By Rubin E. Grant Caden Lemons is living the dream a year after starting his dream job. The 19-year-old from Vestavia Hills High School is playing professional baseball for the Arizona Brewers, the rookie level minor league team of the Milwaukee Brewers. “It’s awesome, honestly,” Lemons said during a phone conversation from Phoenix. “It’s hands down the best job in the … [Read more...]
Peyton’s Place: Hoover All Star Baseball Player Has No Plans to Return to Football this Fall
By Rubin E. GrantPeyton Wilson hasn’t changed his mind about football.Even though the defending Class 7A champion Hoover Bucs have an opening at quarterback this year, and even though both of his brothers are former state championship Hoover quarterbacks, Peyton Wilson has no plans to play the sport again.He made the decision to walk away … [Read more...]
Busy Summer for Spain Park Grad
By Blake EllsRecent Spain Park graduate Caroline Waldrop is still competing in state tournaments this summer before leaving for college.She just wrapped up a second-place finish at the 55th Alabama Girls State Junior Championship of the Alabama Golf Association, hosted by Montgomery Country Club, shooting 79-69-81—221, finishing seven strokes behind … [Read more...]
Top Golf: Spartan Coach Named Coach of the Year by USA Today
By Blake Ells Trudy and Alex Lockett were on vacation in Florida when Trudy learned that her husband had been named by USA Today as the American Family Insurance All-USA Boys Golf Coach of the Year. It’s an honor that comes after winning his second consecutive state championship in his third year at Mountain Brook High School. “I had been told that I was being considered for … [Read more...]
Vestavia Hills Coach Buddy Anderson Inducted into National Hall of Fame
Vestavia Hills High football coach Buddy Anderson, the winningest high school football coach in Alabama, was inducted into the National Federation of State High School Association Hall of Fame on July 2 during a banquet in Chicago. Anderson, who is beginning his 41st season as head football coach at Vestavia Hills in August, was among 22 enshrined in the National Hall of Fame … [Read more...]