By Rubin E. GrantKee’vin Staples had been pushing the Mountain Brook boys lacrosse team all season to be ready when the playoffs arrived.So, when Mountain Brook met archrival Vestavia Hills in the finals of the Alabama Lacrosse Championships on May 7 at Hoover’s Buccaneer Stadium, the Spartans were ready.And when it came down to the final minute with the score tied … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantJunior forward Vance Phillips downplayed his two goals that brought Mountain Brook its first boys’ state soccer championship.Phillips’ first goal tied the score 1-1 and the second one, in the second overtime, gave the Spartans a 2-1 victory against the Pelham Panthers in the Class 6A championship game last Saturday.“They were just scrappy goals,” … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantFirst-year Hoover track coach Chris Schmidt laughed at the notion he was already trying to break former coach Devon Hind’s record.Hind won 42 state championships in 19 seasons coaching track and field at Hoover and Berry high schools before retiring at the end of the 2021 outdoor season.Even if he doesn’t have Hind’s record in his sights, Schmidt … [Read more...]

 By Rubin E. GrantIf the Spain Park girls golf team keeps this up, they might earn the label of drama queens.The Jaguars captured their second consecutive Class 7A state title in dramatic fashion in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 73rd State Golf Championships May 9-10 at Huntsville’s Robert Trent Jones Hampton Cove Golf Course.Spain Park … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. GrantWhen Timarie Fisk took over for her second stint as Vestavia Hills’ girls tennis coach this spring, she approached first-year boys coach Oliver Aaron about the teams providing support for each other.“We wanted the boys and girls to just be ‘one’ Rebel,” Fisk said. “We wanted to rely on each other and be there to support each other.”The team’s … [Read more...]