Author: Encore Rehabilitation, Inc.

As the largest privately-owned rehabilitation company in the Southeast, Encore Rehabilitation, Inc. helps people get back to their lives through physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, aquatic therapy, vestibular rehab, pediatric rehab, industrial rehab, sports medicine, and other orthopedic rehabilitation programs. Rehabilitation services are provided at Encore Rehabilitation Centers in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Tennessee, as well as on-site at healthcare facilities, schools, companies, sporting events, and other locations.

Citronelle Encore Athlete of the Month, Paige Reach.

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Congratulations to the Citronelle Encore Athlete of the Month, Paige Reach! Paige is a senior athlete at Citronelle High School. She has been playing Varsity Softball for the Lady Wildcats for 4 years and wears jersey #5. Paige has obtained quite a few sports awards in the past 4 years – Bryant-Jordan Scholarship nominee, Offensive MVP, Defensive MVP, and team captain for the softball team. She has a 4.43 GPA and plays to attend Alabama Southern Community College where she received a softball scholarship and will major in nursing.

Paige is the daughter of Tommy and Christy Anderson. Good luck in softball this season, Paige! We are proud of you!

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1A-6A, AHSAA Baseball State Playoffs First Round results – all in from Saturday

AHSAA BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
First-round pairings/Results
(Best 2-of-3 first-round series for 1A-6A are Apr. 22-23; for 7A, Apr. 29-30 unless otherwise noted)

CLASS 1A
Billingsley 14-9 , Verbena (4-6) 3-8 (Billingsley wins series 2-0)
Maplesville 25-27, Loachapoka 0-0 (Maplesville (21-3) wins series 2-0)
J.U. Blacksher 21-20, McKenzie (10-10) 2-3 (J.U. Blacksher (18-9) wins series 2-0)
Pleasant Home 11-14, Ellwood Christian 1-4 (Pleasant Home (10-7) wins series 2-0
Ragland 11-14, Wadley (8-7) 1-0 (Ragland (17-9) wins series 2-0)
Victory Christian 9-2, Shades Mountain (10-15) 2-0 (Victory Christian (14-5) wins series 2-0)
Brantley 16-18, Fruitdale (11-10) 0-1 (Brantley (18-8) wins series 2-0)
Millry 4-10, Kinston (8-14) 2-6 (Millry (17-10) wins series 2-0)

Cedar Bluff 7-7, Woodville (5-9) 0-0 (Cedar Bluff (14-15) wins series 2-0)
Coosa Christian 11-10, Skyline (6-10) 0-0 (Coosa Christian (22-2) wins series 2-0)
Meek 11-2, Donoho (4-13) 0-1 (Meek (16-9) wins series 2-0)
Decatur Heritage 15-12, Jacksonville Christian (9-9) 0-0 (Decatur Heritage (23-8) wins series 2-0)
Athens Bible 14-11, Covenant Christian (12-6) 4-1 (Athens Bible (26-8) wins series 2-0)
Hackleburg 15-13, Shoals Christian (28-11) 5-3 (Hackleburg (20-11) wins series 2-0)
Marion County 10-12, Berry (0-2), (Marion County (14-11) wins series 2-0)
South Lamar 9-18, Lynn (12-7) 0-3 (South Lamar (21-9) wins series 2-0)

CLASS 2A
Elba (15-5) 11-8 vs. Luverne (13-7) 10-12 (Game 3, Mon., 4 p.m.) 
New Brockton 5-6, Highland Home (15-8) 4-1 (New Brockton (24-5) wins series 2-0)
Providence Christian 12-5, G.W. Long (26-8) 7-4 (second game, 5 innings) (Providence Christian (22-10) wins series 2-0)
Houston Academy 9-10, Ariton (12-9) 3-4 (Houston Academy (26-7) wins series 2-0)
Reeltown 17-7, Francis Marion (5-9) 3-0 (Reeltown (21-9) wins series 2-0)
Horseshoe Bend 16-2-14, Holy Spirit (9-11) 4-6-10 (Horseshoe Bend (10-18) wins series 2-1)
Mobile Christian 1-12-7, Sweet Water (22-10) 3-1-3 (Mobile Christian (16-11) wins series 2-1)
St. Luke’s Episcopal 9-8, Washington County 3-3 (St. Luke’s Episcopal (21-6) wins series 2-0)

