HALEYVILLE - The first ever Haleyville Chamber of Commerce awards banquet presented prestigious awards to members of the community, as well as new and existing businesses for their dedication and service.
DSES students and faculty, shown here enjoying the WCHS band's Christmas concert, decked themselves as well as the halls in blue and celebrated a "Blue Christmas" in honor of their Blue Ribbon award.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - Double Springs Elementary School has achieved a new level of success by becoming a Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School, the highest status awarded by the non-profit organization Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc.
A banquet was recently held to honor the Haleyville High School soccer teams. Pictured above from left are: Icsel Marchant - team captain; Karlie Carol - Defensive MVP; April Espinoza - Life Saver; Shae Farley - Most Improved; Hannah Foster - Offensive MVP, team captain. Head coach is Jeff Whitten. Assistant coach is Bobby Robertson.
Pictured are members of the boys team who were honored at a recent Haleyville High School soccer banquet. Back row left : Sonel Rains Team Member Drake Robertson - team captain; Osni Perez - Offensive MVP Javier Marquez - Most Improved Ventura Siquina - Defensive MVP Oscar Espinoza - Defensive MVP Neyser Mateo - Rising Star Diego Ruiz - keeper. Front Row: Lane Sosa - team captain; Eric Hollinghurst - Most Improved. Head coach is Alex Fragale. Assistant coaches are Jeff Whitten and Bobby Robertson.
The All American Tang Soo Do students from the Haleyville and Russellville studios received about 32 medals at the recent spring tournament held in Muscle Shoals. Pictured above are Haleyville students and instructors who were in attendance. Front row, from left: Eli Miller, silver (2nd) weapons and bronze (3rd) forms; Zen Self, participation medal; Wyatt Tidwell, silver (2nd) spanning, bronze (3rd) forms. Back row are: instructor Dale Galloway, bronze (3rd) weapons, bronze (3rd) forms; Jay Kirkpatrick, bronze (3rd) sparring; studio owner and chief instructor Master Tom Jones; instructor Deryll Banning, silver (2nd) weapons, bronze (3rd) forms, bronze (3rd) sparring; Amanda Galloway, gold (1st) weapons, bronze (3rd) forms. The studio is open in Haleyville on Tuesday and Thursday at the Neighborhood Facilities Building for age six and up.
The Haleyville High School volleyball team recently held its sports banquet at the commons area at HHS. Three awards were presented to the following: from left, Ashton McCullar, Heart of the Lion; Alli Temple, Most Valuable Player; and Kaylee Riddle, Most Improved. Team coach is Brent McCoy. The Lions won the 4A Area 12 championship for the 2018 season.
