By Lee Davis In some ways, the 2014 high school football season was one of the most unusual on record. For one thing, when was the last time that perennial powers Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills both missed the playoffs in the same season? The Spartans were good enough to narrowly defeat the Rebels, and Vestavia was good enough to give Buddy Anderson his record-breaking … [Read more...]
Reddy, Set, Go: Former Spartan Star Wins Junior Pan Am Gold
By Lee Davis Rachael Reddy was no stranger to success in track and field when she took her mark in the 5,000-meter run at the Pan American Junior Championships in Alberta, Canada, earlier this month. As a star distance runner at Mountain Brook, Reddy helped the Lady Spartans to a Class 6A state championship and two runner-up finishes in four seasons. She closed her high … [Read more...]
Seventh Sign: Stewart Still Hopes to Reach Everest Peak
By Lee Davis As an experienced mountain climber who has reached the highest peaks on six continents, Mountain Brook businessman and lawyer Kent Stewart is accustomed to being close to danger. But no experience could have prepared him for the events of April. Stewart was in Nepal preparing for his second attempt to climb Mount Everest when a devastating earthquake in the area … [Read more...]
Hannah’s Home: Young Patriot Star Had Busy Summer
By Lee DavisAfter leading Homewood to the state Class 6A basketball championship and being named Over the Mountain Player of the Year as a freshman, Hannah Barber could have been forgiven for wanting to spend a long, lazy summer hanging around swimming pools and beaches.But anyone who thinks Barber actually did that doesn’t know her very well.Instead, the rising … [Read more...]
Safe at Home: Salem Returns to UA For Senior Season
By Lee DavisIn 2015, Georgie Salem learned the value of home field advantage.Salem – an outfielder for the University of Alabama and a Vestavia Hills graduate – along with his teammates, experienced a baseball season without a real place to call their own. Because of major renovations to the campus’ Sewell-Thomas Stadium, the Crimson Tide was forced to play its home … [Read more...]