On March 21, a reception was held on the senior patio to recognize four Vestavia Hills High School football seniors and their plans following graduation. All four seniors were selected as team captains by the members of Rebel Football team and were three-year starters for the Rebels. The four senior players and the universities they plan to attend are Michael Vice, Samford … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant The Vestavia Hills girls soccer team’s dream season became even dreamier last week. The Rebels were tabbed the No. 1 team nationally in the USA Today and MaxPreps rankings. Senior forward Lizzie Hill was totally astonished. “When I first heard it, it was so unreal,” Hill said. “To think that there are so many other schools and for us to be ranked on top of … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant When Kevin Tubbs made the decision to leave as Homewood girls basketball coach two years ago to move to Seattle, he consulted with his son Logan. Logan was headed into his senior year of high school and Tubbs didn’t want to uproot him. But Logan didn’t mind moving across country. “We left it up to him and he was all for it,” Tubbs said. Tubbs had just … [Read more...]

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...]