Fyffe 15-10, Falkville (15-16-1) 5-0 (Fyffe (13-7) wins series 2-0)
Section 10-2-9, Cold Springs 0-5-4 (Section (14-12) wins series 2-1)
Gaston 6-10, Southeastern (13-16) 2-0 (Gaston (14-10) wins series 2-0)
Sumiton Christian 6-14, West End (9-13) 1-0 (Sumiton Christian (18-15) wins series 2-0)
Mars Hill Bible 2-23-6, Hatton 7-2-3 (Mars Hill (28-11) wins series 2-1)
Phil Campbell 6-6-4, Red Bay Red Bay (17-14) 8-5-0 (Phil Campbell (22-15) wins series 2-1)
Randolph County 6-7, Fayetteville (18-6) 0-2 (Randolph County (22-6) wins series 2-0)
Vincent 3-0-9, Ranburne (7-8) 0-4-2 (Vincent (17-13) wins series 2-1)

CLASS 3A
American Christian 10-18, Prattville Christian (9-19) 0-1 (American Christian (25-5) wins series 2-0)
Montgomery Academy 13-10, Hale County (11-15) 3-7 (Montgomery Academy (15-10) wins series 2-0)
Wicksburg 8-12, Dale County (14-17) 2-6 (Wicksburg (16-11) wins series 2-0)
Geneva 16-23, Pike County 0-9 (Geneva (16-9) wins series 2-0)
Lamar County 17-4, Fultondale (11-13) 7-3 (Lamar County (14-15) wins series 2-0)
Gordo 11-14, B.B. Comer 0-1 (Gordo (22-4) wins series 2-0)
T.R. Miller 4-6, Cottage Hill Christian 0-2 (T.R. Miller (25-7) wins series 2-0)
Bayside Academy 0-12-7, Opp (17-11) 2-2-1 (Bayside (22-6) wins series 2-1)

Pisgah 5-5, Sand Rock (12-15) 1-1 (Pisgah (22-5) wins series 2-0)
Plainview 2-2, New Hope (19-10) 1-1 (Plainview (12-11) wins series 2-0)
Piedmont 5-6, Ohatchee (13-15) 3-2 (Piedmont (20-10) wins series 2-0)
Westbrook Christian 3-3, Pleasant Valley (9-17) 2-1 (Westbrook (22-9) wins series 2-0)
Colbert Heights 0-12-10, West Morgan (21-15) 4-5-1 (Colbert Heights (22-4) wins series 2-1)
Madison Academy 11-13, Lexington (18-14) 2-1 (Madison Academy (25-15) wins series 2-0)
Oakman 5-6, Hanceville (17-11) 1-4 (Oakman wins series 2-0)
Winfield 18-25, Vinemont (13-15) 0-0 (Winfield (27-10) wins series 2-0)

CLASS 4A
Bibb County 3-10-17, Dadeville (9-23) 2-11-4 (Bibb County (15-21) wins series 2-1)
Holtville (20-12) 5-2, Sipsey Valley (21-13) 2-12 (Game 3, Monday, 4:30 p.m.)
Saint James 17-10, Clarke County (7-15) 0-0 (Saint James (20-8) wins series 2-0)
Trinity Presbyterian 7-6, Thomasville (19-7) 0-0 (Trinity (21-11) wins series 2-0)
Oak Grove (12-20) 4-8, Handley (17-6) 10-2 (Game 3, Mon., TBA)
Montevallo 11-13, Childersburg (6-20) 0-7 (Montevallo (22-11) wins series 2-0)
Andalusia 11-4-9, W.S. Neal (13-8) 10-9-8 (Andalusia (15-16) wins series 2-1)
UMS-Wright 14-7, Headland (18-14) 0-3 (UMS-Wright (25-7) wins series 2-0)

