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Hewitt-Trussville High School teacher and coach David Dobbs has been named the 2014 Volunteer of the Year by the Cahaba River Society.

The award Dobbs received states, “For your generous gift of time and talent in organizing the students of Hewitt-Trussville High School as volunteers for the Cahaba River Fry-Down, and for their tireless service in making each year’s event

a success.”Dobbs is an

environmental science teacher. He also coaches

track and field, and cross country.

Dobbs is in his 25th year at Hewitt-Trussville High School.

HT teacher, coach named Cahaba River Society Volunteer of the Year

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David Dobbs

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to watch Tribune Multimedia’s report on David Dobbs winning the award.

by Gary Lloyd

EditorFrom staff reports

The Trussville Fire Department named its Firefighter of the Year and EMT of the Year on Jan. 29.

Raymond Best presented the Firefighter of the Year award to Capt. Keith

McLaughlin. Eddie Seal provided the award for EMT of the Year to Jonathan Powell.

The fire department takes nominations from within the department throughout the year.

Trussville Fire names Firefighter, EMT of Year

Fibromyalgia is a condition that many people in our society

suffer from. Most who are diagnosed with this ailment are women. I feel like, a lot of times, it is over-diagnosed or a mis-diagnosis. Fibromyalgia is a true condition, though, that needs a true solution. You can ask anyone with fibromyalgia, and they will tell you it’s not enjoyable. Let’s go through a few things to help naturally with

this condition.The first thing is to always

make sure your brain is connecting well to your

body. Your organs, muscles, cells and tissues rely on the brain communicating down the spinal cord and out the body over the nerves. This connection, through stress, can become blocked by the bones of the spine shifting out of place. The brain to body connection is very important to fibromyalgia and overall health.

Your adrenal glands are another important area that you want to be functioning optimally. The

adrenal glands help make natural cortisone to help naturally take away pain and inflammation. These glands can malfunction by too much stress or sugar. Reducing stress and sugar intake will help your body deal with negative effects of fibromyalgia.

Another area to be aware of is your citrus fruit intake. Citrus can cause fibromyalgia-type pain. Oranges, grapes, tangerines, etc. make your body overly

alkaline. When your body is alkaline, it’s prone to pain syndromes. When your body is acidic, it’s prone to be in a cancerous state. The goal is to get a good balance of the pH of your body. When your body is slightly alkaline, it helps create an environment that naturally helps with fibromyalgia.

The final area I want you to examine is your hormones. As a result of our environment and surroundings, we are an

estrogen-driven society. When estrogen is high, progesterone is low. Progesterone helps in the making of cortisone for your adrenal glands to fight off pain and inflammation, so you don’t want it to be low. Your thyroid gland is also affected by off-balance hormones, and this may cause the liver to be deficient in B vitamins. It’s extremely important to have your hormones in balance.

Natural ways to help fibromyalgia

Dr. Channing King

photo courtesy of Cindy Jones

From left are Raymond Best, Firefighter of the Year Capt. Keith McLaughlin and Lt. Billy Jackson.

photo courtesy of Cindy Jones

From left are Battalion Chief Gary Vaughn, EMT of the Year Jonathan Powell and Assistant Chief Tim Shotts.

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From staff reports

Tribune Multimedia’s Katie Malone reports in last week’s Friday Focus about Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home and Gardens in Trussville.

You’ve probably heard and seen them daily. Now learn how the chimes at Jefferson Memorial are bringing a joyful noise to Trussville.

Friday Focus: A joyful noise

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to watch last week’s Friday Focus video about Jefferson Memorial.

The Trussville City Board of Education last week announced the first approved naming opportunity at Hewitt-Trussville Stadium.

Wendy Mann and Pam Smith purchased the naming of the radio room in honor of their father, John H. Payne, the past “Voice of the Huskies.”

The Trussville City Board of Education and Trussville City Schools Foundation in August 2014 released a list of naming opportunities for

the new football stadium.The list includes 54

naming opportunities that total $521,500.

Categories include

stadium structure and exterior areas, press box, home football locker room and concessions building, band/track locker room

and concessions building, visitor football locker room and restroom building, visitor concessions building, soccer field, and track and field area.

Each category includes sub-categories, such as bleachers, ticket booths, suites, rooms, offices, concessions stands and more.

