By Rubin E. Grant Indian Springs boys soccer coach Rik Tozzi considers junior forward Jackson Nabors his surrogate son. That’s because Nabors has grown up with Tozzi’s son Nathan, a junior midfielder, and the two are like brothers. Tozzi also is good friends with Nabors’ parents, especially his dad, Jason Nabors. Their close relationship is why Tozzi went to the Nabors and … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Hoover baseball coach Adam Moseley sounded more upbeat than disappointed a few days after the Bucs’ quest for the AHSAA Class 7A title ended with a one-run loss in the deciding third game. The Bucs had scored twice and had the bases loaded with two outs in the top of the seventh inning, but Auburn reliever Ryan Olson struck out Hoover’s Cade Carr to preserve … [Read more...]

The Hoover Bucs continued their remarkable run in the Class 7A state baseball playoffs by eliminating Florence in the three-game semifinals last week. After splitting a doubleheader on Thursday with Florence winning 8-1 in game 1 and Hoover coming back to win 3-1 in game 2, the Bucs (26-20) rallied from a 2-0 deficit in game 3 to win the deciding contest 5-3 on Friday. Hoover … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Mountain Brook boys golf coach Alex Lockett has run out of superlatives to describe Spartans senior golfer Gordon Sargent. “I don’t know if I can say anything about him that hasn’t been said,” Lockett said. “He’s as good as I’ve seen at this level. He will be missed around here, that’s for sure.” Sargent capped his high school career by shooting a … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Julian Kersh had a hard time trying to compare what it’s like to win a state soccer championship as a player and as a coach. Kersh was a player on Homewood’s 2005 and 2006 boys state championship teams. He took over as the Patriots’ head coach in 2020, but the season was cut short because of the COVD-19 pandemic and there was no postseason. In his first … [Read more...]