By Lee DavisLeave it to Bucky McMillan to be in the center of a big high school basketball story in the normally slow month of July.McMillan, the ultra-successful coach of the Mountain Brook boys basketball team, learned that a new weapon will be added to his arsenal when the season begins later this year. Trendon Watford, a 6-foot-7-inch forward who led Shades Valley … [Read more...]

Spain Park’s Patrick Martin isn’t a fellow who enjoys talking about himself.He’d much rather let his golf game serve as his voice.And Martin, who is headed to Vanderbilt University this fall, used his golf game to speak more loudly than ever at the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 7A championships at Magnolia Grove Falls Course in Mobile in May.After … [Read more...]

By Lee DavisBelieve it or not, Sara Carr’s introduction to volleyball came comparatively late in life.“I started playing basketball in first grade, but I was in seventh grade when I first played volleyball,” she said. “The skill set is a little different, so I probably wasn’t physically ready to play volleyball any earlier than that.”Maybe not, but her volleyball … [Read more...]

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...]

By Lee DavisWhen a baseball team starts its season with a 23-3 record, most coaches like to talk about pitching, hitting and defense. That’s understandable, because those fundamentals are keys to success in the sport at any level.But they aren’t the first thing Mountain Brook coach Lee Gann mentions when discussing his Spartans, who are 23-3 and hold a No. 1 ranking … [Read more...]