By Blake Ells Vestavia Hills’ varsity cross-country teams are both off to impressive starts. While the boys may have expected it, the girls had a young group coming in. At the Randolph Cross-Country Classic in Huntsville on Sept. 18, the girls finished with a 24, enough to seal a meet victory for the first time in quite some time. They had six of the top 10 finishers, … [Read more...]
Rebels Off to Fast Start: Vestavia Visits Mountain Brook Friday in a Battle of the Undefeated
By Blake Ells This isn’t quite the Vestavia Hills football team you’ve grown to know. After defeating Spain Park for the first time in three years, a 28-21 victory on Sept. 7, the Rebels are poised to make some noise in 7A Region 3. Vestavia beat Tuscaloosa County 28-19 in Region 3 play at home last Friday. Their first two victories have come not just on the ground, but … [Read more...]
Top Teacher: Award-Winning Biology Teacher Aims to Make Students Think
By Ingrid Schnader When Vestavia Hills High School biology teacher Mary Busbee got off a plane this past summer, she couldn’t believe the notification that popped up on her phone. She had been in Missouri grading AP biology exams. Before the trip, she had been nominated for the 2018 Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Alabama. She didn’t think she would win though; she had … [Read more...]
Rebel Rewind: Vestavia Hills Plans to Honor Anderson’s First Season and 1998 Title Team
By Rubin E. Grant As he embarks on his 41st season as Vestavia Hills’ head football coach, Buddy Anderson remembers his first season as if it unfolded yesterday. In 1978, Anderson was elevated to the head job after spending six seasons as a Rebels assistant. Vestavia Hills reached the 1978 Class 4A championship game – the highest classification level then – but lost 21-7 to … [Read more...]
‘Real Good Leadership Coming Back’: Vestavia Hills Returns in 2018 With Experience at Most Positions
By Blake Ells It was quite an off-season for Vestavia Hills head coach Buddy Anderson. The winningest high school football coach in Alabama was inducted into the National Federation of State High School Association Hall of Fame on July 2 during a banquet in Chicago. “It was nice,” said Anderson, who is just the 12th individual from Alabama enshrined in the National Hall of … [Read more...]