Tyler Davis understands the scrutiny. In some measure, he embraces it because he knows that’s how it is when you follow a highly successful coach at one of the top high school boys basketball programs in the state. Davis, in his first season as the head coach at Mountain Brook, said he is ready for the challenge of leading the Spartans’ program. He takes over for Bucky … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Going into the 65th AHSAA State Cross Country Championships on Nov. 14, Homewood coach Josh Donaldson knew his runners faced an uphill climb to keep their streaks of state titles alive. As it turned out, the Patriots girls team won its third consecutive Class 6A, while the boys finished third behind Scottsboro and Mountain Brook, ending their run of eight … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Spain Park girls basketball coach Mike Chase doesn’t want this to be taken the wrong way, but he’s looking forward to coaching this season without Sarah Ashlee Barker on the court. It’s not that he wouldn’t mind if the 2020 Alabama Miss Basketball was still around instead of being a freshman at Georgia, but he gets to coach like he has for most of his 25 … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Tyler Waugh’s mother, Dana, already had left the house last Tuesday morning when she received the list of Wendy’s Heisman High School Scholarship winners. She forwarded the list to Waugh, a senior football and baseball player for Briarwood Christian, and he discovered his name was on the list as the male winner from Alabama. Ashville’s Meghan McCarthy was … [Read more...]

By Rubin E. Grant Coming into the 2020 season, Hoover volleyball coach Chris Camper knew he had a team capable of winning the first state championship in school history, but not even he imagined just how dominant the Bucs would be. “There was no doubt in my mind that this was the most athletic team to ever take the court in the state,” Camper said. “But in the nine years I’ve … [Read more...]