Vestavia Hills came up short in its bid to win the Special Olympics Alabama Unified Flag Football Game last Wednesday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Baldwin County Schools’ Unified football team downed Vestavia Hills 27-20, giving the Bandits, coached by Mike Conner, their third consecutive title. Baldwin County beat Vestavia Hills 26-18 in 2018 but lost to the Rebels 27-26 in … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Hoover girls basketball coach Krystle Johnson was more than a little cranky after the Bucs’ first loss of the season. After opening the season with three double-digit victories, the Bucs suffered a humiliating 42-29 setback at Ramsay. “I don’t think (Ramsay) was that good,” Johnson grumbled. “We just played that bad.” Hoover was without its leading scorer, … [Read more...]

Hoover sophomore Caroline Lawrence won the Class 200-yard IM. Briarwood Christian junior Mason Mathias claimed three gold medals in the 54th AHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships Saturday at Auburn University’s James E. Martin Aquatics Center. Mathias won the Class 1A-5A boys 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:41.26 and won the 500-yard freestyle with a … [Read more...]

Vestavia Hills junior distance runner Ethan Strand will have a chance to become a national champion. Strand finished in sixth place with a time of 15:07 at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship South Regionals on Nov. 30 in Charlotte, North Carolina, earning an automatic invitation to compete in the National Finals on Dec. 14 in San Diego at Balboa … [Read more...]

Editor’s Note: The Over The Mountain Journal asked several former Alabama and Auburn football players from the Birmingham metropolitan area what their favorite memory was from the Iron Bowl and why. Here are their responses: Gregg Carr Auburn linebacker, 1981–1984“My favorite memory was in 1982 when we beat Alabama 23-22 in the “Bo Over the Top” game. That was my happiest … [Read more...]