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By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor Birmingham - The 2023 indoor track season got into full swing this past weekend. The Holiday Invitational took place at the Birmingham CrossPlex this past Saturday. The meet was divided into two sessions. Hewitt-Trussville and Shades Valley/JCIB competed in the evening session. Hewitt brought home nine medals and a

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor Jaylen Mbakwe had a huge game Friday night. The Alabama commit completed 21 of 27 passes for 316 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Clay-Chalkville Cougars (12-0) past the Muscle Shoals Trojans (12-1) 44-27. Mbakwe was especially deadly in the second half. He completed 7-of-8 passes for 164

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor OAKVILLE - The Hewitt- Trussville girls cross country team finished second at the AHSAA XC Championship Saturday. Auburn High School took the 7A crown. The runner-up finish is the highest finish for the girls team in the history of the program. The Hewitt boys team finished fourth. “We had

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor Muscle Shoals – The Pinson Valley Indians (4-6) ran into a buzz saw Friday night. The Muscle Shoals Trojans (10-0) defeated the Indians 42-7 in the first round of the AHSAA playoffs. Jamir Goodloe had a big night and scored on a 40-yard reception, a 30-yard reception, and an

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor LEEDS – The Leeds Green Wave (10-0) defeated Arab (7-3) 33-7 Friday night at Homer Smiles Stadium. The Greenies looked to have a tough match-up on paper heading into the game with the seventh-ranked Arabian Knights. The number two-ranked Green Wave proved otherwise on the field. Leeds started the

By, John Goolsby and Johnny Sanders TRUSSVILLE - 7 of 8 Trussville Tribune teams are eligible for the 2023 Alabama State Playoffs, which kick off this Friday night in various stadiums across the state. Not something that is unheard of in our area, Tribune teams are pretty regular when it comes to playoff appearances. However,

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor HOOVER - Trussville Tribune area cross country teams were in action this past Thursday for the AHSAA Cross Country Sectionals. Hewitt-Trussville and Shades Valley competed at Veterans Park in Hoover. Leeds, Moody, and Springville competed at Munny Sokol Park in Tuscaloosa. Center Point’s boys competed in 6A Section 5

By John Goolsby, Prep Sport Editor LEEDS-The Green Wave came into tonight’s game at Homer Smiles Stadium needing two things to happen to claim the 5A Region 7 number one overall seed. First, Leeds needed to knock off 6A Center Point. Second, a Southside loss to Etowah. History was on Leeds’ side as the Greenies

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor MARTINSVILLE - Ryan Blaney claimed one of two available playoff spots with his win at Martinsville today. William Byron joined Blaney with a thirteen-place finish that put him eight points ahead of Denny Hamlin. Six drivers came into the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville hoping to join Kyle Larson and

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech faithful in Bobby Dodd Stadium got a glimpse of the past and a glimpse of what they hope the future holds. On a night when former Tech head coach and College Hall of Fame inductee Paul Johnson was honored, the Jackets pulled off a