By Rubin E. Grant  Brigid Meadow is a total boy mom to her three athletic sons. “I showed up to their games, drove them to practices when I could, and traveled all summer for events,” she says. But Meadow was also a very successful soccer coach, and during high school soccer season, sometimes Meadow’s intense focus on her Vestavia Hills girls team meant her family had … [Read more...]

Mountain Brook senior Annie Kerr earned gold in the Class 6A girls pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 6 inches to break the record (13-04) she set in the 2024 meet. Kerr also set the 6A indoor state record (13-01) in February.The Spartans girls won the 4x800 relay in 9:29.41 and finished second in the 4x400 in 3:59.40. The boys won the 4x800 in 7:59.12.Mountain Brook senior … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantThe Homewood Patriots could lay claim to having the top boys track and field team in the state for the 2024-25 school year.Homewood is the only school to sweep the boys indoor and outdoor state track championships this year. The Patriots captured the Class 6A outdoor title May 1-3 during the 101st AHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Gulf Shores … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant  Vestavia Hills seniors Betsy Whitson and Addison Mizerany had such chemistry on the soccer field that their teammates and coaches called them “Baddison.”The two best friends had been playing together since the third grade, so the moniker is appropriate. “I wouldn’t love soccer as much as I do if we didn’t get to play together,” Whitson … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant  Photo by Jason DingVestavia Hills tennis coach Oliver Aaron was reluctant to call the Rebels’ dominance in Class 7A a dynasty, but two of his players had no qualms about using the term to describe it. Vestavia Hills boys and girls swept the 2025 Class 7A championships in the 80th AHSAA Tennis Championships April 24-25 at the Mobile … [Read more...]