By Lee Davis Spain Park and Mountain Brook weren't playing for a state, regional or even an area basketball championship last Friday night. But a casual spectator would never have known it based on the intensity of the fans in the stands and the quality of the play on the court. The home-standing Jaguars defeated the Spartans 77-65 in a Class 7A Area 6 battle that actually … [Read more...]
Young Life: Freshman Wrestlers Help Lead Spain Park
By Lee Davis Most high school freshmen spend much of the school year finding their way through the hallways and counting the days until they get their learner's driving permit.That's not the case for Spain Park wrestlers Jack Rivers and Gavin Pudlick. As freshmen, Rivers and Pudlick already are the leaders of a young Jaguar team composed of only … [Read more...]
Sign Language: Random Road Placard Sent Jags’ Cunningham to Swimming Stardom
By Lee Davis A random ride along U.S. 280 as a pre-teen may have started Rac, short for Rachel, Cunningham on the path to become one of Alabama’s best high school swimmers. Cunningham, a junior at Spain Park, remembers the moment as if it had happened yesterday. “I was about 11 years old and, to be honest, I was a pretty typical lazy kid,” she recalled. “I wasn’t serious … [Read more...]
Jaguars Get Judicial: Spain Park Law Academy Competes Internationally
By Kaitlin Candelaria The football team isn’t the only group at Spain Park High School with an impressive record this year. Students from the high school’s Law Academy recently competed at the YMCA Youth Judicial Mock Trial Tournament in Montgomery to defend their three-year streak as the best overall team in competition. Although they didn’t leave with a fourth victory in … [Read more...]
Crowning Achievement: Jags End Hoover Streak, Head to Championship Game
By Lee Davis There will be a Class 7A state champion football team in 2015. It just won’t be the Hoover Buccaneers. The new trophy holder may be living a short ways down the road. Hoover’s bid for a fourth consecutive crown ended Nov. 20, when cross-town rival Spain Park upended the Bucs 7-6 in the semi-finals. The Jaguars move on to meet McGill-Toolen of Mobile at the … [Read more...]