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If you’ve been at a baseball, basketball or football game at Spanish Fort High School in the last 15 years, there’s a good chance you know the “Toro Dawg.”

Terry Reeves has announced Toro baseball and basketball games since 2010. He started handling the PA at football games in 2016. A year ago, he was inducted into the Spanish Fort Hall of Fame.

“I just love Spanish Fort and the community,” said Reeves, who moved to the Gulf Coast from Tennessee three decades ago. “I’ve gotten close to a lot of kids and coaches over the years. I was really close to (former football coach) Ben (Blackmon), and I’ve been close to (baseball coach) Tommy Walker. I’m just a big sports fan in general.”

Reeves’ handle on “X” is 1ToroDawg due to his love for Spanish Fort as well as the University of Georgia. His two children, Golden and Terra, both graduated from Spanish Fort. Terra also is in the Toro athletic Hall of Fame and is the all-time leading scorer in the school’s girls basketball history.

Terry, along with wife Laura and daughter-in-law Rachel, are part of the Reeves Real Estate Team.

“When I moved here in 1996, Spanish Fort didn’t have a high school,” Reeves said. “Terra started middle school in seventh grade at Daphne on their JV softball team. She was a Trojan for one year. The next year, Spanish Fort High School opened. We’ve been Toros ever since.”

Reeves estimates that he has handled the PA at more than 350 home baseball games, 70 football games and countless basketball games. Before the school completed its athletic facilities, Reeves – along with Tim Cockrell and Ed Dismukes – helped transport concessions since the Toros were always on the road.

“We went everywhere to play home games back then,” he remembered.

It didn’t take Spanish Fort long to establish itself as an athletic threat in multiple sports. Following an 0-10 debut season in 2016 and a 4-6 record in Year 2, the football team has won 187 games and 4 state titles. The baseball team also has won four state titles, including three straight from 2010-2012. Other sports have prospered as well, and Reeves has been there cheering them on.

He said his favorite Spanish Fort athletic memories include home baseball playoff series wins against Faith Academy in 2012 and Saraland in 2023. One of his top football memories was the Toros’ 27-24 victory over Opelika in the 2019 Class 6A semifinals. Wide receiver-turned-quarterback Kris Abrams-Draine ran for 295 yards and 3 TDs on 22 carries that night On the Hill.

“Most incredible single-game performance in football I can remember,” Reeves said.

What exactly does it mean to Reeves to be a Toro?

“A Toro may not always be athletically superior to everyone, but they work harder,” he said. “No one will outwork them. I think because of the way our program started with no field, no facilities, lifting weights in a classroom, bussing to Loxley and other places for games – everyone learned the hard way.

“Fans had to take concessions on the road. We’ve always had the mindset to go out and just outwork people, and it’s kind of remained a part of the Spanish Fort mantra.”

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