Skip to main contentSkip to main content
Dothan Eagle
86°
  • Log In
  • Subscribe
  • user icon Guest
  • Logout
Read Today's E-edition
  • News
    • Local
    • Crime
    • State & Regional
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Nation & World
    • Markets & Stocks
    • News Tip
  • Obituaries
    • Share a Story
    • Recent Obituaries
    • Find an Obituary
  • Opinion
    • Submit a letter
    • Letters
    • Editorials
    • Columnists
    • Cartoons
  • Sports
    • High School
    • College
    • Alabama
    • Auburn
    • Troy University
    • Professional
    • Other
  • Lifestyles
    • Events Calendar
    • Arts and Theatre
    • Food & Cooking
    • Movies & TV
    • Music
    • Contests
    • Comics
    • Puzzmo
    • Puzzles
    • Play
    • Home & Garden
    • Health
    • Parenting
    • Fashion
    • People
    • Pets
    • Travel
    • Faith
  • Join the community
    • News tip
    • Share video
    • Send a story
    • Share a photo
  • Brand Ave. Studios
  • Print Edition
    • E-edition
    • Today's Ads
    • Special Sections
  • Our Properties
    • Enterprise Ledger
    • Eufaula Tribune
  • Buy & Sell
    • Place an Ad
    • Jobs
    • Cars
    • Marketplace
    • Public Notices
    • Shop Local
    • Memory Plaques
    • AL Public Notices
    • FL Public Notices
  • Shopping
  • Customer Service
    • Manage Dothan Subscription
    • Activate Digital Subscription
    • Newsletter sign-up
    • Subscribe
    • Contact Us
    • Help Center
  • Gift Subscriptions
  • Mobile Apps
  • Weather: Live radar
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
© 2026 Lee Enterprises
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy
Dothan Eagle
News+
Where your story lives
Subscribe
Read Today's E-edition
Dothan Eagle
News+
Where your story lives
Subscribe
  • Log In
  • user icon
    Welcome, Guest
    • My Subscription
      Help Center
    • My Account
    • Dashboard
    • Profile
    • Saved items
    • Logout
  • E-edition
  • News
  • Obituaries
  • Sports
  • Announcements
  • 86° Partly Cloudy

Sports

Enterprise State overcomes tragedy to earn No. 2 seed at ACCC Tournament

Enterprise State overcomes tragedy to earn No. 2 seed at ACCC Tournament

  • NATHANIEL FRAZIER For the Eagle

The team is led by sophomore Jabe Boroff of Pike Road, who in all likelihood will be named the state’s Player of the Year.

Enterprise High's Emma McCrea signs scholarship to UAH for cross country

Enterprise High's Emma McCrea signs scholarship to UAH for cross country

  • DAVID MUNDEE

Sitting in math class six years ago at Enterprise’s Hillcrest Elementary School, Emma McCrea had a moment that would change her athletic career and her life.

Wildcats beat rival DHS 28-21

Wildcats beat rival DHS 28-21

  • Ricky Adams

From 1913-2018, the Cats were 46-39-3 against Dothan High School’s Tigers, and 28-13 against Northview from 1978-2018.

Dauphin routs New Brockton 35-0

Dauphin routs New Brockton 35-0

  • Ricky Adams

New Brockton was unable to move the ball on its first possession; New Brockton’s Micah Davis intercepted a Dauphin pass shortly thereafter but to no avail when the Gamecocks couldn’t produce a first down.

Wildcat freshmen best Andalusia in season opener

Wildcat freshmen best Andalusia in season opener

  • Ricky Adams

The Cats were stymied and lost the ball on downs, then got a scare when Andalusia ran for 36 yards on its first snap, but a penalty negated the gain, and the Bulldogs were out of scoring threats the rest of the game.

Change is constant in the world of sports

Change is constant in the world of sports

    It’s a thousand wonders we could concentrate on car racing less than 24 hours after the Spring 2024 Wesley Chapel barbecue and less than 48 hours after the NCAA took the bull by the horns and settled critical problems currently plaguing college sports.

    April brings a flood of sports news

    April brings a flood of sports news

      The 88th Master’s Golf Toonament was won by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who then experienced Sunday’s 75th Green Jacket ceremony in Butler Cabin; Slammin’ Sammy Snead donned the first green jacket (1949).Scheffler maintained throughout he’d head home if his wife, Meredith, went into labor…

      April brings a flood of sports news

      April brings a flood of sports news

        The 88th Master’s Golf Toonament was won by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who then experienced Sunday’s 75th Green Jacket ceremony in Butler Cabin; Slammin’ Sammy Snead donned the first green jacket (1949).

        Scheffler maintained throughout he’d head home if his wife, Meredith, went into labor with their first child, but Scottie stayed/played/got paid the $3.6 million winner’s share, making him the 10th all-time PGA money-winner at age … 27.

        Reciprocal support is community bedrock

        Reciprocal support is community bedrock

          It’s March 6, 1964, and Enterprise is abuzz about tonight’s Enterprise High School Band concert in the EHS auditorium.

