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By Erica Thomas, managing editor TRUSSVILLE — The Trussville City Council honored the Hewitt-Trussville High School Girls Basketball Team with a proclamation during its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2021. The Lady Huskies finished their 2020-21 season with a school-best 29-5 record. Coaches and players from the team were invited to the council meeting Tuesday night to hear the reading of the proclamation. The team made it all the way to the state championship, senior guard Amiya Payne earned the Alabama Sports Writers Association 1 st Team All-State Honors, among others, and several...

TRUSSVILLE — It’s been quite a ride for Amiya Payne. The 6-foot senior finished up her Hewitt-Trussville career with four all-state selections, two state championship game runs, 2,420 points, 744 rebounds, 217 steals, 203 blocked shots and, as of Saturday morning, a Class 7A Player of the Year award. Player of the Year recipients were announced for all seven classifications on Saturday morning, and were selected by the Alabama Sports Writers Association prep committee. Joining Payne as POY winners are Class 6A Sara Puckett of Muscle Shoals, Class 5A Randrea Wright of Carver-Birmingham, Cl...

From The Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s girls’ all-stars left little doubt Friday in the first half of the 31st Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Basketball Classic in Montgomery. The talented Alabama squad led 27-23 early in the second quarter but by halftime had a 54-37 lead – outscoring the visitors 27-14 in the final seven minutes before intermission. The second half was more of the same as Alabama rolled to a 102-70 win in the 31st contest in the series dating back to 1991.  Alabama’s girls have now won three in a row and hold a 17-14 edge in the series. This year’...

Hoover beats Hewitt-Trussville to win 7A State Championship Hoover girls basketball wins 7A state championship By Christina Chambers | March 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 5:30 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Hoover Lady Bucs defeated Hewitt-Trussville 61-37 Wednesday afternoon to win the 7A State Basketball Championship at UAB’s Bartow Arena. The championship is Hoover’s seventh in program history. “This one felt so good because of this season. I remember thinking, are we going to have a season? Are we going to get through the season? And just to win this an...

By Erik Harris, sports editor TRUSSVILLE — With their season on the line, the No. 3-ranked Hewitt-Trussville girls basketball team delivered on Tuesday night in Bryant Bank Arena. Senior Amiya Payne rattled home the game-winner with seven seconds remaining to finish with 21 points and her Huskies (26-3) beat No. 5 Spain Park 44-42 in the Class 7A, Area 6 tournament semifinals. Trailing 42-41 in the final seconds, Payne rebounded an Avery Masdon free-throw miss, dribbled to the other end and put up a runner in the lane that decided to drop after a brief stay on the rim. The timely shot fell ...