Edgewood Academy (6-5) at Patrician Academy (11-0)

By DALTON MIDDLETON Sports Editor

When: Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

Where: Hannah-Hesselman Field (901 South Mulberry Avenue, Butler, AL 36094)

Series: Series is tied, 4-4

Synopsis: Edgewood Academy, which is coming off its first home playoff game since 2019, is in the semi-finals of the playoffs for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Wildcats are a mainstay in the AISA playoffs, and they

Games

Continued from B1 tile players for the Indians this year. On defense, he has recorded 55 tackles, nine tackles for loss, two interceptions, and three passes defended.

On offense, he has six catches for 114 yards in limited action.

Weighall, who is ranked as a 4.5 star kicker, has been as consistent as anyone across the state. He has made 36 of his 38 PATs this year, and he has made 6 of his 9 field goal attempts with a long of 49 yards.

He makes his presence known on kickoffs and punts too.

Through 10 games, Weighall has 58 kickoff attempts with 33 touchbacks to his name. He has an average kick of 59.2 yards and a long of 71. He also has 41 punts this year for an average of 39.7 yards per punt and a long of 56. He has landed 18 of his 41 punts inside the 20-yard line.

Stanhope Elmore’s Walls is also committed to play at Troy for both baseball and football. He is committed to football as a long snapper, but plays tight end and some quarterback as well at the high school level.

The star senior scored a touchdown in half of the Mustangs games this year, totaling five on the season. Four of those came through the air while his lone passing touchdown came in the team’s season finale last week when he was forced into quarterback action due to sickness.

On the season, Walls has nine carries for 63 yards, 18 catches for 225 yards and five touchdowns, and he is 16 of 25 passing for 197 yards and one touchdown.

Championship

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Rattan with a time of 19:36.51. He placed 131st.

In the girls race, Stanhope’s Joanie Patton was the best finisher from the county with a 90th finish and a time of 23:22.75. Behind her and placing in the Top 125 was Michelle Ruediger (114) and Isabella Brown (125). Both finished in under 25 minutes.

Wetumpka’s best girl finisher was Sophia Rawls with a time of 24:24.34. She placed 126th overall.

Here’s the full list of results from county runners. Times and finishes were provided by the AHSAA and Athleticlive.com

ELMORE COUNTY Girls

64;Bella Robinson;23:11.63 107;Annabelle Orr;25:27.63 124;Alee Hernandez;27:48.39 showed why with a big win over Banks Academy last week.

Edgewood has now won four of its last five games, with its only loss coming from No. 2 Lee-Scott Academy during that stretch. But as tough as Lee-Scott was, Patrician looks to be just as good if not better.

Patrician is the No. 1-ranked team in AISA this season and the Saints are showing why with their 11-0 undefeated record. The Saints have dominated opponents all season and have beaten every opponent by at least 17 points.

In their first round matchup, Patrician beat Abbeville Christian, 55-13. The Saints have scored nearly 50 points per game this year and are outscoring opponents 494-150.

Edgewood’s defense has been stellar during their current hot streak. In three of their last four games, Edgewood has allowed 12 points or less and held opponents to only one touchdown twice.

Edgewood has its work cut out for it this week, but don’t count out Chad Michael’s squad. They’re hot and anybody can win in the playoffs.

133;Ally Orr;29:56.85 Boys 62;Bryant Duckett;18:27.85 73;William Mann;18:46.20 74;Lucas Drost;18:46.21 87;Logan Pack;19:18.26 99;Zane Davis;19:37.55 120;Mark Redden;20:07.63

HOLTVILLE Girls 89;Alexis Troglen;24:36.11 Boys 132;Brenen Miscisin;20:57.49

TALLASSEE Girls 105;Mallory Glass;25:18.85

WETUMPKA Girls 126;Sophia Rawls;24:24.34 182;Haley Bethea;26:53.61 187;Nyema Walker;27:23.17 189;Jacey Williams;27:25.48 204;Grace Hines;30:14.40 205;Eva Gallander;30:31.77

211;Harley Bethea;31:19.99 Boys 17;Matthew McGehee;16:58.63 26;Gavan Baxley;17:09.75 85;Eli Holden;18:39.05 112;Zachary Pierce;19:10.82 122;Collin Hardin;19:26.17 147;Taylor Gunn;19:56.25 179;Olin Phillips;20:41.67 190;Walter Lynch;20:54.97 212;Jacob Dean;22:02.39 217;Nolan Blair;22:31.96

STANHOPE ELMORE

Girls 90;Joanie Patton;23:22.75 114;Michelle Ruediger;24:03.77 125;Isabella Brown;24:23.61 159;Juliana Peralta;25:45.29 168;Jessie Patton;26:08.25 198;Micah Dupree;28:42.95 206;Maria Escobar;30:37.76 Boys 131;Cade Rattan;19:36.51 157;Emanuel Peralta;20:08.49 240;Kenneth Rodgers;26:20.31 241;Liam Felio;26:26.99

Pet of the Week – Diesel

Diesel is a five-month-old male Lab/Pit mix, originally found as a stray. He is a sweet boy, all puppy with a lot of energy to burn and loves chewing most anything — so, typical Lab mix pup! He is a happy-go-lucky boy, just wanting a fun family who will include him in all the family travels and fun!

The adoption fees are $100 for dogs and $50 for cats under one-year-old; cats over one-year-old can be adopted by approved adopters for a fee of their choosing. This adoption fee completely covers the mandatory spay or neuter, basic immunizations, de-worming, microchip, heartworm check for dogs,

Humane Society of Elmore County News

By Rea Cord Executive Director

This is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, and across our country, animal shelter staffs are working tirelessly helping the seemingly neverending flood of homeless and unwanted pets day in and day out. Shelters provide a place for homeless and unwanted animals to go when no one else can take them in — the young ones, old ones, nice pets, vicious and scared, diseased, injured, starved, healthy — shelters see them all. No matter where you live there is likely a shelter in your area deserving of a bit of thanks.

The number one thing every pet owner can do to support shelters is to be a responsible pet owner:

A. Responsible owners keeping their pet safely at home, so it does not get lost or injured adding to the load for animal control officers, citizens and Shelters alike.

B. Responsible owners see to their pet’s physical and mental well-being so that they will live long and happy lives with the same family.

C. Responsible owners