By Rubin E. Grant Will Stone walked into the Homewood library recently and an aide in the media center jokingly quipped, “I thought we got rid of you last night.” “Last night” was a reference to the Homewood High School graduation on May 20. Stone received his diploma, finishing third in his senior class of 288. He was back at the school the next day for an interview about … [Read more...]

By Blake Ells Mountain Brook sealed their third consecutive state championship in boys golf with a second round 7-over 295 on May 14. Their team total for the state tournament at the Robert Trent Jones at Capitol Hill course in Prattville was a 588, 11 strokes ahead of second-place McGill-Toolen from Mobile and 13 strokes ahead of Vestavia Hills. It was Austin Coogin of … [Read more...]

Briarwood Christian dropped two games to rival Springville during the AHSAA Class 5A State Baseball Championship Series recently, ending its season with a crushing loss. Briarwood won its first matchup with the Tigers 5-4, then fell 12-9 to send the teams to a third and deciding game, which Springville took 9-3. The result was particularly heartbreaking because, after … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant The Vestavia Hills girls soccer team won its second straight Class 7A title last Saturday, chalking up a perfect 23-0-0 season and tying the state’s longest girls soccer winning streak with their 28th consecutive victory. The Rebels scored two goals in the first 14:41 of the match and went on to shut out McGill-Toolen Catholic 2-0 during the AHSAA … [Read more...]

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...]