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Berry Softball coach Darrell Thomas gets 300th win


Berry Lady Wildcats coach Darrell Thomas, pictured middle back, reached a milestone 300 wins during the team’s Senior Night.

The Lady Wildcats beat Brillant 4-3 on Monday, April 15. Berry erased a 3-1 deficit in the bottom of the 7th inning to force extra innings as Ashlyn Smith scored the go ahead on the RBI single by Shayla Mayfield to celebrate Senior Night and the 300th career win for Berry Softball Coach Darrell Thomas.

All girls golf team at FCHS


The inaugural 2024 FCHS Girl's Golf Team consists of, left to right, Jaliegh Jordan, Victoria Allison, Sofi Gant, Lucy Lowe, Elsie Smyth and AnnaBeth Smith, not pictured.

The Fayette Country Club held the inaugural West Alabama Conference Golf Tournament on Wednesday, March 27. For the first time in school history, Fayette County High School has established an all-girls golf team.

 

Sports Hall of Fame holds induction ceremony


Shown are the 2023 inductees into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame. From left, front: Patrick Stiles, Emma Herren Mitchell, Alexandria Henry, Mary Henderson-Slaughter and Rhetta Hollingsworth Tucker. Back: Henry Wright, Ricky Wakefield, Terry Cook, Corey Bowen, Bryan Everette, Seth Harkness and Brandon Stocks.

The Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame held its 2023 induction ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 5 at Bevill State Community College in Fayette. Tom Roberts, a Fayette County High School graduate and the retired director of sports broadcasting at The University of Alabama, emceed the event. He introduced each inductee and gave a brief biography of their accomplishments before the inductees addressed the crowd. Following are the 2023 Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame inductees.