Wetumpka pays tribute to 1979/1980 state championship basketball teams

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

The City of Wetumpka will celebrate its first two state championship basketball teams this week.

Wetumpka will pay tribute to its first two state championship teams, the 1979 and 1980 Wetumpka high school basketball teams, in a special ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. at the Wetumpka Civic Center.

“The highlights of the ceremony will be a powerful documentary maiden presentation that depicts how these two teams transformed a town through their basketball accomplishments as integration began to take hold,” Lewis Washington said in a press release.

As well as the documentary, team

- championships were won. The event is free and open to the public, and the attire is casual dress.