By Lee Davis Even if the organizers of the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s basketball finals had drawn it on a blackboard, they couldn’t have envisioned a more ideal Class 7A girls championship game than pitting Spain Park against its crosstown rival Hoover.“Playing for a state championship is always special, but playing Hoover makes it much more so,” said … [Read more...]
Homewood Holds off Trojans to Claim Class 6A Title
By Lee Davis The Homewood girls basketball team had a unique problem in the 2016-17 season. With virtually every starter back from a squad that had reached the Class 6A finals the past two seasons, few were concerned about how many games the Lady Patriots would win. The real concern was which game they might lose. Even Homewood coach Kevin Tubbs put his team’s unusual … [Read more...]
For Love and Money: Red Diamond Classic Contributes to Community
By Lee Davis Bill Bowron really wasn’t thinking of sponsoring one of America’s top youth tournaments when he first became interested in soccer a little more than two decades ago. The motive was much simpler. “My son was a very active little boy and we wanted to find a team sport in which he could channel all that energy,” said Bowron, the chairman, CEO and president of Red … [Read more...]
New Coach, No Problem: Vestavia Sets AHSAA Record with 15th State Wrestling Championship, Eagles’ Blakely Named MVP
By Lee Davis Throughout the history of sports, it’s easy to find cases where it was difficult for a new coach to follow a successful predecessor. That’s not the case with Vestavia Hills wrestling.Steve Gaydosh led the Rebels to 14 state championships before retiring at the end of the 2016 season. Former Vestavia wrestler Monterrious “Tee” Adams, who was coaching at … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook Treat: Spartan Sean Elmore Is Double Threat
By Lee Davis Many basketball players say they enjoy playing defense. Some of them actually mean it. One of those is Mountain Brook junior guard Sean Elmore. When he says that his favorite thing to do on a basketball court is to prevent a score, you believe him. “I love to get defensive stops,” Elmore says to anyone who’s interested. “It’s one of the best feelings that there … [Read more...]