All names are subject to approval by the Trussville City Board of Education.

For more information, visit www.tcsf.org.

Contact Gary Lloyd at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @GaryALloyd.

From staff reports

The Jefferson County Science Olympiad took place at Pinson Valley High School on Saturday, Jan. 17.

The Elementary Science Olympiad is for students in the third through sixth grades and Jefferson County had 27 of the 32 elementary schools participate. Pinson Elementary School is the only team that is made up of only second-graders.

Pinson Elementary School placed in five different events: Charlotte Burroughs and Shiloh Davis placed fifth in “What are you trying to tell me?”; Fatoumata Diakite placed fifth in “Where in the World”; Evelyn Ruiz and Ameera Robinson placed fourth in “Modern Minds”; Jonas Crisson and Lorali Powell placed third in the “Pastamobile Race”; and Jonas Crisson and Kate Holloway placed first in “In Bloom.”

First Hewitt-Trussville Stadium naming chance off the board

Pinson Elementary places in 5 Science Olympiad events

file photo by Ron Burkett

Hewitt-Trussville Stadium

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Pinson Elementary School second grade team members are, seated from left, Gabriel Martinez, Jamias Hicks, Phillip Thomas, Shiloh Davis, Maleah Pliscofsky, Elvis Martinez and Bailey Keith. Standing from left are Lorali Powell, Ameera Robinson, Charlotte Burroughs, Jonas, Crisson, Jennifer Fox, Fatoumata Diakite, Kate Holloway, Levi White and John Ryan Slack. Coaches are Missy Presley and Leslie Chatta. Not pictured is Evelyn Ruiz.

by Gary Lloyd

Editor

The Clay-Chalkville bands will host their third annual mattress fundraiser sale Saturday, Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Clay-Chalkville Middle School cafeteria.

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by Gary Lloyd

Editor

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The most pressing problem facing Gov. Robert Bentley and the legislature as they enter this new quadrennium is the financial shortfall in the general fund budget.

Last year Bentley floated a trial balloon to see if there was any traction to combine the two state budgets in order to give more wiggle room in the budgeting of limited state dollars. It was quickly shot down.

We’re one of only a handful of states that have two state budgets. We have a special education trust fund budget and a general fund budget. The education budget now dwarfs the state general fund budget simply because all our growth taxes, like income and sales tax, are earmarked for education. Thus, the general fund is left broke and barren of hope for new revenue.

The combining of the budgets doesn’t appear to be a solution that will get off the ground soon. There appears to be more opposition to consolidating the two budgets than ever.

This approach has always been a red flag rallying point for all education forces. Not only are classroom teachers and administrators adamantly opposed to a raid on their money, universities in the state also get up in arms.

Senate Finance and Taxation Chairman Arthur

Orr, R-Decatur, also wants to review the tax code to see if exemptions approved long ago are still needed today. The concept of looking at tax exemptions seems to be on everyone’s

list. A state lottery or getting some revenue from gaming is also a popular approach with most legislators’ constituencies.

Recently, the Democratic leader in the House, Rep. Craig Ford of Gadsden, said the paramount issue for House Democrats in the next term would be to thwart any effort to divert education dollars to the general fund. In addition, not many Republicans are in favor of this path either. Most importantly the chairmen of the budget committees in the House of Representatives have come out as solidly opposed

to consolidating the two budgets. House General Fund Chairman Steve Clouse, of Ozark, and House Education Fund Chairman Bill Poole, of Tuscaloosa, have stated their opposition to consolidation of the budgets.

Bentley realizes that there’s a grim situation when it comes to the dilemma in the general fund budget. However, Bentley wants the legislative leadership to look for long-term solutions rather than a band-aid approach.

Alabama State Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston,

believes the general fund budget can be cut even more. Marsh also wants to look into the possibility of undoing budget earmarks. Marsh is adamantly opposed to any new taxes. However, he does want to explore who is getting the tax breaks and why.

Several yeas ago, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation to disallow lobbyists from buying them meals. They have found a way to get around that prohibition. They’re simply taking campaign contributions from lobbyists and buying their own meals with their campaign money.

U.S. House members have spent a whopping $14.5 million of their campaign donors’ contributions on food since January 2011, and mind you, they’re not eating at McDonald’s. The eateries include meals at country clubs, swanky New York hotels and exclusive Washington steakhouses.

Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column on Alabama politics appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.

With the next l e g i s l a t i v e session about a

month away, discussions have focused heavily on the budgetary challenges facing our state. One of our two major state budgets, the general fund, faces a shortfall that could reach as much as $265 million for the upcoming fiscal year.

Medicaid, transportation infrastructure needs and Alabama’s overcrowded prisons are just a few of the significant state expenditures that depend on resources in the general fund. In addition to the shortfall, we have millions in financial obligations to repay from shifting and shuffling resources. According to Gov. Robert

Bentley, the cumulative additional financial burden Alabama must bear is somewhere in the $700 million range over the next few years.

At the same time, Bentley has repeatedly stated that we have made all the cuts we can to state government in our effort to raise needed revenue. While an improving economy can increase tax revenue on the whole, the lack of growth taxes flowing into the general fund means that “growing” our way out of the current situation will be difficult. Without cutting spending or growing our revenues through more economic activity, the only remaining option would seem to be a tax increase.

Contrary to Bentley’s suggestions, our state government is not yet as fiscally sound as we can make it. Taxpayers have heard that the only remaining savings are “nickel and dime” cuts that may not add up to enough to fill our budgetary gap. The problem is that those nickels and dimes come from Alabama’s taxpayers, and we have an obligation to make sure they’re not wasted before we even think about asking for a penny more.

We have serious budgetary issues, but the Republican majorities weren’t elected to raise taxes on Alabamians. That is more than a simple political statement. As legislators,

we know what it means: Either we find revenues through ending waste and duplication or we must choose which programs to end or reduce. Simply put, our responsibility is to work within the parameters provided by our constituents. If Alabamians

would rather pay more taxes than face cuts to state programs, they had a funny way of showing it at the ballot box in November.

Legislators shouldn’t be afraid to honor the wishes of our constituents who want a state government that meets their needs while keeping taxes as some of the lowest in the nation. That merely means we have a lot of work ahead of us in the state legislature.

Slade Blackwell is serving his second term in the Alabama State Senate representing Jefferson and Shelby counties in District 15. For more information about Slade, visit www.sladeblackwell.com.

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Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge meetings

Georgiana Davis Masonic Lodge No. 338 in Trussville meetings are at 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday each month. Practice nights are on the first and third Monday. Family nights are on the fifth Monday of the month. The lodge is at 190 Beechnut St. in Trussville. For more information, call Bryan Stover at 205-706-5220.

Springville Military Order of the Purple Heart meetings

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 2213, Springville, meets at the Smokin Grill at 85 Purple Heart Boulevard on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Trussville Sons of Confederate Veterans meetings

Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 1435 meetings are the third Thursday each month at First Baptist Church Trussville from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.

2015 Trussville City Council meetings

The 2015 Trussville City Council meetings will be Feb. 10, Feb. 24, March 10, March 24, April 14, April 28, May 12, May 26, June 9, June 23, July 14, July 28, Aug. 11, Aug. 25, Sept. 8, Sept. 22, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, Nov. 19, Dec. 8 and Dec. 17. All meetings are at 6 p.m. at Trussville City Hall on Main Street.

Cahawba Art Association meetings

The Cahawba Art Association meets monthly on the second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Trussville Public Library.

Republican Women of Trussville upcoming speakers

The Republican Women of Trussville has announced its upcoming speakers. All meetings are the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at Grayson Valley Country Club. For more information, visit www.rwot.com or email [email protected].

Center Point Masonic Lodge meetings

Center Point Masonic Lodge No. 872 located off Old Springville Road meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Mike Lann at 205-687-7160.

2015 Trussville City BOE meetings

The first half of 2015 Trussville City Board of Education meetings will be Feb. 23, March 16, April 20, May 11 and June 15. All meetings are at 6 p.m. at the Central Office with work sessions at 4:30 p.m.

2015 Clay City Council meetingsThe 2015 Clay City Council meetings

are scheduled for Feb. 16, March 2, March 16, April 6, April 20, May 4, May 18, June 1, June 15, July 6, July 20, Aug. 3, Aug. 17, Sept. 7, Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Dec. 7 and Dec. 21. All meetings are at 6:30 p.m. at Clay City Hall on Old Springville Road.

