Septembers in high school football are similar to Aprils in Major League Baseball: It’s too early to get excited about a fast start, and it’s too early to get depressed about a poor start.With that being said, it’s also true that games played early in the season count just as much as games played later in the year. So now is as good a time as any to evaluate where area … [Read more...]
Master Craft: Lion QB Sees Big Season Ahead
For a team ranked number one in Class 5A, the Briarwood Lions’ season opener wasn’t going too well.Traveling across the Alabama-Georgia line Aug. 26 to face Eagle’s Landing Academy, a perennial powerhouse in the Peach State, Coach Fred Yancey’s team found itself trailing 18-7 at halftime.Briarwood senior quarterback Ben Craft said that despite the score, nobody hit the … [Read more...]
Short Summer: Prep Athletes Get Little Break in Hot Months
There are some people who think summer vacation is a luxury we can’t afford these days. They tout the belief that if American children go to school 12 months, then maybe we can catch up with our foreign competition on the education front.Personally, I think there are a lot of holes in that argument, but this is no forum to go into them. I do think, however, that the idea of … [Read more...]
Tubbs is New Homewood AD
Homewood City Schools has hired Kevin Tubbs as its new athletic director.Tubbs comes to Homewood from Mountain Brook High School, where he was the physical education department chairman, coach and teacher for four years.Tubbs earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with certification in physical education. In 2008, he … [Read more...]
His Way – Former Coach Enjoys Life Away From Football
By Lee DavisJournal Sports WriterFootball was part of Robert Higginbotham’s life almost from the moment he was born.His father, Morris, was one of the most successful high school coaches in Alabama history. The younger Higginbotham starred at Hueytown and played linebacker and defensive back at the University of Alabama before beginning his own coaching career that … [Read more...]