By Blake Ells The Alabama High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament is fast approaching, and Vestavia Hills hopes to improve on last season’s third place finish. Vestavia claimed back-to-back state championships in 2016 and 2017 before being dethroned last year by Thompson’s victory. Central (Phenix-City) claimed second place. The Rebels already have played … [Read more...]
End of the Line: Homewood’s Season Ends in Quarterfinals; Bucs Come up Short in Bid for a Three-Peat
By Rubin E. Grant Pinson Valley 48, Homewood 7 Homewood reached the quarterfinals of the state playoffs for the first time since 2006, but defending Class 6A champion Pinson Valley made sure the Patriots would advance no further. Pinson senior quarterback Bo Nix showed Homewood just what kind of quarterback Auburn would be getting, since he is an Auburn commit. Nix … [Read more...]
Young Hoover Girls Basketball Team off to Fast Start
By Rubin E. Grant When the Hoover girls basketball team was blown out in its third game this season, head coach Krystle Johnson didn’t raise an eyebrow. That’s because of the way the 2017-18 season ended for the Bucs. Hoover did not lose to an in-state school until Sparkman dealt the Bucs a 55-54 setback in the Class 7A Northwest Regional final. “We had won 20 games in a row … [Read more...]
Vestavia Hills Coach Buddy Anderson Inducted into National Hall of Fame
Vestavia Hills High football coach Buddy Anderson, the winningest high school football coach in Alabama, was inducted into the National Federation of State High School Association Hall of Fame on July 2 during a banquet in Chicago. Anderson, who is beginning his 41st season as head football coach at Vestavia Hills in August, was among 22 enshrined in the National Hall of Fame … [Read more...]
Homewood Girls Bow out of Soccer Playoffs but Consider Season a Success
By Rubin E. Grant The second-ranked Homewood Patriots girls soccer team bowed out in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs last Friday, but head coach Mindy McBride wasn’t overly disap- pointed. In her first year back at the helm after taking more than a decade away to care for her four children, McBride was proud of what the Patriots achieved. “I am very pleased with the … [Read more...]
