By Tatum Northington
Photos provided by Sydney McKinnell
Elmore/Autauga News
Thursday night, the evening was electric, and the crisp heat of summer felt like it was coming to an end. The Marbury community came together to celebrate the beginning of school and the start of fall sports. Meet the Bulldogs is an annual event and tradition that allows fans to come and show their excitement for the upcoming season.
Marbury held their event August 11 at the Marbury High School stadium. The fans filled the stands as the youth league football and cheerleading teams and coaches were introduced. Next the Middle School teams came on the field, and the cheer squad performed.
The Marbury Northstar Band, led by Director Brett Johnson, showcased their halftime show. Then the high school teams were introduced, starting with the Varsity and Junior Varsity volleyball teams. Next the High School Cheer Squad performed and then the Varsity football team was introduced along with their coaching staff.
Head Coach and Athletic Director Hayden Stockton thanked everyone for coming and wished luck to all the teams in their upcoming season. He spoke to EAN about the football team and said “We are just trying to work on ourselves to make improvements in areas that we needed to improve from last year. We have a lot more kids out than last year. We are showing some major improvements in those areas.”
Fans cheered on the teams and were led in a rousing cheer of blue and white! Stockton encouraged all those in the community to come out and support all athletics this year and said “We are very excited about this upcoming year. We are striving for this to be the ‘Year of the Bulldogs’.”
The Marbury Lady Bulldogs Volleyball team will host their first game against Prattville High School on Thursday, August 18 – purchase your tickets HERE
The Marbury Varsity Football team will play away at Elmore County High School on Thursday, August 18, and will host their opening home game the next week August 26 against John Carroll High School. Tickets for the first home game on August 26 can be purchased HERE. All other tickets for Marbury’s home game events can be found on the GoFan.co website
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