Sports


Basketball is family affair for Greens
B: Sports, Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports
AHSAA REGIONAL SEMIFINALS BELGREEN 31, SULLIGENT 20
by By Stacy Long For the FCT 
February 25, 2026
HANCEVILLE — Players and coaches often like to throw out the cliché teams are families. But for Belgreen, it tends to be more than hyperbole. It’s a b...
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6-7 Luster is ‘a totally different player’
B: Sports, High School Sports, Red Bay Tigers
RED BAY 61, TANNER 59
by David Glovach For the FCT 
February 25, 2026
HANCEVILLE — They waited patiently outside the locker room, chatting amongst themselves, until they saw him — the 6-foot-7 sophomore. It all changed q...
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Accessible basketball completes year 2
News, Russellville, Sports
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — Fifteen players took the court over four Saturdays at the Ralph C. Bishop Center for this year’s round of accessible basketball games. ...
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College Sports, News, Sports
by David Glovach For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
FLORENCE — Tony Pujol’s message was rather simple. It was best that way. Especially when directed to not only his plates, but a larger audience he was...
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Belgreen team wins Spark Tank contest
News, Russellville, Russellville Golden Tigers
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE Fourteen teams from three high schools pitched business ideas and competed for cash prizes during the second annual Franklin County Spark...
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Vina High adds safety screens, door locks
News, Vina Red Devils
by María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
February 18, 2026
VINA — Safety features have been added to classrooms and exterior doors of Vina High as part of a campus security upgrade funded through a $5,000 Nort...
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High School Sports, Russellville Golden Tigers, Sports
by Brannon King For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE —The Russellville girls basketball team advanced to the AHSAA Class 5A Northwest Regional at Wallace State in Hanceville with a subregion...
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Bobcats lose to Lauderdale Co.
High School Sports, Phil Campbell Bobcats, Sports
by By A. Stacy Long For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
ROGERSVILLE — All the Lauderdale County girls basketball team needs to do is look at the banners in the rafters of Sinyard Gymnasium, check out the we...
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Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports, Sports
by Bart Moss For the FCT 
February 18, 2026
In a dominant display of postseason basketball, the Belgreen Bulldogs dismantled the Lexington Golden Bears 69-35 in a Class 2A girls subregion clash.
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Belgreen Bulldogs, High School Sports, Red Bay Tigers
February 18, 2026
The Red Bay Tigers are heading to the Northwest Regional Hanceville after a dominating 71-39 win over Falkville in Class 2A subregion play.
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