By Rubin E. GrantPhoto by Campbell BrewerPerhaps no one enjoyed Mountain Brook’s history-making girls basketball season more than Libby Geisler.Geisler, the Spartans’ lone senior, was elevated to the varsity for the 2020-21 season when she was in the eighth grade. Mountain Brook finished with a 10-16 record that year.Now, flash forward to this year. The Spartans … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantPhoto by Jordan WaldCaleb Barnett was born in Oxford, England, but he doesn’t remember anything about living there.His dad, Christopher Barnett, was working on his Doctor of Philosophy in Theology from the University of Oxford at the time, and when he finished, the family moved back to Alabama. Caleb was two.What Barnett does remember is he fell … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantJude Smith has been an eyewitness to the transformation of Mountain Brook’s wrestling program from little more than an afterthought to a state champion.He not only has had a bird’s eye view but has been a participant on the mat. “We’ve been building the culture on the team for a while,” says Smith, a senior. “I was in the eighth grade when I joined the … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantThe drought is over.The Homewood boys ended their four-year dry spell without a state indoor track title by dominating the competition in Class 6A to win their first championship since 2020 and eighth overall.The Patriots amassed 99 points, far outdistancing second-place Northridge, which had 49.5 points, in the 55th AHSAA Indoor Championships held … [Read more...]

By Rubin Grant The Vestavia Hills High Rebels (31-1) closed out a perfect run though the AHSAA 10th State Bowling Championships Feb. 4 at Mobile’s Bowlero Bowling Center. Coach Todd Evans’ Rebels beat rival Thompson in the state finals match by just 17 pins—1,594 to 1,577—to claim the Class 6A-7A boys’ state title.Vestavia Hills lost the first of three … [Read more...]