By Blake Ells When the volleyball season began, Libby Grace Gann was tasked with a tall order. She was the only senior on a team with a new coach and just one junior to complement her experience. Former coach Haven O’Quinn left Mountain Brook High for Birmingham-Southern College after leading the squad to three straight state championships. Just before the season … [Read more...]
Attention to Detail: Gann Leads Spartans Volleyball Team Hoping to Score a Fourth State Championship
By Blake Ells Mountain Brook is the only high school volleyball team in Alabama to win the state championship since Class 7A was created. But, despite its three straight wins, the team heads into the state championship this week as the second seed and a bit of an underdog. Members of the team have felt doubted this season, and perhaps their doubters had reason. Libby … [Read more...]
Young, But Not Green: In Class 7A, Only the Spartans Know What It Takes to Win a Championship
By Tyler Waldrep There’s plenty of new faces on the Mountain Brook volleyball team, and all of them are young. Then again, the whole team is young; there’s only one junior and one senior returning. The head coach who guided Mountain Brook to three state titles in the past three seasons is gone. The list of reasons the Spartans’ luck should finally run out this year could go … [Read more...]
