By Sue Murphy When Goldilocks broke the chairs of the Bear family, she did more than destroy furniture. She plundered the family’s peace of mind. Baby Bear’s chair may have been assigned to him because of his size, but I’m guessing Mama and Papa had personally selected theirs. They probably tried several, sitting a few minutes in one, a few minutes in another, until … [Read more...]
#StandUpForBen: Pleasant Grove, Former Home of Abercrombie’s Father, Rallies for Fallen Buc
By Rubin E. Grant Pleasant Grove football coach Jim Elgin had no idea attending one of his son’s baseball games in the spring would lead to such a poignant event as the one the Spartans had Friday. Elgin’s son Scott plays baseball for Hoover High School and was a teammate of former Buc Ben Abercrombie’s on the Bucs’ 2017 Class 7A championship team. Elgin showed up for the … [Read more...]
Regaining Confidence: Spain Park Coach Pushing Players to Overcome Three Losses Before the Playoffs
By Blake Ells Spain Park has known its postseason plans for a few weeks, which could be to blame for late season complacency and losses to Hoover, Mountain Brook and Oak Mountain. In its final region game against Mountain Brook, the Jaguars had five turnovers. “Against a team like Oak Mountain that eats up the clock, you don’t get many opportunities on offense,” said head … [Read more...]
Crossing the Country: Mountain Brook Runners Compete in Oregon to Prepare for Sectionals
By Blake Ells Mountain Brook Cross Country trekked to the Nike Portland XC Invite in late September and earned a 10th place finish among boys’ teams and a 13th place finish among girls’ teams. More than 6,000 runners from across the country competed in the prestigious meet. Sophomore Amanda Jones topped all of her competition in the sophomore girls race, a promising sign for … [Read more...]
‘It’s Still a Big Rivalry’: Passionate Hoover-Vestavia Hills Football Game Takes Center Stage Again
By Rubin E. Grant In the book “Tales from Alabama Prep Football,” Buddy Anderson described his introduction to the Vestavia Hills-Berry football rivalry. “Vestavia opened in 1970 and most of the kids who came to Vestavia had been going to Berry,” Anderson recalled. “We opened the ’72 season against Berry and they had a good team. We had some players who had a choice that … [Read more...]