By Rubin E. Grant If the Homewood Patriots were going to win a state championship in girls soccer, they knew they would have to go through the Chelsea Hornets. For the past three years, the Hornets stung the Patriots in the first round of AHSAA soccer playoffs. When the teams met during the regular season this year, the Hornets downed the Patriots 4-3. Even as they … [Read more...]
Bucs Claim First Soccer Title Since 2003 in Tense Thriller: Briarwood Ends Title Drought; Homewood Falls Short; Altamont Loses in Final
By Rubin E. Grant Max Rudolph’s heart was racing, and then it dropped. He fell to the ground and shed a few tears. What caused Rudolph’s emotional reactions was Hoover’s pulsating 3-2 victory against Enterprise in the AHSAA Class 7A boys championship game last Saturday at Huntsville’s John Hunt Soccer Complex. The outcome wasn’t settled until after two overtimes and a … [Read more...]
Be Brave: Bo Jackson Serves Keynote Speech at The Foundry’s Annual Leadership Breakfast
By Emily WilliamsIt was a full house in the south meeting rooms at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex on May 8 for the annual Leadership Breakfast.Hosted by The Foundry Ministries and Changed Lives Christian Center, the event raises money to support the long-term and transitional programs that each organization offers to men who are homeless or addicted, or men … [Read more...]
In the Eye of the Beholder: BMA Exhibit Adopts a Different Way of Looking at Fashion
By Ingrid HowardNow through the end of summer, visitors to the Birmingham Museum of Art can peruse the Ways of Seeing: Fashion exhibit, the second part of an ongoing series.Rather than looking at the history of fashion, this exhibit aims to explore themes that relate to fashion.“Even those people that say, ‘I don’t care about fashion,’” chief curator Anne Forschler … [Read more...]
Another Year, Another Title: Mountain Brook Girls Continue Tennis Dynasty
By Rubin E. Grant Emma Karcher isn’t greedy. She just has a voracious appetite for winning. Mountain Brook’s standout sophomore tennis player can’t think of anything better than the Spartans’ adding to their collection of AHSAA championships. She said so after Mountain Brook won its second consecutive Class 7A girls tennis title with her on the team, its third straight state … [Read more...]