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Show Transcript THE SOCIAL DISTANCING PLAN IN PLACE. THE CROSS-PLEX ATHLETIC FACILITY IN BIRMINGHAM IS HOSTING THE HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS AN EVENT OF THIS SIZE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE PACKED STANDS BUT COVID-19 FORCED ATTENDANCE TO BE LIMITED TO 20% INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL CLASSES HERE AT ONE TIME. WE’RE HAVING SEPARATE CLASSES. SO GIVE ALL THE PARENTS A CHANCE TO WATCH THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES AND GIVE THEM THEIR CHANCE TO SIGN IN THE SUN ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ALVIN. BRIGGS SAYS THE AVAILABLE HAVE DIVIDED SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING EVEN WITH THE PAUSES IN THE EVENT. THE DAYS ARE ACTUALLY SHORTER FOR THE ATHLETES. YES. TODAY’S LAST LONGER, BUT YOU KNOW, AND THAT’S JUST ON THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE WORKERS AS
75 girls compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling State Championships
AHSAA girls wrestling championships By Christina Chambers | January 23, 2021 at 11:02 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 2:03 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Lex Araujo is the only female on Hoover’s wrestling team and on Saturday, she says she could never have prepared herself for what she experienced.
“It felt so good, it was such a surreal feeling being surrounded by everybody,” Araujo said.
Araujo was one of the first wrestlers to take the mat in the first-ever AHSAA girls wrestling state championships at Hoover High School.
“I was nervous, I was nervous since yesterday, but I’m truly grateful to be here and I’m so excited we finally have a state tournament and to be part of it is just amazing,” she said.
Nearly 100 female wrestlers to compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling Championships
Nearly 100 female wrestlers to compete in first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling Championships By Christina Chambers | January 20, 2021 at 2:58 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 5:47 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - When Rose Cabaniss started wrestling two months ago, she never thought she’d be part of helping change the sport.
“Right now it just means everything, I’m excited and it’s fulfilling this passion in my life,” said the John Carroll freshman.
On Saturday, nearly 100 high school female wrestlers across the state of Alabama will compete in the first-ever AHSAA Girls Wrestling State Championships at Hoover High School.
Friends, family mourn Huffman HS coach who died after contracting COVID Derrick Johnson (Source: AHSAA) By WBRC Staff | January 12, 2021 at 5:28 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 5:28 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama High School Athletic Association announced the death of 43-year-old Huffman High School wrestling coach Derrick Johnson.
In a news release on the AHSAA website, leaders said Johnson died Sunday, January 10, just five days after his 43rd birthday after contracting COVID.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, the faculty staff and students,” AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese said. “Derrick Johnson had a tremendous positive impact on the lives of the many students he taught and was considered an icon in the community he served.”