2025-2026 Franklin Free Press All-Franklin County Girls’ Basketball Team
The Franklin Free Press is happy to announce its 2025-26 All-Franklin County Girls’ Basketball Team…
First Team
Leela Baker, Sr., Phil Campbell
Ella Copeland, Jr., Russellville
Makenna Fisher, Sr., Belgreen
Layla Hester, Jr., Vina
Laila Hill, Sr., Russellville
Randi Terry, Soph., Belgreen
Second Team
Layla Baker, Soph., Phil Campbell
Carly Cason, Soph., Tharptown
Kamryn Kuykendall, Fr., Red Bay
Jemma Moore, Jr., Belgreen
Braxtynn Quinn, Sr., Vina
Angeleah Smith, Soph., Russellville
Honorable Mention
DaRilee Colburn, Sr., Red Bay
Addie Gilbert, 8th, Phil Campbell
Raeleigh Harrell, Fr., Tharptown
Katlyn Lindley, Fr., Red Bay
Cecilia Rowbottom, 8th, Vina
Franklin County Coach of the Year
Abby Ward, Tharptown
(Players on the All-Franklin County Team were nominated by their head coaches and selected by the FFP sports editor. The Coach of the Year award was voted on by the coaches with the coach receiving the most votes selected.)
This year’s All-Franklin County First Team is made up of six players from four schools. Belgreen and Russellville each had two selections while Phil Campbell and Vina had one selection each.
Belgreen’s First Team selections were guards Randi Terry and Makenna Fisher, who helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to the Franklin County Tournament title for a third straight year and reach the Class 2A Northwest Regional championship game. Both players finished the season averaging over 10 points per game and both shot a high percentage from beyond the arch.
Terry, the Franklin County Tournament MVP this season, also averaged 2.6 steals per game and 2 assists per game. Fisher, who scored her 1,000th career point during the campaign, made 3.6 steals per game, 2.7 assists, and added 3.2 rebounds per game.
This is Fisher’s second FFP All-County Team selection (Second Team in 2024-25) and Terry’s first.
Russellville’s two First Team picks are junior guard Ella Copeland and senior center Laila Hill.
Copeland led all scorers in the county this season with over 800 points, good for an average of 25 points per game. She reached the 2,000 career points milestone during the Lady Golden Tigers’ regular season finale. During the regular season Copeland had nearly 100 total assists, averaging 3.2 assists per game; she recorded 59 steals; and she finished with six double-doubles and four 30-plus point games.
Hill, the lone senior on the Lady Golden Tigers’ team, was a force inside and on the boards for Russellville. Almost averaging a double-double for the season, Hill scored 10.1 points per game and averaged nine rebounds per game. She also added 1.5 steals per game and finished with 11 double-doubles.
This is the second career FFP All-County Team selection for both RHS players.
Rounding out the tapped First Team players are Phil Campbell senior Leela Baker and Vina junior Layla Hester.
Phil Campbell’s Baker had another great season, her final for the Lady Bobcats. Baker, who scored her 1,000th career point early in the season, averaged the second most points per game in Franklin County this season at 15.6 and did her job on the boards, as well, averaging eight rebounds per game. Baker helped lead her team to the Franklin County Tournament championship game this year and to a spot in the sub-regional round of the Class 3A playoffs.
This is Baker’s second FFP All-Franklin County First Team selection.
Vina’s Hester is also making a return to the First Team ranks with her performance this year leading the Lady Red Devils. Hester averaged 15.5 points per game over 24 games—10th best average in Class 1A according to MaxPreps—made 98 assists, and recorded a whopping 95 steals. She also added 126 rebounds, good for a 5.25 per game average.