Hoover’s season-opening game Friday against Dothan at the Hoover Met has been canceled because Dothan’s football team is being quarantined because of COVID-19.The Bucs are searching for another opponent to play. If they are unable to schedule a game this week, they will open the season next week at home against Bessemer City. Hoover had scheduled Dothan … [Read more...]
Bucs’ Football Season-Opener Against Dothan Took Some Scrambling
By Rubin E. Grant Josh Lundy has taken all the changes to Hoover’s first game of the 2020 high school football season in stride. The Bucs were supposed to open the season with a game at the Mercedes-Benz Dome in Atlanta as one of 20-plus teams in the Corky Kell Classic. But because of COVID-19, the Bucs’ game against Lowndes County (Ga.) on Aug. 22 was moved to Mill Creek … [Read more...]
Hoover’s Hinds Tabbed 2020 National High School Boys Track & Field Coach of the Year
By Rubin E. Grant For the second time in as many years and the third time in his career, Hoover track and field coach Devon Hind has been honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Hind was named the association’s boys track and field and cross country national Coach of the Year on July 28. The award was presented by the U.S. Marine … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook’s Yeager appreciates chance to plan football this fall
By Rubin E. GrantMountain Brook football coach Chris Yeager knows it wasn’t an easy decision and he’s thankful that the Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board of Control approved the AHSAA’s Return to Play ‘Best Practices’ recommended guidelines and reaffirmed plans to start the 2020 football season on time.The action was taken Wednesday at the Central … [Read more...]
Coaching Changes: Ware Elevated to Head Coach of Hoover’s Boys Basketball Team
By Rubin E. Grant Scott Ware was wondering why he stayed on as an assistant coach for the Hoover boys basketball team for the past eight years when he had opportunities to become a head coach elsewhere. Ware received his answer in late May when he was elevated to head coach of the Bucs, replacing Charles Burkett, who left to take over the program at Athens after 14 seasons … [Read more...]