Elvis concert at Palmerdale Homesteads Feb. 8

A “Happy Valentine’s with Elvis” concert will be Sunday, Feb. 8 at Palmerdale Homesteads Community Center. It will be from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A donation is $7. The community center is located at 5320 Miles Spring Road in Palmerdale.

Valentine’s tea party, brunch at GVCC Feb. 11

A Valentine’s tea party and brunch will be Wednesday, Feb. 11 at Grayson Valley Country Club at 10 a.m. The cost is $14. The guest speaker is Connie Rodenbeck, who will talk about the surprising gifts of lasting friendships. Reservations are encouraged by calling Cathryn at 640-6182.

Valentine Open House in Trussville Feb. 12

BB&T Bank on Calumet Parkway in Trussville will host a Valentine Open House and after hours event Thursday,

Feb. 12. It will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. There will be music, door prizes and food. Those attending are encouraged to bring a canned food item for T.E.A.M.’s food drive.

Love Your Neighbor food driveThe “Love Your Neighbor” food drive

in Trussville benefiting the Trussville Ecumenical Assistive Ministry is the week of Feb. 16. More information will be released as the date approaches.

Trussville’s Got Talent Feb. 21Trussville’s Got Talent is set for

Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 and is open to any Trussville City Schools student. The talent show is at 4:30 p.m. for Paine Primary and Paine Intermediate schools, and 7 p.m. for Hewitt-Trussville High and Hewitt-Trussville Middle schools. For more information, email Alison Hollingsworth at [email protected] or Haleigh Mitchell at [email protected].

‘Sense and Sensibility’ auditions at ACTA Feb. 21, Feb. 23

ACTA Theater in Trussville will hold auditions for “Sense and Sensibility” on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. and Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Auditions will include a cold reading from the script. Resumes and head shots are encouraged but not required. You will be photographed upon auditioning. The cast includes 13 men and 10 women ages 16 to 80. One role is available for a young girl age 10 to 16. Non-speaking roles are available. Dancing roles are available. ACTA Theater is located on Parkway Drive in Trussville. For more information, visit www.actatheater.com.

TACC annual banquet Feb. 28The Trussville Area Chamber of

Commerce annual banquet is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Trussville

Civic Center. For more information, visit www.trussvillechamber.com or call 205-655-7535.

Junior League of Birmingham 5K for Kids March 21

The Junior League of Birmingham 5K for Kids is Saturday, March 21 at Regions Field. The 5K begins at 9 a.m. with a one-mile fun run scheduled for 10 a.m. For more information, visit http://www.jlbonline.com/5kforkids.

Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt March 21

The Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt will be March 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Trussville Civic Center. The hunt is for children ages 2 to 8. There will be 6,000 candy- and toy-filled eggs to search for.

Trussville Leadership Conference March 19

The Trussville Leadership Conference is scheduled for Thursday, March 19 at the Trussville Civic Center. For more information, visit www.trussvillechamber.com or call 205-655-7535.

Trussville City Schools Recruiting Day March 22

Trussville City Schools Recruiting Day is March 22 at Hewitt-Trussville High School from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.trussvillecityschools.com.

Trussville City Fest set for May 2Trussville City Fest is set for Saturday,

May 2 at The Mall in downtown Trussville. More information about the event will be released as the date nears.

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The concession stand at Phil English Field is going to be crazy this spring.

The Trussville City Board of Education last Monday approved Crazy

Horse restaurant in Argo to provide concessions for the 2015 Hewitt-Trussville baseball season. Board members’ main concern was of keeping concession items priced competitively. They were assured prices would remain competitive with other concession

stands.Head coach Jeff Mauldin

said he liked the idea of having former Hewitt-Trussville baseball player and graduate Hunter Evans, the owner of Crazy Horse, to provide concessions. Mauldin said Evans has a lot of “Hewitt-Trussville

pride,” which intrigued him.

Mauldin said he wants games to be “fun” for those attending, but not just the watching the games part. Certain games could feature themes this season, with a special item on the menu. Burgers could be

called “Husky Burgers” for Hewitt-Trussville fans. For, say, Vestavia Hills fans, a burger that day could be called the “Rebel Burger.”

The main reason for the move, Mauldin said, is to take parents out of the concession stand so they

can watch their sons play.“Our parents will be

ecstatic,” Mauldin said.


