Sports


Goggans signs cheer scholarship with UNA
High School Sports, Russellville Golden Tigers, Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
June 4, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE Russellville High School graduate Ella Goggans will continue her cheerleading journey beyond high school, thanks to a scholarship from th...
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4 honored duringRHS Performing Arts Signing Day
Russellville Golden Tigers, Sports
by Maria Camp camp@frankllncountytimes.com 
May 28, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE - Four Russellville High School graduates were honored during the annual Performing Arts Signing Day.
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Longtime Russellville coach Tim Townley retires
Russellville Golden Tigers, Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 28, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE -- VILLE - Tim Townley is getting ready to start a new chapter of life. After 38 years in the Russellville City School system as a coachf...
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Bulldogs’ inspired run comes to end against Pisgah
Sports
by Bart Moss For the FCT 
May 21, 2025
The Belgreen Bulldogs’ inspired run through the Class 2A state softball tournament came to an end in the Final Four last week, marking the culmination...
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RHS tennis player selected for All Star match
Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 21, 2025
Russellville High School tennis player Lily Cate Pace has been selected to play in the North-South Tennis All Star Match, which will take place July 2...
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RHS rocketry team places seventh in nation
Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 21, 2025
RUSSELLVILLE – Russellville High School’s Team 2 placed seventh in this year’s American Rocketry Challenge national finals in The Plains, Virginia....
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2 Belgreen Anglers are state champions
Belgreen Bulldogs, Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 14, 2025
BELGREEN – Two members of the Belgreen High School fishing team, the Belgreen Anglers, brought home the school’s first state fishing championship.
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PCHS senior signs to play golf at NWSCC
Phil Campbell Bobcats, Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 14, 2025
PHIL CAMPBELL -- Kaylie Motes has signed a scholarship to play golf at Northwest Shoals Community College. Motes, who has been playing for four years,...
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Spruce Pine athlete brings home 2 gold medals
High School Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
May 14, 2025
SPRUCE PINE -- Luke Herring, a senior student athlete at Hackleburg High School, earned golds for discus and shot put at the state track meet in Cullm...
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