You’re not going to get anybody around the Mountain Brook or Hoover football programs to admit this, but there’s a very good chance the Spartans and Bucs are going to be playing again on Nov. 25. Both teams go on the road for their third-round Class 6A playoff battles this Friday, so nobody in either Read More…

Septembers in high school football are similar to Aprils in Major League Baseball: It’s too early to get excited about a fast start, and it’s too early to get depressed about a poor start. With that being said, it’s also true that games played early in the season count just as much as games played Read More…

For a team ranked number one in Class 5A, the Briarwood Lions’ season opener wasn’t going too well. Traveling across the Alabama-Georgia line Aug. 26 to face Eagle’s Landing Academy, a perennial powerhouse in the Peach State, Coach Fred Yancey’s team found itself trailing 18-7 at halftime. Briarwood senior quarterback Ben Craft said that despite Read More…

By Lee Davis Journal Sports Writer There was a time when some folks just couldn’t take athletics at Mountain Brook High School very seriously. After all, they asked, how could a bunch of rich kids from one of America’s wealthiest communities compete effectively in the rough-and-tumble world of high school sports in Alabama? That question Read More…

By Lee Davis Journal Sports Writer There are always plenty of reasons to criticize the actions of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. Very similarly to the NCAA in college sports, the AHSAA often justifiably gets rapped for being out of touch with what is going on in the real world of amateur athletics. But Read More…

Two successful coaches said their goodbyes to the Over the Mountain high school athletics scene last week. Brian Moon, who took Spain Park to the Class 6A boys’ Final Four in 2007, announced that he is leaving to take the boys’ basketball coaching job at North Forsyth High School in Georgia. Moon, the only boys’ Read More…

By Lee Davis Journal Sports Writer I have always believed that baseball and softball– through no fault of their own – are sort of the stepchildren of high school athletics in Alabama. First of all, the season starts in February, when most high school fans are following the basketball playoffs. Baseball and softball are warm Read More…