By Gary Lloyd Every face will be familiar. First-year Hewitt-Trussville head baseball coach Jeff Mauldin knows the players, coaches and parents from Pelham. Mauldin coached there the past six seasons. First-year Pelham head coach Sean Anderson was Mauldin’s assistant the last six seasons, someone Mauldin speaks with at least once a week. So was David White, a good friend of Mauldin’s. “I’m happy for them,” ...

by Erik Harris It would appear that Mother Nature owed Hartselle’s legendary coach William Booth a favor. Exactly what she did to get in debt with the Tigers’ coach of 26 years is unknown, nevertheless the two seasoned veterans got even at the most opportune time- moments before the state playoffs semifinal round.   She flew in from the West to do her damage and push Friday’s games back to Saturday, gi ...

by Phil Gibson It didn't look like Hewitt-Trussville would even make it to a third game after they lost Game 1 of their semi-final match-up with perennial powerhouse Hoover. Less than 24 hours later, the Huskies are heading to the finals. With a little luck and a gutsy four inning relief effort from pitcher Michael Busby, the Huskies managed a comeback from three down in Game 2 to win by a final score of 5- ...

by Phil Gibson   It looked like Hoover might sweep Hewitt-Trussville right out of the playoffs. But after a deflating first game shutout, the Huskies pulled off another late game comeback to force a third game tomorrow.   Game 1 was really much closer than the 4-0 final would suggest. Neither team was able to get anything going offensively through the first five innings. But a costly error in the ...

By Gary Lloyd Hewitt-Trussville is not satisfied. The No. 10 Huskies (32-10) have gritted their way to the Class 6A semifinals against perennial power No. 3 Hoover (41-15). The teams face off for the right to go to the state championship Friday at Phil English Field. Game times are at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. A third game, if necessary, will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. About 600 extra seats have been brought in fo ...

By Coley Lauminick Amber Hammonds is Hewitt-Trussville’s table setter. In Friday’s Class 6A, Area 12 championship against Gardendale, she didn’t disappoint. Hammonds was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs in the No. 6 Lady Huskies’ 12-4 championship win over Gardendale. Senior Kimberly Mullins was 4-for-4 with one RBI and a run scored. Mullins was named tournament MVP. [caption id="attachment_6091" ...

By Gary Lloyd Hewitt-Trussville will play its spring football game Thursday against Bob Jones at Bob Jones High School. Kickoff will be at 6 p.m. Hewitt-Trussville posted a 4-6 record last season and missed the Class 6A state playoffs for the first time since the 2006 season. [caption id="attachment_6088" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hewitt-Trussville’s Hal Riddle will begin his 12th season as the Huskies ...

By Gary Lloyd The Trussville City Board of Education on Monday approved Mike Dutton as the new Hewitt-Trussville boys’ basketball coach. Dutton, 68, takes over for Zane Arnold, who resigned last month after one season as the Hewitt-Trussville coach. Hewitt-Trussville posted a 15-16 record last season. Dutton was the head basketball coach at Pinson Valley from 1987-1989, Oneonta from 1989-1991, again at Pins ...

By Gary Lloyd Colby Wingard threw his hat off. The Pinson Valley senior right-hander wasn’t mad. In fact, he was probably fairly happy. His fastball was working, and his curveball was moving OK except for leaving it hanging on a few occasions. Wingard tossed a complete game six-hitter in Pinson Valley’s 4-0 Game 1 win over No. 5 Southside-Gadsden on Friday in the Class 5A quarterfinals, most of which was pl ...

By Gary Lloyd The Hewitt-Trussville boys’ track and field team placed 13th and the girls 15th in the AHSAA State Championship Meet in Gulf Shores on Saturday. Auburn won the boys’ Class 6A championship and Hoover won on the girls’ side of Class 6A. Individually, Spencer Nezat took second in the shot put and committed to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette after the meet. Michael Snow, who placed 15th in t ...