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...]

By Rubin E. Grant Max Rudolph’s heart was racing, and then it dropped. He fell to the ground and shed a few tears. What caused Rudolph’s emotional reactions was Hoover’s pulsating 3-2 victory against Enterprise in the AHSAA Class 7A boys championship game last Saturday at Huntsville’s John Hunt Soccer Complex. The outcome wasn’t settled until after two overtimes and a … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Emma Karcher isn’t greedy. She just has a voracious appetite for winning. Mountain Brook’s standout sophomore tennis player can’t think of anything better than the Spartans’ adding to their collection of AHSAA championships. She said so after Mountain Brook won its second consecutive Class 7A girls tennis title with her on the team, its third straight state … [Read more...]