By Lee Davis Tom York didn’t start out with a vision for a local morning television show. It just happened. York, a Florence native, was working at a TV station in Memphis when he was hired away by WBRC in Birmingham in 1957. The station, a CBS affiliate at the time, was transitioning ownership to Taft Broadcasting, and major changes were in the works. One of them included … [Read more...]
Young Guns: Sophomore Pair Hopes To Help Lady Spartans To Track Title
By Lee Davis If not for her close friend Sophie Jane Knott, Holli Chapman might never have become a part of the Mountain Brook girls track and field team. “We were in the seventh grade and I was playing soccer,” Chapman recalled. “Sophie Jane suggested that I get into track. She kept asking me, and finally I agreed. By eighth grade, I loved track so much that I gave up … [Read more...]
Surpassing Expectations: Polls Reflect Another Strong Year for OTM Basketball
By Lee Davis Do you think it’s just another routine year for Over the Mountain basketball? If you do, it might be a good idea to take another look. Spain Park’s stunning 66-62 upset of Mountain Brook in boys play last week is a sign that something special may be brewing. The Jags’ win not only ended the Spartans’ amazing 38-game home winning streak, but also offered evidence … [Read more...]
Hoover’s Taylor Leads All-OTM Football Team; Lions’ Yancey Named Top Coach
By Lee Davis Any advocates of the idea that the Hoover Bucs’ longtime domination of high school football in Alabama is waning will have to come up with some fresh arguments this winter. The Bucs’ 17-7 win over defending Class 7A champion McGill-Toolen last December gave Coach Josh Niblett’s team its fourth state crown in five years and the school its 10th title in the 21st … [Read more...]
Beason Season: Former Patriot Coach to Be Honored
By Lee Davis David Beason hasn’t coached a basketball game in 35 years, but he still remembers his final victory at Homewood as if it were played last week. "We were playing Shades Valley in the Region 7 finals at Mountain Brook,” he recalled when contacted recently. “They were a big favorite. At the end, our guy Rufus Hudson drew a charge and sank two free throws to win … [Read more...]