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Browse this collection of my featured sports articles from more than a dozen magazines and newspapers.

Chelsea Magazine • June 4 2025

The Year Of The Hornet

It’s been a historic year for the Hornets as multiple teams rang up record numbers of victories, advanced through the playoffs like Patton’s Third Army through France and Germany, and claimed more trophies than Papa Hemingway on an African safari.

Moody Living • June 1 2025

Beyond The Court - Jayla Whitsey Profile

For Jayla Whitsey, basketball is more than a sport. It’s a passion. Even as her senior season fades into the past, the Moody High School phenom still spends several hours every day before and after school, sweating, grinding, dribbling and shooting, before waking up early the next morning to start the process all over again.

Chelsea Magazine • May 8 2025

Killer Hornet Invasion In Texas

Chelsea High School senior and volleyball phenom Lauren Buchanan is set to suit up for Texas Tech University this fall. The most decorated and accomplished volleyball player in Hornet history, Buchanan is looking forward to the challenge of helping a Red Raiders squad that went 14-16 in 2024, but is expected to be in the hunt for a conference championship in 2025.

Chelsea Magazine • April 4 2025

21 Chelsea Seniors To Play At Next Level

If you need proof that Chelsea has some of the best student-athletes in the state, check out this statistic: In March, 21 student-athletes from Chelsea High School signed letters of intent to play sports at the next level.

Bham Family • March 31 2025

From Vestavia to Corvallis

Vestavia Hills native Jarred Brookins is living his best life in Corvallis, Oregon, 2,500 miles away from his hometown. In March, Brookins was named head coach of the Oregon State men’s soccer team, one of the top collegiate soccer programs in the country.

Chelsea Magazine • March 3 2025

Chelsea Indoor Track Team Wins State Title

In 2021, Trey Lee took over the track and cross-country program at Chelsea High School. Just four years later, Lee and a group of dedicated athletes made history, winning the school’s first Girls' Indoor State Championship at the Birmingham Crossplex on February 1.

The Daily Home • February 7 2025

Alabama School for the Blind siblings-cousin trio to wrestle for state titles

Siblings Ricky and Shontia Weaver and their cousin Chris Weaver are on the cusp of making history for the Alabama School For Blind wrestling program.=

Chelsea Magazine • January 26 2025

Chelsea Core Six To Play Ball In College

January is an odd time of year to discuss baseball, but, when it comes to Chelsea High School, every day brings a good reason to focus on the Hornets baseball team. While the first pitch won’t be thrown in the 2025 season for a couple of months, Chelsea baseball is busy making news away the diamond.

Over the Mountain Journal • January 22 2025

Mountain Brook Dominates 2024 Spartan Invitational

Five Mountain Brook High School wrestlers advanced to the finals in the 2024 Merril Lynch Spartan Invitational Tournament held at Mountain Brook High School, on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14. Bobby Rutkoff and Bill Bradford captured first place, and Stephen Springfield, Christopher Brown and Beckett Smith finished in second place to lead the Spartans to a first-place finish in the prestigious annual tournament.

Over the Mountain Journal • January 9 2025

Bowling: A Decade of Strikes and Community Service - Over the Mountain Journal

For a decade, the Vestavia Hills High School boys bowling team has been among the most successful programs in the state, winning multiple regional and state championships since first becoming eligible in 2015.

Lakeside Living • October 1 2024

The Annual Rock Paper Scissors Regatta

The Birmingham Sailing Club is humming with activity on a late-summer Saturday. It’s high noon and the day actually feels pleasant. The temperature is in the low 90s, there is a nice breeze stirring, and the humidity is blessedly low.

Birmingham Lifestyle Magazine • August 1 2024

Handprints of Purpose

The Kellymoss Racing crew is busy preparing the Racing for Children’s Porsche for the final race of the day — the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, GT3. The car’s driver, Efrin Castro, is checking out the green and white racing machine, decked out with the Children’s of Alabama logo and, more importantly, handprints from children undergoing treatment for cancer and blood disorders.

