tallassee tigers sports
Covering the purple and gold since 1954.
WTLS' first season of carrying Tallassee High School football was 1954. The '54 Tigers were 'Boder Conference' champs with a 9-1 record. Games in the early days of WTLS were Saturday morning tape-recorded playbacks. In 1999, WTLS began airing the games live on Friday nights. In 2000, THS games were made available through the internet. Cable simulcasts were launched in 2006. Video webcasting began in 2009. Games are now available on WTLS 1300 AM & 106.5 FM, www.1300wtls.com, www.tallasseetv.com, and Bright House Networks cable television Channel 15.
2013 Baseball Broadcast Schedule:
Monday, February 18 - Dadeville (DH), 4:30 (Airtime - 4:00)
Thursday, February 21 - LAMP, 6:30 (Airtime - 6:00)
Monday, March 4 - Robert E. Lee, (DH), 4:30 (Airtime - 4:00)
Thursday, April 11 - Stanhope Elmore, 6:00 (Airtime - 5:30)
Friday, April 19 - Playoffs, (TBA)
2013 Football Broadcast Schedule:
Friday, August 30 - at Booker T. Washington, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, September 6 - at Bullock County, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, September 13 - vs. Charles Henderson, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, September 20 - at Headland, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, September 27 - vs. Dadeville, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, October 4 - vs. Ashford, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, October 11 - at Alabama Christian, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, October 18 - vs. St. James, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, October 25 - vs. Beauregard, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, November 1 - at Elmore County, 7:00 (Airtime - 6:00)
Friday, November 8 - Playoffs, (TBA)
Listen and Watch.
1300 AM
106.5 FM
Bright House Networks Channel 15
www.1300wtls.com
www.tallasseetv.com
Tallassee Tigers Facts
- Tallassee had five consecutive undefeated seasons under J.E. "Hot" O'Brien from 1942 - 1946. During that stretch, the Tigers' record was 56-0-1. The Tigers won 33 straight games from 1944-1947.
- Tallassee's Justin Williams ranks fifth in Alabama for touchdowns scored in a season with 37 in 1999. Williams is the all-time leading rusher at Tallassee with career rushing yards from 1997 - 1999.
- Tallassee ranks fourth statewide with seven baseball championships.
- The Tigers won three consecutive titles from 1989 - 1991. THS won 40 games in a row in 1990 and 1991.
- The Tigers' 1995 season earned run average of 1.38 ranks second all time.
- Alfred Rivers' 81 steals from 1987 - 1990 ranks second in Alabama.
- Jonathan Rivers ranks third in the state for consecutive wins as a pitcher with 21.
- Jeri Goodman's 31-3 record as a pitcher is a Tiger's best. Goodman's 259 strikeouts lead all Tigers' pitchers.
- In
basketball, Tallassee's only trip to the championship game occured
in 1927, a 30-12 loss to Woodlawn.
Tallassee
Baseball Best Single Season Averages:
Johnathon
Johns (1988) - .521
Davis
Knapp (2011) - .514
Michael
Chandler (1987) - .509
Rusty
Smith (1998) - .505
Career
Average:
John
Wilbanks (1983 - '86) - .477
Alabama High School Football Historical Society Website Link: www.ahsfhs.org