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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN B.STRINGER, DECEASED CASE NO: 2023-009 IN THE PROBATE COURT OF ELMORE COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of HELEN B. STRINGER, deceased, having been granted to BRENDA K. SHAW on January 20, 2023 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF ELMORE CASE NO: 2022-218 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LONNIE WRIGHT, SR., DECEASED

Letters Testamentary in the Estate of LONNIE WRIGHT, SR., deceased, having been granted to KRISTI S. KNOX on the 11th day of January, 2023 by John Thornton, Judge of Probate of Elmore County, Alabama notice is hereby given that all persons and parties having claims against said estate are required, within the time allowed by law, to present the same to the Court or the same will be barred.

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Continued from B1 was closed off. So he dribbled back out to the right with two defenders on him. Running out of time, he turned around and threw up a deep shot.

As Peake hit the floor, the ball fell through the net and the Wetumpka student section stormed the court.

Peake’s shot lifted Wetumpka past rival Stanhope Elmore, 75-73, in overtime in a big area matchup between the two teams.

“I read the pass and reacted,” Peake said of the play. “As soon as he passed the ball, I was right there waiting on it. I came back down and had no help so I turned around and shot the ball. I looked at the clock and saw there was only two seconds left so I just shot it. I wasn’t confident, but I chunked it up there.”

Peake’s buzzer-beater gave Wetumpka (14-7, 1-4 in area play) its first area win of the season. The shot also ended

Eldridge

Continued from B1 one of the biggest back-andforth games of the season.

The Indians led for most of the game, but Stanhope Elmore refused to quit.

Wetumpka led by as much as 18 points in the first half, but the Mustangs were able to cut the lead to only 10 points at the end of the third quarter.

Behind a stellar night from guard Dillon Barnes, Stanhope Elmore was able to tie the game with under a minute left in the fourth. Wetumpka’s Nate Rogers had a last-second shot attempt at the end of regulation, but it was blocked and the game went to overtime.

Stanhope Elmore led by one point with 15 seconds left in overtime, but Rogers knocked down one of his two free throw attempts to tie the game, 73-73, before Peake’s heroics in the final seconds.

“This was very big,” Wetumpka coach Steven Thomas said. “We’ve lost some close games here in the area, but we keep preaching to the guys to keep playing

“They put the girls on the center stage and had all the attention on them today. Those girls deserved it. Great matches, and Juliana in particular had a great match. She wrestled well and I’m so proud of her.”

Even more impressive than her undefeated record is the fact that nobody she faced even came close to defeating her. And while she did not give up a match all season, she did not even give up a takedown all season.

Not a single one of her 25 opponents were able to even secure a single takedown all season. That is a testament to her hard work, and the together and they’ll see success. I told them that this is a tough area and anyone can beat anyone at anytime, so this was a big game to build some momentum and see that success work.”

Peake and Rogers each paced the Indians with 19 points each, while Stanhope Elmore’s Barnes led all scores with 37 points.

GIRLS: Wetumpka 58, Stanhope Elmore 46

Emily Smith couldn’t miss on Saturday night.

Smith, one of Wetumpka’s sharpshooters, hit six 3-pointers to lead the Lady Indians past rival Stanhope Elmore. She led all scorers in the game as Wetumpka improved to 4-1 in area play.

“She came in early voluntarily to shoot, and she told me they made about 500 shots before the game,” Wetumpka coach Harriet Winchester said of Smith. “She felt confident, so we knew she was going to have a big game tonight. We’re proud of her for stepping up when she needed to.” mentality that nobody can beat her.

“It was a beyond special season for her,” Highland said of Eldridge. “Her not giving up a takedown all season makes it even more special. She gets in there everyday and works hard. She was rewarded today.”

While Eldridge was able to claim the championship, the Wetumpka duals team was able to claim a Top 4 finish across Class 6A on Friday.

Wetumpka’s team participated in the third-place match against Hartselle after finishing as the south’s runner-up. The Indians (14-3) narrowly lost the match to Hartselle, 36-35, to finish 4th in the state in 6A.

Both Wetumpka and Hartselle claimed seven victories each in the match, with Wetumpka’s coming from Ramon Lozada (113-pounds), Roman McWilliams (120), Tyler Mann (138),

Chad Strickland (145), Jason Henegar (195), Christian Preston (220), and Willie Cox (285).

Three of those winners (Cox, Preston and Henegar) pinned their opponents, while Strickland won by forfeit in his weight class. The deciding point, however, came as Hartselle finished with one more pin than Wetumpka along with a forfeit as well.

“It wasn’t the result we wanted as a team, but we didn’t quit and that’s our biggest thing,” Highland said. “I’ve been preaching to them all year that it doesn’t matter what happens, we have to keep responding. If we’re wrestling that day, we want to come out on top. We wrestled well, but they just had one more pin than we did.”

Wetumpka, despite not having one of its best wrestlers in Noah Smith, was still able to finish as one of the top four teams. Smith, who wrestles in the 126-pound class, has missed the last week due to a injury suffered against Benjamin Russell in the quarterfinals.

In his place, eighth grader TJ Watson has stepped in and performed his best in the weight class.

“Not having Noah has really impacted the last few matches for us, but the boys have fought their tails off to cover for him and I’m proud of them,” Highland said. “We’ve had TJ Watson come in and hadn’t missed a beat. He’s had some tough matches, but for an eighth grader to be thrown in that situation, he’s stepped up to the challenge.”

Smith returns next week as Wetumpka looks away from duals play and turns their sights to sectionals coming up in the first two weeks of February.