By Blake Ells Sarah Ashlee Barker has been a force to be reckoned with her entire career at Spain Park. This year, she averaged 20.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game as she led the Jaguars to the regional finals before falling to Hewitt-Trussville. She has already committed to play college basketball at Georgia. She’s still just a junior, and she’s this year’s Over … [Read more...]
McMillan Named Coach of the Year for Guiding Spartans to Unprecedented Heights
By Rubin E. Grant At the outset of the high school basketball season, Mountain Brook boys coach Bucky McMillan knew there was going to be plenty of hype surrounding his team. With reigning Alabama Mr. Basketball Trendon Watford returning for his senior season, with versatile junior guard Colby Jones transferring from Pinson Valley and with a strong supporting cast, the … [Read more...]
All Business: MBHS’s Amber Benson Named Alabama Business Teacher of the Year
By Emily Williams“Far and away the best prize life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing,” is a quote from Franklin Roosevelt that has been the foundation for Amber Benson’s career in education.Benson, a business education teacher at Mountain Brook High School, recently was recognized as the Alabama Business Education Teacher of the Year by the … [Read more...]
Rising Voices: Homewood Show Choir Encourages Students to Speak Up
By Ingrid HowardWhen Homewood High School competed in the Mississippi State Show Choir Contest on Feb. 2, all three of the school’s show choir groups advanced to the final round.Jason Thorne, the show choir director, said this is almost unheard of.“It’s only ever happened one other time that I know of in the nation,” he said. “And that was us in 2013. Most schools … [Read more...]
Along Came Jones: Talented, Thoughtful Junior Fits in Nicely With the Spartans
By Rubin E. Grant When junior guard Colby Jones transferred from Pinson Valley to Mountain Brook at the start of this school year, Spartans basketball coach Bucky McMillan had an idea of what kind of player he was getting. As a sophomore at Pinson last season, Jones demonstrated college-level skills while averaging 23.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists, leading the … [Read more...]