sweep of Addison behind a Ferguson double-double
ADDISON, Ala.- The Meek Tigers bounced back from a four-game skid on Tuesday night in a big way, traveling to rival Addison and leaving...
GET BITTER OR GET BETTER: After an ACL injury derailed her freshman season, Wallace...
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- If you look up on the wall of Good Hope high school’s basketball arena, you’ll see the name Bailey Tetro. The banner...
PREP FOOTBALL: Addison headlines all-state football selections with four players, 1A Coach of the...
CULLMAN, Ala.- The Alabama Sports Writer Association released their All-State football teams this weekend, and 17 local players plus a coach were honored.
ADDISON...
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL: West Point defeats Good Hope 54-41 to win Cullman County 8th...
GOOD HOPE, Ala.- West Point's 8th grade boys team won the Cullman County middle school boys tournament over Good Hope on Saturday, 54-41. The...
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Fairview muscles past West Point 39-29 to win Cullman County middle...
GOOD HOPE, Ala.-After defeating Vinemont and Cold Springs to advance to the final matchup, Fairview's middle school girls team took down West Point 39-29...
PREP BASKETBALL: Local teams scattered throughout new ASWA basketball rankings
The Alabama Sports Writers Association released their new set of rankings for December 2025, and features eight local teams ranked within the top ten...
PREP BASKETBALL: Meek grinds out a 56-53 overtime win over rival Addison
ARLEY, Ala.- Meek High School's basketball arena was packed wall-to-wall on Thursday night, as hundreds gathered in spite of a tornado watch to see...
PREP BASKETBALL: Priceville’s Langlois drops 31 as Vinemont goes down 62-45
VINEMONT, Ala.- The 9-3 Vinemont Lady Eagles and their high-powered offense hosted an 8-2 Priceville Bulldogs team with a strong frontcourt on Monday night....
PREP SPORTS: Cold Springs’ Swidecki stars as Eagles, West Point compete in Holiday Invitational
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Both West Point's and Cold Springs' track and field teams participated in the Holiday Invitational indoor competition at the Birmingham Crossplex on...
Wallace St. Lady Lions still “nowhere near our ceiling” despite 79-41 win over Motlow
HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Wallace State Lady Lions, ranked 13th in the NJCAA, continued their hot start to the season with a 79-41 thrashing of...
BOWL SEASON: A guide to postseason college football in Alabama
CULLMAN, Ala.- For teams like UAB and Auburn, it's time to look ahead to new eras, but the season's not over yet for a...
PREP BASKETBALL: Cullman frontcourt fuels 63-48 win over Thompson
CULLMAN, Ala.- The Cullman Bearcats got back in the win column on Monday night, defeating Thompson 63-48 behind a strong performance from their frontcourt....
PREP SPORTS: West Point track and field participates in the Magic City Invitational
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Cullman's West Point High School Track and Field team traveled to participate in the annual Magic City Invitational this weekend. The indoor...
