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By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor HUNTSVILLE – The Shades Valley volleyball team punched their ticket to the AHSAA 6A Elite 8 late Wednesday night. Coach Kimberly Cook’s Lady Mounties defeated Mortimer Jordan 3-0 earlier in the day. The victory was Shades Valley’s first Super Region win since 2020. Shades Valley then defeated #7 ranked

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor IRONDALE – The Pinson Valley Indians (3-5, 2-3) escaped Frank Nix Stadium Friday night with a 28-25 win over the Shades Valley Mounties (4-4, 2-3) The Indians got on the board first with a Bryan Quates 56-yard interception for a touchdown with 21 seconds remaining in the first period.

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor TRUSSVILLE – The Hewitt-Trussville cross country teams performed strongly at the Dew It On The Trails meet this past Saturday. Both teams finished a close second to Mountian Brook. Seniors Avery Cahoon and Kinley Harris turned in personal best times at the meet. The girls were led by: Avery

John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor PELL CITY – The Shades Valley Mounties (4-3) traveled to Pell City (0-7) and spoiled the Panther’s Homecoming, crushed Rush Propst’s playoff hopes, and came away with a huge region win. The Mounties drove deep into Panther territory in the first quarter but the Panthers blocked a Jair Aguilar 33-yard

John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor PINSON – Center Point improved to 7-1 and 4-1 in region play (Pell City’s win over Center Point was forfeited) on the year with a 32-19 region win over Pinson Valley (2-5, 1-3). Deon Moore continues to put up big numbers for the Eagles. Friday night he threw for 288

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor BIRMINGHAM – Pinson (2-4) dominated Huffman (0-6) 61-0 in a Region 6 matchup. The Indians picked up their first region win and their second win of the season to snap a four-game losing streak. At the end of the first quarter, Pinson held a 28-0 lead. As the two

John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor IRONDALE - Shades Valley (3-2) pulled out a big win Friday night on Homecoming. The Mounties defeated Bessemer City (2-4) 41-40. Senior quarterback Steve Brown threw three touchdowns, including the game winner, and rushed for another score. Bessemer got on the

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor PINSON – The undefeated and seventh-ranked Oxford Yellow Jackets (5-0, 3-0) broke open a close game in the second half and cruised to a 40-6 region win over Pinson Valley (1-3, 0-2). The Yellow Jackets drew blood first on a pass from Mason Mims to Jaydonm Thomas to give

By John Goolsby, Prep Sports Editor BIRMINGHAM - Shades Valley (2-2, 1-1) got back in the win column Friday night. The Mounties beat Huffman (0-5, 0-3) 44-0 to get their first region win of the season and the 550th win in school history. Valley scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams. The Mounties were

Born & Raised Music Festival – “a weekend of music and camping for the outlaw in all of us” presented by Patriot Auto Group – has announced the set times for this year’s festival taking place Thursday, September 14th, Friday, September 15th, and Saturday, September 16th, along with a pre-party on Wednesday, September 13th.