Meek High School

Area bands receive budget boosts


Lynn High School Assistant Band Director Sharon Fike, Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger and LHS Band Director Rodney Fike with a check for $5,000 Gudger donated to the LHS band.

State Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger, who represents the fourth district, has given $5,000 community service grants to every high school band in the district, including those in Winston County and Bear Creek, contributing a total of $90,000 to 18 music programs.
He and his team, including Director of Constituent Affairs Randall Shedd, spent all of Monday, Sept. 8, traveling Cullman, Marion and Winston counties to present checks to the majority of the band programs, a few having received theirs previously.

Meek splits tri-match at Vinemont

VINEMONT - The Meek Lady Tigers kicked off the 2025 varsity volleyball season Thursday, Aug. 21, on the road at Vinemont in a tri-match that included Brindley Mountain.  The Lady Tigers split, with a 2-0 win over Brindley Mountain and a 2-1 loss to Vinemont.

Stats for both matches are as follows:

 

Addy Cate Henderson:  12 serves, 3 aces;

Molli Sandlin:  11 serves, 2 aces;

C.J. Daugherty:  16 serves, 4 aces;

Hadley Murrah:  13 serves;

AnnaBelle Collins:  20 serves, 3 aces;

Zoe Hearn:  16 serves, 2 aces.

High school volleyball begins this week

High school volleyball season begins Thursday, Aug. 21.  
Varsity teams are allowed to play 15 dates, according to the Alabama High School Athletic Association.  Area tournaments will take place October 15-18, with regional tournaments following Ocotober 22-24.  The North Regionals - which is where any team in the Alabamian coverage area will compete if they win or come in runner-up at their respective area tournament -  will take place at the Finley Center at the Hoover Met.  The state tournament will take place October 28-30.