Haleyville 9-5, Priceville 1-1 (Haleyville (25-11) wins series 2-0)
North Jackson 10-4, Danville (24-14) 0-1 (North Jackson (23-8) wins series 2-0)
Cherokee County 5-4, Jacksonville (22-8) 4-2 (Cherokee County (22-5) wins series 2-0)
Cleburne County 6-6, Hokes Bluff (16-7) 5-5 (Cleburne County (17-13) wins series 2-0)
Wilson 9-7. East Lawrence (17-21) 6-4 (Wilson (23-17) wins series 2-0)
Brooks 10-9, Deshler (24-8) 3-6 (Brooks (23-19) wins series 2-0)
Oneonta 10-16, Curry (20-15) 0-4 (Oneonta (23-8) wins series 2-0)
Fayette County 11-1-15, J.B. Pennington (14-8) 2-2-2 (Fayette County (12-25) wins series 2-1)

CLASS 5A
Demopolis 6-1, Alabama Christian (19-12) 1-0 (Demopolis (16-8) wins series 2-0)
Marbury 7-24, Dallas County (10-11) 0-0 (Marbury (21-7) wins series 2-0)
Charles Henderson 5-4, Tallassee (26-9) 4-3 (Charles Henderson (25-8) wins series 2-0)
Rehobeth 9-4-11, Beauregard (17-9) 4-10-9 (Rehobeth (24-8) wins series 2-1)
Jemison 6-4, Central-Clay County (13-8) 3-3 (Jemison wins series 2-0)
Helena 8-2, Sylacauga (12-12) 0-1 (Helena (31-12) wins series 2-0)
St. Paul’s Episcopal 3-11, Jackson (11-14) 0-1 (St. Paul’s wins series 2-0)
Faith Academy 20-14, Escambia County 0-0 (Faith Academy wins series 2-0)

Russellville 12-10, Boaz (15-17) 1-0 (Russellville (34-6) wins series 2-0)
Lawrence County 5-10, Guntersville (24-12) 0-6 (Lawrence County (18-21) wins series 2-0)
Alexandria 1-19-8, Moody (26-13) 5-3-6 (Alexandria (16-16) wins series 2-1)
Mortimer Jordan 2-10-11, St. Clair County (9-16) 5-0-0 (Mortimer Jordan (25-18) wins series 2-1)
Madison County 6-3, East Limestone (26-11) 4-1 (Madison Academy (24-10) wins series 2-0)
Randolph 5-2-4, Ardmore (23-14) 2-6-2 (Randolph (31-4) wins series 2-1)
Corner 16-11, Wenonah (13-7) 0-0 (Corner (25-18) wins series 2-0)
Pleasant Grove 7-3, Ramsay (22-12) 5-0) (Pleasant Grove (18-21) wins series 2-0)

CLASS 6A
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 9-19, Wetumpka (17-17) 1-3 (Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (32-9) wins series 2-0)
Chilton County 14-7-13, Park Crossing (20-12) 3-9-1 (Chilton County (21-12) wins series 2-1)
Opelika 10-8, Dothan (8-20) 0-0 (Opelika (24-11) wins series 2-0)
Benjamin Russell 5-2-2, Northview (29-10) 3-11-1 (Benjamin Russell (22-9) wins series 2-1)
Hueytown 11-4-8 , McAdory 1-5-4 (Hueytown (33-5) wins series 2-1)
Northridge 2-15-9, Pelham (10-28) 4-0-4 (Northridge (22-13) wins series 2-1)
Robertsdale 11-13, Citronelle (12-19) 1-1 (Robertsdale (27-11) wins series 2-0)
Baldwin County 5-6-7, Saraland (25-15) 6-2-6 (Baldwin County (19-14) wins series 2-1)

