By Rubin E. Grant As the Hoover Bucs’ boys soccer team entered the state playoffs this week, they had only one goal in mind. They wanted to put an end to the school’s long drought without a state championship. Hoover hasn’t won a title since 2003, which also happens to be the Bucs’ only state championship in boys soccer. “Since the beginning of the season, we’ve had the … [Read more...]

By Blake Ells The 7A, Region 6 regular baseball season was quite a ride, with its two playoff spots up in the air into the final weekend of the season. Just three weeks ago, sixth-ranked Vestavia Hills was playing its best baseball of the season when it took two games from Mountain Brook. Then, they had a lackluster weekend against Spain Park, splitting two games. The … [Read more...]

Mountain Brook High School senior forward Trendon Watford was named Mr. Basketball during the Alabama Sportswriters Association luncheon Tuesday.The 6-foot-9 Watford is just the fourth repeat winner of the award. He also was named the Class 7A Boys’ Player of the Year by the ASWA and was selected to participate in the McDonald’s All-America Game, being played March … [Read more...]

By Blake EllsSarah Ashlee Barker has been a force to be reckoned with her entire career at Spain Park. This year, she averaged 20.2 points per game and 9.5 rebounds per game as she led the Jaguars to the regional finals before falling to Hewitt-Trussville. She has already committed to play college basketball at Georgia.She’s still just a junior, and she’s this year’s … [Read more...]

Trendon Watford doesn’t receive an award every day. It just seems that way for Mountain Brook’s celebrated 6-foot-9 senior forward.Last week, Watford was named the Gatorade Alabama Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.That came on the heels of him being named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State team after he was the most … [Read more...]