Vigor Girls' head basketball coach Andrea Powell In order to be successful in this game, coach Powell says she’s expecting every player to step up and do their job. It’s been a long time since ...

BIRMINGHAM — Scottsboro girls basketball is on to the Class 5A state championship game after defeating Vigor 72-36 in the AHSAA Final Four at Legacy Arena on Wednesday. Scottsboro now advances ...

Vigor coach Lee Riley didn’t have to say anything to his team in the second half of a tight Class 5A championship game against Sylacauga. “They huddled themselves,” he said of his team.

When Lee Riley first met with his players after he took the job as Vigor’s coach last summer, his players belabored last year’s loss in the state championship game. “When I first got the job ...