Area Sports
The Fabulous Five
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard I was invited to attend a basketball game in Evergreen between the Sparta Warriors and Fort Dale Eagles Friday night. All four teams, the boys JV, girls JV, and both girls and boys varsity teams play the same night. JV girls kicked it off first as they…
Read MoreASHOF announces Class of 2026 (cont)
The Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Class of 2026 to be inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on May 9, 2026. The Class was selected by ballot through a statewide selection committee; votes were tabulated by the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.…
Read MoreASHOF announces Class of 2026
The Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Class of 2026 to be inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on May 9, 2026. The Class was selected by ballot through a statewide selection committee; votes were tabulated by the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.…
Read MoreArea HS Football Recap
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard Well, another football season has come and gone for Butler County High Schools and just to recap we will start with the Greenville Tigers. The Tigers, bless their hearts, had a rough one this year going 3-7 overall and 0-6 in 5A Region 2 finishing 7th. Greenville’s…
Read MoreMcKenzie Tigers season closes
BY SHEA ODOM The Greenville Standard The McKenzie Tigers, now 12-1, hosted the Leroy Bears, now 13-0, Friday night in round three of the Alabama High School Athletic Association Playoffs at Williams-Vickery Stadium. The Tigers entered the field with grit and focus but ultimately fell to the Bears 60-38. McKenzie entered the 2025 football…
Read MoreALBBAA buck photo contest announced
Alabama’s Black Belt has earned a reputation as one of America’s premiere deer hunting destinations, and the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA) wants to showcase your best buck again this year. ALBBAA is sponsoring its Big Buck Photo Contest for the 14th consecutive year, and the winner will be determined by online voting. “We…
Read MoreMcKenzie takes out Generals
BY SHEA ODOM The Greenville Standard This past Friday, the McKenzie Tigers at 11-0 hosted the gold and grey Autauga Academy Generals (7-4) at Williams-Vickery Stadium for the Alabama Athletic High School Association (AHSAA) Round Two 1A playoffs. In a game defined by momentum-shifting defensive plays and explosive scoring runs, the Tigers stormed past…
Read MorePimienta resigns
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Garrick Pimienta, Jr., Greenville High School (GHS) head football coach, recently announced that he was resigning. Pimienta said in a social media post, “After much though and prayer, I have made the decision to step down as the head football coach at Greenville High School. “Over the past…
Read MoreSeason ends for FDA Eagles
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard The Fort Dale Academy Eagles football season has ended after their first round Alabama Independent School Association playoff game loss to the Chambers Academy Rebels 50-21. This was the second loss of the season FDA had against the Rebels. The first was a 47-0 regular season defeat on…
Read MorePanthers fall to Indians
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard It is one and done for the Panthers and the Georgiana faithful. The Georgiana Panthers traveled west to Gilbertown to take on the red, white, and black Southern Choctaw Indians in the first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association 1A playoffs. The Panthers were 5-5…
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