Scottsboro 2-10-3, Arab (20-19) 3-2-1 (Scottsboro (24-19) wins series 2-1)
Southside-Gadsden 0-11-4, Brewer (17-16) 1-0-2 (Southside-Gadsden (26-11) wins series 2-1)
Walker 3-9, Pinson Valley (22-18) 1-4 (Walker (25-12) wins series 2-0)
Clay-Chalkville 4-1-6, Gardendale (25-12) 0-16-2 (Clay-Chalkville (19-16) wins series 2-1)
Hartselle 3-10, Florence (31-15) 2-9 (Hartselle (33-18) wins series 2-0)
Cullman 3-13, Muscle Shoals (29-10) 2-4 (Cullman (35-9) wins series 2-0)
Oxford 6-6, Briarwood Christian 0-2 (Oxford (34-8) wins series 2-0)
Homewood 5-2, Pell City (21-18) 3-1 (Homewood (18-12) wins series 2-0)

CLASS 7A

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Mobile Providence Encore Athlete of the Month, Lacey Fincher.

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Congratulations to the Mobile-Providence Encore Athlete of the Month, Lacey Fincher! Lacey is a Sophomore at Faith Academy in Mobile, AL and plays on the lady Rams varsity softball team. This season, she had 13 home runs in first 16 games, and her two year varsity percentage averages are a 0.475 batting average, 0.517 on-base percentage, .826 fielding percentage and 40 RBIs. Lacey has verbally committed to the University of Georgia on softball scholarship. Her parents are Bo and Jennifer Fincher. Good luck the rest of your high school career Lacey! We are proud of you!

 

Monroeville Encore Athlete of the Month, Lane Powell.

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Congratulations to the Monroeville Encore Athlete of the Month, Lane Powell! Lane is a junior multi-sport athlete at Monroe Academy. He has been playing varsity football and baseball for 3 years now and wears jersey number 8. Lane has been coming to our clinic for physical therapy on his arm. He chose Encore because of his good relationship with our PT, Matt Moorer, and past experiences.

Lane hasn’t let his injury stop him from working and striving to become a better athlete– he just received his first college scholarship offer to play baseball and is waiting to see others offers to make a college choice.  Keep up the good work, Lane! Proud of you!!

Gordo Encore Athlete of the Month, Anthony Brown.

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Congratulations to the Gordo Encore Athlete of the Month, Anthony Brown! Anthony is a senior, multi-sport athlete at Aliceville High School. He has been a member of the varsity football and basketball teams for 4 years now. You can find him on the field wearing jersey # 52 and on the court wearing jersey #4. Anthony has won Mr. Basketball, Defensive lineman of the year, and 2x All-County Football Team. After graduation, Anthony plans to attend Mississippi Valley State University and major in Engineering. He is the son of Melissa and Anthony Brown, Sr.

Inverness Encore Athlete of the Month, Jasmine Greene.

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Congratulations to the Inverness Encore Athlete of the Month, Jasmine Greene! Jasmine is a freshman at Spain Park High School in Birmingham, Alabama. She has played varsity soccer for the Lady Jags and wears jersey #10. Jasmine has won the Lady Phantoms award for the whole club and has a 4.0 GPA. After she graduates high school, she plans to attend a medical school (possibly UAB) and major in medicine. She is the daughter of Clyde and Antoinette Green.

Clanton Encore Athlete of the Month, Makayla Mims.

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Congratulations to Clanton Encore Athlete of the Month, Makayla Mims! Makayla is a junior, multi-sport athlete at Verbena High School. She has played varsity softball, basketball, and cheered for 4 years and wears jersey #25. Her awards consist of MVP and best defensive player. Makayla has a 4.0 GPA and plans to attend Wallace State to become a registered nurse. She is the daughter of Christy Bryant and Chris Mims.

Cullman Encore Athlete of the Month, Tyler Rice.

