By Lee Davis After the first game of the Class 7A baseball championship at Montgomery’s Paterson Field, the Hoover Bucs looked finished. They had fallen to a strong Auburn team 9-6 in the first game and had to sweep Saturday’s series against the Tigers to claim the title, and everyone knows that beating a good team twice in one day is a difficult task. One positive for … [Read more...]
Winning Jags: Spain Park Girl Golfers Win State Title
By Lee Davis After its last title in 2009, the Spain Park girls golf team had found the state championship trophy to be as elusive as the Academy Award was for Bob Hope. The drought for the legendary entertainer never ended. But the Lady Jags’ drought came to an end May 17 at the Robert Trent Jones Grand National Golf Course in Opelika. Shooting a two-day round of 445, Spain … [Read more...]
Caroline’s King: Homewood’s Lawrence Wins State Heptathlon Title
By Lee Davis Caroline Lawrence entered the 2017 Alabama High School Athletic Association Girls Heptathlon competition with a lot of confidence. The Homewood senior’s confidence was justified. She had finished third in the heptathlon a year ago and had excelled in many of the competition’s seven events during the outdoor track and field season. “I had already competed in the … [Read more...]
Drop and Add: Clegg and Spartans Claim Class 7A Golf Title
By Lee Davis Mountain Brook’s Ford Clegg had high expectations entering the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Class 7A High School Boys Golf Championship last week. One thing he didn’t expect was to be his team’s drop score. On the first day of the two-round event at the Robert Trent Jones Grand National Course in Opelika, Clegg struggled to a 2-over-par 74. His … [Read more...]
The Mouse In the Middle
By Sue Murphy Disney World is said to be the happiest place on earth, and that may be true, but I am here to testify that getting there may not be all that happy. I’d go so far as to say that the experience can be enough to make even Mickey go a little goofy. Let’s take the typical Disney-bound family. We have Mom, Dad and their 2.5 children under the age of 8. They’ve been … [Read more...]