By Lee DavisThe Over the Mountain area proved itself again as the soccer capital of Alabama last week.Four schools claimed state championships at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, and one of them – Oak Mountain – swept both the boys’ and girls’ Class 7A titles.John Carroll Catholic’s Lady Cavaliers claimed a second consecutive title by winning the Class 6A crown. They … [Read more...]
Mission Trip: Westminster Soccer Star Delays College for Faith
By Lee DavisJack Stein was on top of the world a couple of weeks ago. Soon he’ll be on the other side of it.A recent graduate of Westminster School at Oak Mountain, Stein led the Knights to the Class 1A-3A state soccer championship in the first week of May. But he’s not spending his summer preparing to play college soccer or going through freshman orientation at a … [Read more...]
Repeating Class: Hoover Sweeps Boys’, Girls’ Titles, Homewood and Altamont Girls Win
By Lee DavisThe Alabama High School Athletic Association’s recent realignment of schools created seven classifications instead of six. In track and field, that change produced the same old story in the large-school state track and field meet at Gulf Shores last week.Hoover swept both the boys’ and girls’ Class 7A crowns with comfortable victories in team competition. … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Boys Claim First Tennis Title Since 2010
By Lee DavisGoing into the 2015 season, the Mountain Brook boys’ tennis program had won a record 23 state championships.But surprisingly, the most recent trophy in the Spartans’ glass case dated all the way back to 2010. The four-year dearth of titles was the Mountain Brook boys’ longest dry spell since the early 1980s.That all changed at Montgomery’s Lagoon Park … [Read more...]
Hollywood Heirs: Section of Homewood Once Independent Community
By Lee DavisClyde Nelson was still a very young man in the 1920s, but he was already something of a legend in the Birmingham real estate business. He had built nearly $2 million worth of homes and become president of the Birmingham Real Estate Board.Nelson had his sights on some land not far from Edgewood, a small suburb outside the Magic City. His project was to build … [Read more...]