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75 girls compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling State Championships AHSAA girls wrestling championships By Christina Chambers | January 23, 2021 at 11:02 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 2:03 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Lex Araujo is the only female on Hoover’s wrestling team and on Saturday, she says she could never have prepared herself for what she experienced. “It felt so good, it was such a surreal feeling being surrounded by everybody,” Araujo said. Araujo was one of the first wrestlers to take the mat in the first-ever AHSAA girls wrestling state championships at Hoover ...

Nearly 100 female wrestlers to compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling Championships Nearly 100 female wrestlers to compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling Championships By Christina Chambers | January 20, 2021 at 2:58 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 5:47 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - When Rose Cabaniss started wrestling two months ago, she never thought she’d be part of helping change the sport. “Right now it just means everything, I’m excited and it’s fulfilling this passion in my life,” said the John Carroll freshman. On Saturday, nearly 100 high school female wrestler...

Friends, family mourn Huffman HS coach who died after contracting COVID Derrick Johnson (Source: AHSAA) By WBRC Staff | January 12, 2021 at 5:28 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 5:28 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama High School Athletic Association announced the death of 43-year-old Huffman High School wrestling coach Derrick Johnson. In a news release on the AHSAA website, leaders said Johnson died Sunday, January 10, just five days after his 43rd birthday after contracting COVID. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, the faculty staff and students,” AHSAA Executiv...