Hewitt-Trussville baseball shakes up concessions for 2015 seasonby Gary Lloyd

Editor

by Erik Harris

Sports Editor

Every day since his defense made the state championship-claiming stop on Pat Dye Field, Clay-Chalkville defensive coor-dinator Sean Talsma has walked in his office and sat in his black leather chair.

Never stagnant, Talsma con-stantly pours in and out of the busy office as he molds the “next guy up” into a champion.

From the weight room to the film room to back in the rolling chair, he never goes long without passing a magnetic depth chart posted behind his desk.

The names written on the dry-erase board serve as a daily re-minder that Talsma’s Class 6A state championship unit returns only two starters in 2015.

Linebackers Terry Brown and Nick Battle, both seniors-to-be, are all that’s left of a starting 11 that went unbeaten in 2014. That’s the bad news.

The good news? Seven starters return from an offense that re-

wrote the program’s record books while averaging 49 points per game in 2014.

One of those seven is quarter-back Ty Pigrome, who is 15-0 as a starter. The righty reached the end zone 61 times as a junior. His dual-threat ability was showcased on national television in Week 1 and on the state championship

stage five months later and in ev-ery game in between.

Pigrome’s ability to run was always there, but it was his sea-son-long growth as a passer that put the Super 7 hardware in Clay-Chalkville High School and the Class 6A Back of the Year award in his hands.

Pigrome can thank a stellar of-

fensive line for making his matu-ration process a little easier. The trick moving forward will be re-placing three starters from that front.

Both offensive tackles –Tyon Hardy and Johnathan Butterworth – along with guard Justin Daniel were two-year starters that have to be replaced.

Additionally, head coach Jerry Hood must find someone to fill the shoes of Terelle West, the school’s all-time leading rusher. And it wont be senior Art Smith, who filled in so well after West’s knee injury in the playoffs.

Hood is confident in the talent returning in the Cougars’ back-field, but questions the maturity of the unit other than junior A.J. Walker.

“We’ve got a bunch of decent kids back there, I don’t know that we have home run hitters like (West), but we won’t be void of a decent running back at Clay,” Hood said. “I’m not happy with the maturity of some of our run-ning backs besides (those depart-ing). The only one that I can tell you that I think is mature and he’s

dedicated himself to being a great one is Walker.”

Even with so many players to replace defensively, Hood and Talsma share the belief that their defense is capable of plugging in new guys that can continue their winning ways.

Talsma now looks to brothers Amari and Armoni Holloway to secure two of the four openings in his secondary. The seniors got quality reps as backups in 2014.

“If one of our corners went down or if there was a problem, they were the next guys in, so they had quality reps,” Talsma said. “It wasn’t just ‘the offense scored 60 and we’re going to put anybody out there,’ so they got quality reps against the teams we played.”

Defensive line coach Curtis Coleman is blessed with the job of finding guys to replace LaDari-us Harris, Kendell Jones and Nick McDaniel.

If Clay-Chalkville can replace this year’s departing seniors like it has in the recent past, Talsma should have no problem sitting in his chair and filling that empty board.

Clay-Chalkville has big shoes to fill


Clay-Chalkville players raise their helmets during the Class 6A state championship game in Auburn on Dec. 5, 2014. The Cougars defeated Saraland 36-31 for the state title.

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Boys and girls teams from Hewitt-Trussville, Clay-Chalkville and Pinson Valley are booked for area basketball tournaments this week.

Unlike other tournaments that have been played throughout the season, these have more than a trophy on the line. Winning the area tournament championship guarantees the victor a position in the most important bracket of the year – the Alabama High School Athletic Association state playoffs bracket. Area tournament winners are automatically rewarded with a sub-regional berth.

Here’s where local teams fell in their area tournaments:

Class 6A, Area 12 boys, hosted by Clay-Chalkville

Pinson Valley (1-3 in area play) must find a way to down Center Point (2-2) for the second time Thursday night to keep its playoff chances alive. The rivalry will be played for the third time this season on Feb. 5 at 6 p.m.

With a win, the Indians would face tournament host Clay-Chalkville (3-1) on Saturday at 2 p.m. for the Area 12 crown. Head coach Jeremy Monceaux and the Cougars are 2-0 against Pinson Valley, winning by an average margin of 20 points per game.