Daily Home • July 20 2024

Talladega High Sports Standout Honored by AHSAA

Daily Home • July 20 2024

State Champion Wrestler To Study Political Science In Nation's Capital

Birmingham Lifestyle Magazine • July 1 2024

Wheelchair Rugby's Team USA

It’s a Saturday morning in early May, and the gymnasium at Lakeshore Foundation is buzzing with activity. The music on the PA system is loud - very loud. At 9 a.m. on the dot, the U.S. Wheelchair Rugby team takes the floor to begin workouts. Before long, the team members are crashing into each other, dripping sweat, and breathing heavily as they prepare for this summer’s 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

B-Metro • June 11 2024

Life & Death of Roller Derby Queen

Birmingham Lifestyle Magazine • June 1 2024

From the Gridiron to the Octagon

Former Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker and current MMA star Eryk Anders is in a reflective mood. Now 37 and with three fights left on his schedule before possibly retiring, Anders has seen some major ups and downs during his lifetime.

VestaviaVoice.com • February 2 2024

Vestavia wrestlers transition to life at West Point

For the third consecutive year, a member of the Vestavia Hills High School wrestling team has been accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Michael Belcher, a 2022 Vestavia graduate and sophomore at West Point, and Davis Reiff, a 2023 Vestavia graduate and West Point freshman, will be joined by Michael’s sister, Christiana, following her high school graduation in the spring of 2024.

The trio of cadets credit their experience competing on the Rebels wrestling team under coa

Cahaba Sun • January 2 2024

Trussville man wins 3rd world disc golf championship

The Trussville native and city parks and recreation employee recently won the 2023 PDGA Professional Masters Disc Golf World Championship for the third consecutive year.

Keith is among only a few disc golf athletes in the sport’s history to capture back-to-back-to-back championships, and he’s the first to complete the accomplishment in the Masters Division.

And, furthermore, it wasn’t even close.

Keith blew away the competition with a gaudy score of -24, seven strokes over second-place finish

Cahaba Sun • November 18 2023

Cougars survive Mountain Brook test

Clay-Chalkville quarterback Jaylen Mbakwe (9) avoids a sack as he scrambles, looking for an open receiver during a week 2 playoff game between Mountain Brook and Clay-Chalkville High School’s on Friday, November 17th, 2023, at Clay-Chalkville High School, Jerry Hood Field, Cougar football Stadium in Clay AL. Photo by James Nicholas Clay-Chalkville quarterback Jaylen Mbakwe (9) calls a quarterback keeper to gain positive yardage during a week 2 playoff game between Mountain Brook and Clay-Chalkvi

villagelivingonline.com • November 17 2023

Spartans come up short at Clay

Mountain Brook running back Cole Gamble (19) dives for positive yardage as he is sacked by the Clay-Chalkville defenders during a week 2 playoff game between Mountain Brook and Clay-Chalkville High School’s on Friday, November 17th, 2023, at Clay-Chalkville High School, Jerry Hood Field, Cougar football Stadium in Clay AL. Photo by James Nicholas Mountain Brook running back Cole Gamble (19) drags several Clay-Chalkville defenders during a game between Mountain Brook and Clay-Chalkville High Scho

Cahaba Sun • November 10 2023

Huskies fly past Bob Jones in 1st round

Hewitt-Trussville quarterback Peyton Floyd (7) during a game between Hewitt-Trussville and Bob Jones on Friday, Nov 10, 2023, at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium in Trussville, AL. Photo by Shawn Bowles. Hewitt-Trussville wide receiver Jacob Sanders (24) looks for space to run during a game between Hewitt-Trussville and Bob Jones on Friday, Nov 10, 2023, at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium in Trussville, AL. Photo by Shawn Bowles. Hewitt-Trussville wide receiver Dylan Cope (4) scores a touchdown during a game

VestaviaVoice.com • November 5 2023

Vestavia soccer player to play, train in UK

On a hot Sunday afternoon in early October, the ‘05/’06 Vestavia Hills Steamers are locked in a difficult battle with a team from Mobile. The game features talented players from all over the state, but starting at striker for Vestavia is Harrison Crotwell.

Crotwell earned a spot on an international exposition team, EXACT 11, that will travel across the pond to London and Manchester this December for several days of elite training and competition. Crotwell will have the opportunity to train with

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