By Rubin E. Grant Brooklyn Allison’s pass sailed toward the left end of the net where Audrey Rothman was waiting to strike. Rothman went up and delivered a thunderous spike, then crumpled to the floor, where her jubilant Spain Park teammates rushed over to mob her. Rothman, all 6 feet, 4 inches of her, had completed her mission to bring the Jaguars a state volleyball … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant The curtain came down on Sean Calhoun’s first season as Vestavia Hills’ head football coach last Thursday. The Rebels shut out Shades Valley 17-0 at the Mounties’ Frank Nix Stadium to close their 2021 season with three consecutive victories. Calhoun completed his first season following legendary Rebels coach Buddy Anderson with the same 4-6 record Anderson … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Mountain Brook junior quarterback John Colvin doesn’t pinch himself every time he steps on the football field to make sure he’s not dreaming. But he is living the dream as the Spartans’ starter after growing up watching Hamp Sisson and Strother Gibbs play quarterback for Mountain Brook. Sisson, who graduated in 2018 and is now a junior at Furman, and Gibbs, … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Whenever someone yells “Olivia” at a Homewood volleyball practice or during a game, two players automatically look to see who is being addressed. It can get confusing at times, but senior outside hitter Olivia Brown and senior setter Olivia Outman have learned to live with it. “We both look up, but we both just know who they’re talking to,” Outman said. “We … [Read more...]

Vestavia Hills City Schools announced on Monday that five educators will be inducted into the Vestavia Hills City Schools Hall of Fame’s second class. Inductees in the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 are, in alphabetical order: the late Sammy Dunn, coach of the Vestavia Hills High School baseball team from 1978 to 2004; Barbara Grant, science teacher at Vestavia Hills Junior High … [Read more...]