The Indians, coached by Clint Argo, beat Center Point on the road 53-51 in their last meeting Jan. 16. Pinson Valley has won two of its last three games,

including a 61-53 win over Class 7A opponent Hewitt-Trussville.

Class 6A, Area 12 girls, hosted by Center Point

Sixth-ranked Clay-Chalkville will square off against Pinson Valley on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for a shot at No. 3 Center Point in the tournament finals.

It will be this season’s third addition of the rivalry with the first two contests going to the Lady Cougars in convincing fashion. The winner will return to the floor Friday to challenge the hosts for an area championship at 6 p.m.

Clay-Chalkville and Center Point finished the regular season deadlocked atop the Area 12 standings. A coin flip, which chose in favor of the Lady Eagles, was used to break the tie

and determine the tournament’s location.

Class 7A, Area 6 boys, hosted by Mountain Brook

A youthful Hewitt-Trussville team finished winless in Area 6 play, seeding it last in the tournament bracket. For that, the Huskies get the opportunity to visit No. 3 Mountain Brook on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

The Huskies haven’t fared well against coach Bucky McMillan’s squad. Mountain Brook won the first meeting 70-38 on Jan. 13 and the second meeting 71-34 on Jan. 23.

With a major upset, Hewitt Trussville would face the winner of No. 2 Spain Park-Vestavia Hills on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the finals.

Class 7A, Area 6 girls, hosted by Spain Park

As the bottom seed in the Area 6 tournament, Hewitt-Trussville will visit host team No. 10 Spain Park on Wednesday for the first-round matchup, which is scheduled for 5 p.m.

The Lady Huskies’ only league win of the season came at home against Vestavia Hills 59-54. For that matchup to happen again, two big upsets would have to be pulled.

Vestavia Hills would have to beat second-seeded Mountain Brook and Hewitt-Trussville would have to beat a Lady Jaguars team that’s already beaten them twice. The title game will be played on Friday night at 7.

Some Hewitt-Trussville High School students will soon be gone fishin’.

The Trussville City Board of Education on Jan. 26 approved a fishing team club for the high school.

Principal Tim Salem said the team is sponsored by Spanish teacher Nicholas Lemonds and will be a part of the Student Angler Federation.

The club will compete in sanctioned fishing expeditions locally and regionally. There could be scholarship opportunities for members of the team.

Salem said there has been interest in forming the club for a couple years.


The awards continue to pile up for Clay-Chalkville’s football program.

Last weekend, the Alabama Football Coaches Association met in Montgomery to announce their annual awards. Clay-Chalkville head coach Jerry Hood was voted the Class 6A Coach of the Year.

The sixth-year Clay-Chalkville head coach led his team through an undefeated season that ended with a state championship in Auburn. His offense, under the order of junior quarterback Ty

Pigrome, set not only the program’s standard, but also the state’s standard for

scoring.The Cougars’ 731 points

scored in 2014 now stand as a

Class 6A single-season record. Hood saw eight of his players land on the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s All-State team following the Cougars’ state championship climb.

Pigrome was later honored as the Class 6A Back of the Year for his 61 total touchdowns, five of which came in an MVP performance over No. 3 Saraland in the state finals.

Hood welcomes back seven starters from his historic offense. Only two starters will return from a defense that allowed 21.8 points per game.

Clay-Chalkville visits Bessemer City on Friday, May 15 for its annual spring game.

Local teams set for area hoops tournaments

HTHS forms fishing club team

Hood named AFCA Coach of the Yearby Gary Lloyd

Editor

by Erik Harris

Sports Editor

by Erik Harris

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Clay-Chalkville head coach Jerry Hood during the Class 6A state championship game against Saraland

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When the World Games come to Birmingham in 2021, one of the events will be held in Trussville.

Bowling will take place at Spare Time Entertainment on Roosevelt Boulevard.

The World Games considers bowling a precision sport and calls it “one of the most popular sports in terms of participation.”

The World Games’ website states that the athletes’ “talent is palpable, their results are inspiring, and the show is electric when they best are at their best.”

The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event meant for sports or disciplines not contested in the Olympics.

When the World Games come to Birmingham in 2021, it will be the first time the games are played in the United States since 1981, when they were held

in Santa Clara, Calif. The games have since been held in England, Germany (twice), Netherlands, Finland, Japan, Taiwan and Colombia. They will be held in 2017 in Poland.


