By Lee Davis After winning the state Class 7A championship in 2014, it was hard to imagine how the Mountain Brook volleyball team could do just as well or better in 2015. But that’s exactly what the Lady Spartans did. Mountain Brook posted a 57-6 record and defeated powerful McGill-Toolen in the finals in three sets to win a second consecutive title. “We trusted each other,” … [Read more...]
Turf Battles: Area Schools Battle in Regional Finals
By Lee DavisCount on it. There will be at least two schools competing in the Alabama High School Athletic Association's State Finals next week. It's guaranteed. And there could be a lot more. In Class 7A boys, defending state champion Hoover was to meet Oak Mountain in the Northwest Regional finals on Tuesday, assuring that either the Bucs or Eagles would make it to … [Read more...]
Indoor Rule: Hoover Wins Girls Meet Again, Many in Area Take Titles
By Lee Davis One of Alabama's most impressive sports dynasties continued its winning ways at the Birmingham CrossPlex last weekend. The Hoover girls track and field team won its third consecutive crown and fourth in five years by totaling 126 points to easily outdistance runner-up James Clemens’ 83 total in Class 7A competition. Mountain Brook was third with 64 points. In … [Read more...]
Crowning Achievement: Jags End Hoover Streak, Head to Championship Game
By Lee Davis There will be a Class 7A state champion football team in 2015. It just won’t be the Hoover Buccaneers. The new trophy holder may be living a short ways down the road. Hoover’s bid for a fourth consecutive crown ended Nov. 20, when cross-town rival Spain Park upended the Bucs 7-6 in the semi-finals. The Jaguars move on to meet McGill-Toolen of Mobile at the … [Read more...]
Dynasty Denied? Hoover Loss Doesn’t Mean End of Dominance
By Lee Davis For Hoover fans, the Bucs’ 7-6 loss to Spain Park in the Class 7A football playoffs Nov. 20 came down to a good news/bad news scenario. The bad news is that Hoover will not be the 2015 Big-School Class football champion for the fourth consecutive year. The good news is that the streak had to end sometime, and the Bucs are far from finished. Admittedly, it wasn’t … [Read more...]