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The Elmore County boys basketball team plans to play fearless basketball this summer, according to coach Nathan Taylor. But this team still has a long road ahead of them before they can reach the level of fearless basketball and compete in the playoffs. 

Coming off the dominant performance of last season, Tallassee football coach Lawrence “L.A.” O’Neal plans to replicate success through consistency in games as well as in practice. Now in his second season with the Tigers, O’Neal demands accountability, hard work and dedication from his athletes. 

For Tallassee girls basketball, the key to winning is toughness, physicality and defense. These are the principles of the program, now under the tutelage of first-year coach Richard Taylor. This year’s team has reflected that in the last three play dates this summer. 

While I haven’t been in Elmore County for very long, I’ve quickly understood a few things about this community: y’all take high school sports seriously. That is one of the primary reasons why I’ve connected with this area of Alabama, a place that has few — if any — discernable commonalities …

Flag football is a new sport that is taking the country — and Elmore County — by storm. Elmore County High School is the second school in the county to add the sport with the assistance of a grant from the Atlanta Falcons and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. 

The Alabama State Games, founded in 1982 at the request of the U.S. Olympic Committee, have been a cornerstone of amateur athletics in the state for over four decades. What started in 1983 with just four sports and 600 athletes has grown into a massive multi-sport event, featuring 20+ compet…

The 2025 softball season has come to an end in Elmore County, and this season proved to be one of the best in recent history. 

If they were not on the podium, more than likely, the Dadeville and Reeltown track team had someone close behind. Each of the two saw a ton of success at the AHSAA Class 1A-3A State meet. 

It was an exciting weekend for Elmore County’s fishing teams as Elmore County High School placed third in the large-school division and Holtville captured fourth in small schools at the Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association state championships.

The Reeltown community gathered to watch the Reeltown football team get its state champion rings. Each ring was engraved with each player's last name as well as the score of every game they played this season — all the way to the 49-13 victory over Tuscaloosa Academy in the Class 2A State Ch…