Officials representing Vestavia Hills gathered at City Hall with community members May 15 to dedicate the nearly finished “Thin Blue Line” memorial. The ceremony was held on Police Memorial Day and was hosted by the Vestavia Hills Police Department Foundation, the Vestavia Hills Police Department and the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce. The memorial was erected to … [Read more...]
‘It’s Great to Be Back Home’ : Tubbs Happy to Return as Homewood Girls Basketball Coach
By Rubin E. Grant When Kevin Tubbs made the decision to leave as Homewood girls basketball coach two years ago to move to Seattle, he consulted with his son Logan. Logan was headed into his senior year of high school and Tubbs didn’t want to uproot him. But Logan didn’t mind moving across country. “We left it up to him and he was all for it,” Tubbs said. Tubbs had just … [Read more...]
Stone Leaves Impressive Legacy In Homewood Track, Classroom
By Rubin E. Grant Will Stone walked into the Homewood library recently and an aide in the media center jokingly quipped, “I thought we got rid of you last night.” “Last night” was a reference to the Homewood High School graduation on May 20. Stone received his diploma, finishing third in his senior class of 288. He was back at the school the next day for an interview about … [Read more...]
Spartans Three-peat: Mountain Brook Wins Third State Golf Championship in a Row
By Blake Ells Mountain Brook sealed their third consecutive state championship in boys golf with a second round 7-over 295 on May 14. Their team total for the state tournament at the Robert Trent Jones at Capitol Hill course in Prattville was a 588, 11 strokes ahead of second-place McGill-Toolen from Mobile and 13 strokes ahead of Vestavia Hills. It was Austin Coogin of … [Read more...]
Briarwood Falls in Game 3 of State Baseball Championship Series
Briarwood Christian dropped two games to rival Springville during the AHSAA Class 5A State Baseball Championship Series recently, ending its season with a crushing loss. Briarwood won its first matchup with the Tigers 5-4, then fell 12-9 to send the teams to a third and deciding game, which Springville took 9-3. The result was particularly heartbreaking because, after … [Read more...]