By, John Goolsby, Prep Editor and Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor TRUSSVILLE – 2023 was another banner year for Tribune coverage area teams. We witnessed a 6A state championship and saw seven... Read more
By John Goolsby, Prep Editor IRONDALE – The Mustangs of Stanhope Elmore avenged last year’s loss with a win over the Shades Valley Mounties 42-13 in Frank Nix Stadium. Stanhope... Read more
By John Goolsby, Prep Editor IRONDALE – Shades Valley senior linebacker Ethan Johnson has been rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports. “It’s a blessing, and it is most definitely som... Read more
By John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE – In the fall of 1967 Shades Valley head coach Bud Bishop retired receiver Alvin Bresler’s jersey. Bresler was the first jersey retirement in... Read more
By John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE-The Shades Valley Mounties recorded their first winning season in five years in 2022. The 2023 team is looking to take the program to the next level... Read more
By John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE – The 2023 Shades Valley football team will have a former Mountie coordinating the defense this fall. Richard Richardson, a 1987 graduate, ret... Read more
By John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE-Friday night was a big night for Shades Valley High School and Irondale native Daron Payne. Payne, a former All-SEC player at the University of Alab... Read more
By John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE-The Shades Valley Mounties faced off against Homewood, Helena, John Carroll, and Gardendale in the Hustle Up 7 on 7 tournament in Hoover this past T... Read more
by John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE – Like many young boys growing up in Birmingham in the 1970s, Ben Tamburello dreamed of playing in the Iron Bowl for Bear Bryant and the Crims... Read more
By John Goolsby, For the Tribune IRONDALE – Coach Rueben Nelson enters his third year at Shades Valley with the expectation that his Mountie team will improve on last season’s 5-4 reco... Read more