          Hammerin' Hank and the glory days of baseball

          Hammerin' Hank and the glory days of baseball

            “That ball is gonna beeee … outta here! It’s done! It’s 715! There’s a new home run champion of all-time and it’s Henry Aaron!

            Stories from high school band of yore

            Stories from high school band of yore

              One Montgomery event was the 1963 Governor’s Inaugural Parade for George C. Wallace, on such a bitterly cold day Montgomery residents invited band members inside their homes while awaiting their turns to march.

              The late David Mitchell, 1964-65 band president, forever remembered that day because his lips stuck to his trumpet … after he finished playing a song ...

              Let's take time for a little good news

              Let's take time for a little good news

                Since the U.S. Congress has become involved in the Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) process, all collegiate players are professionals, automatically adhering to the world’s oldest profession’s credo, “Pay now, play later.”

                'Good sense' is hard to do without

                'Good sense' is hard to do without

                  There’s no telling if today’s message has a point; we’ll find out at the end … or not.

                  NCAA’s hierarchy has all but destroyed college sports

                  NCAA’s hierarchy has all but destroyed college sports

                    Since the U.S. Congress has become involved in the Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) process, all collegiate players are professionals, automatically adhering to the world’s oldest profession’s credo, “Pay now, play later.”

                    The good, the bad, and the ugly of March 9

                    The good, the bad, and the ugly of March 9

                      Maybe today is a day to be glad of never being frog-marched with an enemy bayonet’s business end poking in our backs.Could just be a day to say, “Let’s go places and eat things.”Or to realize Gutenberg’s first printed Bible was mentioned March 9, 1455.

                      Times they have and are a’changin’

                      Times they have and are a’changin’

                        Today’s visit will end WHEN the expected phone call arrives from Atlanta Braves headquarters, any minute, even 1:47 a.m. Tuesday, March 5.

                        We’re as old as we’ve ever been and as young as we’ll ever be

                        We’re as old as we’ve ever been and as young as we’ll ever be

                          Let’s not waste a minute of today, especially if you’ve been cooped up indoors all winter and can’t wait until Spring to bust out.

                          Wrestlin', money, and the mess it all makes

                          Wrestlin', money, and the mess it all makes

                            One Friday in winter 1962, Enterprise Junior High School coach Ed O’Toole told us in P.E. we’d be taking up wrestling starting on Monday.

                            Groundhog has nothing on South Alabama harbingers of spring

                            Groundhog has nothing on South Alabama harbingers of spring

                              We don’t have groundhog access but the three of us, Charlie Abernathy, grandson Lane Marler, and your scribe, have our three February indicators of an early spring’s arrival.

                              Looking ahead to Wildcats vs. Bulldogs

                              Looking ahead to Wildcats vs. Bulldogs

                                Now that the 2023 football season has finally ended, time’s come to look ahead to the next important football game, August 23, excusing spring XFL/USFL doin’s, scheduled in recently renovated Andalusia Memorial Stadium, when Enterprise High School’s Wildcats and Andalusia’s Bulldogs renew an…

                                ESCC Weevils head to state tournament

                                ESCC Weevils head to state tournament

                                • Ricky Adams

                                The Enterprise State Community College Boll Weevils moved into a third-place tie in Division 2 basketball standings with a 79-71, win against No. 2 Bevill State Thursday night in Ray Lolley Gym.

                                Time marches on, like the Wildcat Band

                                Time marches on, like the Wildcat Band

                                  If you lived near Enterprise High School this time of year in 1964, can you believe those Sunday afternoon naps of yours spoiled for several months by the Wildcat Marching Band practicing for our first appearance in St. Petersburg, Florida’s, Festival of States were 60 years ago?

                                  The music didn't die after all

                                  The music didn't die after all

                                    As seemingly happens faster as years vanish, we can’t get through observing one thing before there’s another’n.

                                    More Sports
                                    Dothan Eagle
                                    • Facebook
                                    • Twitter
                                    • Instagram
                                    Prefer us on Google

                                    Sites & Partners

                                    • Place an Ad
                                    • Enterprise Ledger
                                    • Eufaula Tribune
                                    • Amplified Digital Agency
                                    • Get Healthy
                                    • Physicians Directory

                                    Services

                                    • Manage Subscription
                                    • Contact Us
                                    • Photo Submissions
                                    • Contests
                                    • Legal Notices
                                    • Newsletter Signup
                                    • Work Here
                                    • Licensing
                                    © Copyright 2026 Dothan Eagle, 2999 Ross Clark Circle, Suite 300 Dothan, AL 36301
                                    Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Advertising Terms of Use | Do Not Sell My Info | Cookie Preferences
                                    Powered by BLOX Content Management System from bloxdigital.com.
                                    • Notifications
                                    • Settings
                                    You don't have any notifications.

                                    Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.

                                    Topics

                                    Breaking News

                                    News Alert