By Lee Davis Mountain Brook’s Ford Clegg had high expectations entering the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Class 7A High School Boys Golf Championship last week. One thing he didn’t expect was to be his team’s drop score. On the first day of the two-round event at the Robert Trent Jones Grand National Course in Opelika, Clegg struggled to a 2-over-par 74. His … [Read more...]
Championship Runs: Hoover Sweeps Boys, Girls Title; Homewood Claims Girls Crown in Class 6A; Knights Win
By Lee Davis The Alabama High School Athletic Association’s state Class 7A track meet may have been conducted at Gulf Shores, but it definitely had the look of Hoover. That’s because the Bucs swept both the boys and girls championships on the weekend of May 5-6. Hoover’s boys totaled 104 points to win their sixth title in eight years, easily outpacing runner-up Auburn’s 89 … [Read more...]
Sweeps Month: Mountain Brook Claims Boys And Girls Class 7A Titles; Briarwood Claims Boys Crown
By Lee Davis Mountain Brook has been a perennial power in boys and girls tennis since the school opened its doors in 1966. But for all the Spartans’ successes, rarely have their boys and girls teams earned championship hardware in the same season. That changed last week as the Mountain Brook boys and girls teams swept to the Class 7A championship at the Mobile Tennis Center. … [Read more...]
Early Trendons: Spartans’ Watford Earns National Honor
By Lee Davis More than a month has passed since Mountain Brook won its third boys state basketball championship in five years, but the Spartans are still raking in the awards. Sophomore forward Trendon Watford was named to the MaxPreps boys basketball sophomore All-American team last week. Watford, a key player in Mountain Brook’s successful title run, previously had been … [Read more...]
Given-Peck
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Perry Given Jr. of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Carter Given, to Brennan Kennedy Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kennedy Peck, also of Birmingham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myron Raley of Montgomery and the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Perry Given of Birmingham. Miss Given is a 2011 … [Read more...]