By Blake Ells Mountain Brook Cross Country trekked to the Nike Portland XC Invite in late September and earned a 10th place finish among boys’ teams and a 13th place finish among girls’ teams. More than 6,000 runners from across the country competed in the prestigious meet. Sophomore Amanda Jones topped all of her competition in the sophomore girls race, a promising sign for … [Read more...]
‘It’s Still a Big Rivalry’: Passionate Hoover-Vestavia Hills Football Game Takes Center Stage Again
By Rubin E. Grant In the book “Tales from Alabama Prep Football,” Buddy Anderson described his introduction to the Vestavia Hills-Berry football rivalry. “Vestavia opened in 1970 and most of the kids who came to Vestavia had been going to Berry,” Anderson recalled. “We opened the ’72 season against Berry and they had a good team. We had some players who had a choice that … [Read more...]
The Big Picture: Briarwood Coach Hits Rare Milestone While Keeping Priorities Straight
By Blake EllsBriarwood Christian School football coach Fred Yancey inked his name in the record books last month when he scored his 300th victory as a high school coach with a 23-6 win at Fairfield.The Sept. 22 win, Yancey’s 259th in the state of Alabama, ranks him fifth among active coaches for victories in the Alabama High School Athletics Association.But Yancey’s … [Read more...]
The Book of Goldfarb: Former BSC Coach Keeps Writing Chapters Past Retirement
By June Mathews When Preston Goldfarb coached his last soccer game as a Birmingham-Southern Panther during the fall of 2015 then said goodbye to his world-class soccer camp the following summer, everyone assumed the book was closed on the legendary coach’s career. But another incredible chapter was yet to come. In June, Goldfarb traveled to the 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel … [Read more...]
They Pulled Him Back In: Patriots’ Jones Just Can’t Get Away From Coaching
By Rubin E. Grant David Jones figured his coaching career had ended when he retired in 2011 after more than 40 years in the business. But then his granddaughter Autumn Carpenter entered high school at Homewood, and Jones once again found himself in the Patriots’ football film room and on the sidelines. Jones initially retired to spend more time with his family, especially … [Read more...]