2021 World Games event will be in Trussvilleby Gary Lloyd

Editor

photo by Gary Lloyd

Spare Time Entertainment in Trussville


From staff reports

The Trussville Park and Recreation boys under 14 basketball team finished the season with an 8-0

record. The boys also claimed

the league’s regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the postseason tournament.

Clay-Chalkville rolled to a 58-43 win at Hewitt-Trussville on Friday night, but one Lady Husky reached a milestone.

Lady Huskies senior point guard Cayla Dillard, who played with flue-like symptoms, came to life in the second half of the game. After a sluggish start, Dillard lived up to her reputation by dropping 15 points out of the locker room.

But it was the three points scored by teammate Gabby

Hill that drew the loudest cheer. Hill’s clean look from the wing was assisted

by Dillard, who now stands in some elite company in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s record books.

“It felt really good to see it go in and the pressure be off,” Dillard said. “It just feels good to accomplish that goal. I’ve been working for it for a really long time.”

That assist was the 1,000th of her career, and made her the fourth girl in AHSAA history to reach 1,000 points scored along with 1,000 assists delivered in her career.

“I feel like it’s great for my game personally to be able to play against

someone like (Dillard) and I can look up to someone like that and say, ‘I can get there, too,’” said Clay-Chalkville sophomore point guard Raven Omar.

Dillard joined Hamilton’s Tonya Tice, Woodland’s Leah Strain and Butler’s Dee Cummings as the only girls to eclipse 1,000 on both stat lines.

For Clay-Chalkville, Kristian Hudson finished with a team-high 14 points and four steals. Omar worked her way to 10 points and two steals. Forward Daffany Lewis sent home seven points and grabbed five boards.

Trussville 14U team completes perfect regular seasonHewitt-Trussville’s Dillard reaches

milestone against Lady Cougars

submitted photo

Back row from left are James Blount, Kacy Bogard, coach David Guttery, Zac Seeley and Jeremiah Johnson. Front row from left are Ethan Swatek, Matthew Cotton, Drew Kinzer and Parker Palmer.


Hewitt-Trussville senior guard Cayla Dillard dribbles against Mortimer Jordan earlier this season.

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Sixth-year Clay-Chalkville head football coach Jerry Hood took the podium at Cougar Stadium on Friday morning and did his usual.

Standing before a packed home grandstands with local city officials

at his back, he opened with a shout-out to the Clay-Chalkville Middle School football team for winning the Metro South Championship.

But it wasn’t the middle school team that drew the occasion. Hood and his Class 6A state championship team were being honored by MaxPreps, a national high school sports media

website, as one of its top 50 programs in 2014.

The Cougars landed at No. 35 in the final poll. They along with Class 7A Hoover were the only state teams to crack the top 50, with the Bucs coming in at No. 44.

Shortly after congratulating his future players on their Metro South hardware and talking of the adversity his team overcame on its way to a 15-0 season, Hood and his roster were presented with the Army National Guard national ranking trophy.

“For the past decade, MaxPreps, in partnership with the Army National Guard, has honored the top high school sports teams in the nation. Clay-Chalkville High School is one of a

very select and elite group of football teams to be honored this year,” said Andy Beal, president and founder of MaxPreps. “We congratulate (Hood), players and the Clay-Chalkville High School community for earning the Army National Guard

national ranking trophy.”The website is celebrating

its 10th year touring the nation’s most outstanding high school football programs. It started in 2005 by celebrating the country’s top 10. It’s the Cougars’ first time on the tour.

MaxPreps pulls its top 50 ranking from a pool of more than 16,000 teams from across the nation. Clay-Chalkville was also officially presented its Class 6A state championship trophy from the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

“It’s just a great day for Clay and I’m so proud of

this football team, I mean what an accomplishment,” Hood said. “We’re excited to be recognized by the state, MaxPreps, all these guys.”

Clay-Chalkville lands on MaxPreps’ Tour of Championsby Erik Harris

Sports Editor

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to watch a recap of Friday’s event at Clay-Chalkville High School, with comments from head coach Jerry Hood.

photo by Ron Burkett

Clay-Chalkville football players pose with their trophies.

photo by Ron Burkett

Clay-Chalkville junior wide receiver T.J. Simmons kisses the Army National Guard national ranking trophy.

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