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Birmingham City Schools Release ‘Under the Lights’ Game of the Week 2024 Football Schedule
With the football season less than two months away, BCS Media has released the schedule for the Birmingham City Schools Under the Lights Game of the Week broadcasts for 2024. This season, all Game of the Week broadcasts will fall on Thursdays. The games will be carried live on the district’s Vimeo channel.
UAB football 2024 position preview: Quarterback
UAB football is a month away from the start of fall practice but the talking season is in full swing. Not to mention a new college football game set to be released this month. The Blazers return 13 total starters -- seven on offense and six on defense -- from a unit that finished 4-8 overall in the first losing season since 2013, the year before Bill Clark was hired to lead the program.
Locals Going For Gold In Transplant Games of America
Mark Nelson, Transplant Recipient and Transplant Games of Acadiana Athlete, stopped by First at Four to share how locals are headed to Birmingham, Alabama to represent Team Louisiana and bring awareness to organ donation. Tags. Localnow.
Will Lyng no-hits Laurel, Helena Senators capture fourth straight Keith Sell Tournament title
HELENA — Will Lyng pondered his postgame, celebratory meal, clutching the game ball from his most recent achievement with the sun on his back and a smile on his face. If it’s local eatery Shellie’s, it’s probably a breakfast burrito for the Helena Capital graduate and Beloit College commit, and to really live, the lanky righty considered ordering all three meats (ham, bacon, sausage) inside his entrée.
Hoover mother-son duo to compete in Transplant Games
Chase Waters and his mother, Jennifer McCombs Thompson, have a special bond. Waters was born with a rare kidney disorder, and Thompson donated a kidney to her son during his freshman year at Hoover High School. Thirteen years later, the dynamic duo are healthy and active, and ready to compete in the 2024 Transplant Games of America this July in Birmingham.
Montevallo center Tristan Stoutermire signs with Arkansas State
The Montevallo Bulldogs have been on the rise in recent years in many sports, trying to make statements and push farther in the postseason. Now, the girls basketball program is gaining some attention with its newest college signing. The post Montevallo center Tristan Stoutermire signs with Arkansas State appeared first on Shelby County Reporter.
Chelsea native becomes D1 softball assistant
Sarah Cespedes has hit the ground running in her new gig. Hired as an assistant softball coach at Samford University on June 24, Cespedes was on the road recruiting last weekend. But she has taken a little time to reflect on the opportunity afforded her, entering the NCAA Division I...
City of Hoover gearing up for Hartford Nationals competition
HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - The Hartford Nationals, the oldest and largest event for athletes with physical disabilities in the country, is back in Hoover for the second year in a row and the event needs your help. The event is scheduled for July 12 through the 18. This is not...
Former Homewood football coach Mike Thorsen remembered for passion, ability to connect
Many of the most notable stories involving Mike Thorsen involve him raising his voice. The longtime football coach, who spent the last 25 years as an assistant at Mountain Brook High School, passed away Tuesday. Thorsen spent over 50 years in coaching, making stops in Florida and locally at Homewood, Berry (Hoover) and Mountain Brook high schools.
Homewood siblings glide onto national water skiing scene
What began as family fun on the lake has turned into aspirations of world championships for a Homewood family. Siblings RJ and Tessa Teter started waterskiing as small children, when their parents took them to Lake Lanier near their home in northern Georgia. “My dad sort of skied for fun on the lake on the weekends,” RJ said.
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