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’ Strand Headed to Cross-Country National Finals
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...]
Memories are Made of This: Former Players Reminisce on their Favorite Plays from the Iron Bowl
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...]
‘Things Happen for a Reason’: Ashford Emotional as Hoover’s State Football Playoff Run Ends at Thompson
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. The last time Robby Ashford left Warriors Stadium in Alabaster, the Hoover quarterback felt the pain of a broken foot. The senior signal-caller had staked the Bucs to a lead against Thompson before the home team stormed back for 48-30 victory on Sept 6. The rematch in the Class 7A state semifinals last Friday would produce a greater pain, the anguish … [Read more...]
‘Gritty, Resilient’ Lions Reach Class 5A Football Semifinals
By Rubin E. Grant Briarwood Christian football coach Matthew Forester had a few choice words for Pleasant Grove coach Darrell LeBeaux after the two teams played in September. But it was an exchange of pleasantries instead of vitriol after the Lions fell 26-14 to the Spartans in a Class 5A, Area 4 contest. “I told him I hoped we would play again in the playoffs,” Forester … [Read more...]