By Rubin E. Grant Following their close 42-37 loss to Spain Park in the 2020 Class 7A Northwest Regional final, several Vestavia Hills girls basketball players went downtown to the BJCC Legacy Arena to watch the Jags capture the championship. They wanted to see for themselves what it was like to win a title and celebrate it. “Our team was so close to being in that position,” … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Homewood’s stranglehold on the Class 6A indoor track titles was broken Saturday at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The Patriots had swept the boys and girls state championships the past three years, but the boys finished second and the girls third in the 51st Alabama High School Association State Indoor Track and Field Championships. Opelika won the boys title … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Ethan Strand made sure his final state indoor track meet would be memorable. Vestavia Hills’ senior distance runner began the Class 7A session Saturday with a bang, winning the 800-meter race in a state-record time of 1:51.07 during the 51st AHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Strand needed the record-breaking … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Mountain Brook senior Grayson Scott literally went from cheering to soaring. After being cut from the Mountain Brook cheerleading squad toward the end of her freshman year, Scott jumped right into track. Two months after her cheerleading days ended, Scott won the Class 7A state high jump title, clearing 5 feet, 4 inches in the 2018 Alabama High School … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Sean Calhoun wasn’t thinking about replacing a legend when he began the process of becoming Vestavia Hills’ next head football coach. “My wife, Kellie, and I follow the Lord, and the Lord put Vestavia Hills in our lap,” Calhoun said. “It was not something on our radar.” Two weeks ago, Calhoun was hired as the Rebels’ new coach, taking the reins from … [Read more...]