Congratulations to the Cullman Encore Athlete of the Month, Tyler Rice! Tyler is a Senior, multi-sport athlete at Cold Springs High School in Bremen, AL. He has played Baseball for 6 years, Basketball for 4 years, and Football for 2 years. You’ll find him wearing jersey numbers 17 and 11. Tyler came to us after he tore his right and left ACL in a spring game last year. He wasn’t able to play any football this past season; however, for his Football senior night game, they let him dress out and play for one snap. Then last  December, he got cleared to play baseball.

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His hard work has payed off and he has quite a few sports awards, including the Baseball All-County award for the past 3 years and the All-Area award, Basketball Area Championship for the past 3 years and the County Championship awards, as well as the Football All-County award. After Tyler graduates, he plans to attend Wallace State for 2 years and then transfer to UAB to become a nurse practitioner. We’re proud of you Tyler!

Long Beach Encore Athlete of the Month, Mackenzie Fleming.

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Congratulations to the Long Beach Encore Athlete of the Month, Mackenzie Fleming! Mackenzie is a Freshman athlete at Long Beach High School. She is a member of the Varsity Bearcats softball team and wears jersey number 15. Mackenzie has already received some pretty impressive awards including the defensive player of the year award in 7th grade, and MVP of the year in 8th grade.  After graduation, she plans to major in sports medicine. Keep up the good work Mackenzie!

“A Person’s a Person, No Matter… What!” – Wheelchair Etiquette, written by Jeanne Weeks.

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“A Person’s a Person, No Matter…..”

Horton, the elephant, a popular children’s book character of Dr. Seuss, vows to take care of the tiniest people living on a tiny flower he carries around by his trunk. He faces obstacles from others in his journey but he meets his goal to treat all with respect and protect even the smallest.

For 30 plus years, I have worked with children with disabilities as a pediatric physical therapist. These children may have movement, visual, hearing, behavior and/or speech issues. The most fragile of these children appear to be the ones who require a wheelchair or stroller to get where they are going with or without help.

Each child in a wheelchair is usually accompanied by a parent, family, friend or caregiver.  Many have shared their frustrations with me about how strangers, classmates, extended family,people in a waiting area at the doctor’s office, or those at the checkout in a store responded toward their child. The stares, inappropriate comments, or looking beyond the child in a wheelchair are all negative responses that have been shared.

My response to that child or family is that when people see someone that appears different they feel awkward or uncomfortable and truly don’t know how to respond appropriately. To assist the general public in knowing how to comfortably respond to a child in a wheelchair I make the following suggestions.

  1. The wheelchair may catch your eye but focus your vision more closely on the child seated in the wheelchair.
  2. Look and speak directly to the child. Complement them on their beautiful eyes, pretty clothes, or toy they may carry. The child may respond with words or gestures. Continue your conversation with them as you would with any other child their approximate age.
  3. If the child does not respond with words or gestures, engage in a conversation with their caregiver. Keep it positive, encouraging and act interested not asking awkward questions.
  4. If you ask about his/her disability, the child and family may feel like you are treating him/her as a disability, not as a person.
  5. Be sensitive about physical contact. Avoid patting a child on the head, rubbing their arm or touching their wheelchair. Children with disabilities consider their equipment as part of their personal space. Of course if you are given permission, do so.
  6. Keep in mind that children in wheelchairs may be more compromised in their immune systems so don’t touch or stand too close to them to share your germs.
  7. Always ask before you help and ask how before you act. Children in wheelchairs want to be treated with independence. Offer assistance only if the caregiver or child appears to need it. Open a door, carry a package or bag, or assist in any way that would benefit the child.
  8. In your conversation, use “child with a disability” instead of “disabled child”, avoid outdated descriptions like “handicapped” or “crippled” and use “wheelchair user” instead of “wheelchair bound”.

And always remember, “A person’s a person no matter how small or young or using a wheelchair.” 🙂

This article was written by Jeanne Weeks, PT and Director of Pediatric Rehab for 
Ocean Springs Neurosciences Hospital in Mississippi.