The Arab boys varsity basketball team picked up its second consecutive Holly Pond Thanksgiving Tournament championship last Wednesday, defeating the host team 45-35 in a low-scoring game that left everyone drained, including the coach.

George Stone’s first Alabama-Auburn game was memorable for more reasons than the obvious.

There were hugs and tears and cheers at a classic high school football game last Friday night at Pleasant Grove.

One thing that’s known for certain right now: Arab High School basketball teams will not open their seasons Friday at home against Priceville as originally scheduled.

The Arab High School boys basketball team won’t tip off its season on Friday as scheduled, and head coach Brandon Crews is just fine with that.

Logan Cranford’s story is pretty remarkable by any standard. Born with club feet and other health issues, the young man spent most of his early years wearing braces and/or casts on his lower legs. He had numerous surgeries, and not just on his ankles and feet.

In a game full of big plays, Arab made more of them, and now the Knights are in uncharted territory, playing Friday night in the third round of the 5A state playoffs at No. 3 Pleasant Grove.

It wasn’t easy at times, but through sheer force of will by its players and coaches, the Brewer football team made great strides as a program in 2022.

Arab’s offense came alive at an opportune time and the defense played its typically salty game as the Knights shattered any kind of ceiling that was ever placed over any football team in program history.

It would be a shame if the 2022 Arab High School volleyball team is remembered for what it didn’t do.

Two players from Arab – offensive lineman John David Hall and defensive lineman Will Caneer – have been selected to play for the North team in the 64th AHSAA North-South All-Star Football Game. Rosters were announced Tuesday.

Brewer did the near-impossible last Friday night.

Brindlee Mountain’s volleyball team didn’t have lofty expectations entering its 3A North Super Regional first-round match against Ohatchee last Wednesday morning.

Arab’s Drake Franklin punched Hazel Green’s defense in the midsection in the first half, and that opened the field for quarterback Aidan Cox in the second half, and Cox took full advantage as the Knights beat 6A Hazel Green 49-21 in a game between teams that had playoff berths wrapped up bef…

The Arab volleyball team faced little resistance in the early rounds of the 5A, North Super Regional at Von Braun Center last week.

Arab’s volleyball team tried three times to knock off Westminster Christian late in the season, and three times the No. 1 5A team in the state fought off the Lady Knights’ courageous charges.

Arab’s football team, now ranked eighth in Class 5A after its championships-clinching 34-20 win over Guntersville, still has one game left in the regular season.

Editor's note: Arab won its first-round game against Pleasant Grove on Wednesday morning and was set to play Alexandria at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon with a state playoff berth on the line.

Running back Drake Franklin overcame an early miscue and went on to run for 160 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries as Arab defeated archrival Guntersville 34-20 Friday night to capture its first region title since 1993. It also was Arab’s first win over Guntersville since 2012.

Any concerns Arab fans had about the availability of quarterback Aidan Cox for Friday night’s game against Guntersville were put to rest last Friday night at Boaz.

Arab players heeded their coaches’ words to the very end.

Overall, Monday night’s tripleheader at the Sportsplex was a good night for Arab football fans, with the exception of the seventh grade team.

Arab’s football team is about one week away from playing perhaps the school’s biggest game in a decade.

Like half the teams in the state, Brewer’s players and coaches are saying this week, at least it wasn’t a region game.

The Arab volleyball team turned a very good week into a great one Tuesday, winning the Marshall County Tournament for the second consecutive year in dominating fashion.