By Rubin E. GrantChase Kyes had designs on winning an individual state golf title in each of his four years at Spain Park High School.“I thought it would be cool,” Kyes said.But Kyes’ hopes were dashed in 2022 during his freshman year when he finished second in the Class 7A field, three strokes behind Jack Mitchell of James Clemens.The two dueled again two weeks … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantVestavia Hills golf coach Stephanie Meadows struggled to find the right words to describe the Rebels’ third consecutive Class 7A AHSAA boys state championship.“The first one was really awesome and the second one was too. The three-peat is surreal,” Meadows said. “It’s super exciting to bring home the blue map (championship trophy) again.”The Rebels … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantRyan Vermillion had envisioned the moment for months: him on the mound, Hudson Walburn behind the plate and a strikeout of the final batter on their future home field to end Vestavia Hills’ 23-year state baseball championship drought.That’s exactly how it unfolded.Vermillion struck out Central-Phenix City’s Emory Yohn on his 119th pitch at 12:21 … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantVestavia Hills hadn’t lost two consecutive games all season and they weren’t about to let it happen in their Class 7A semifinal baseball series at Thompson last week.After dropping the opener of the series 11-1 on Thursday, Rebels coach Jamie Harris expected his team to bounce back.“They’ve done a good job of shaking off losses, turning the page, … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantAt the beginning of the 2023 high school soccer season, the Homewood girls had their doubts about whether they could successfully defend their Class 6A championship.“We didn’t think we could do it,” senior forward Mary Siena McBride said. “We had graduated several seniors from last year and we were struggling learning how to play together.”After a … [Read more...]