Kyle Parmley
Mountain Brook Baseball
Mountain Brook's Hayden Bruno (4) pitches during a game between Chelsea and Mountain Brook on Monday, March 5, 2018, at Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook.
Over the course of the year, Village Living will keep you up to date on the various Mountain Brook High School athletic teams. To see previous weekly updates, click here.
BASEBALL
Mountain Brook began the week on Monday with a solid 3-0 win over Chelsea. Hayden Bruno spun a one-hit shutout, striking out eight batters. Tyler Imig had a pair of RBI singles and Walker McCraney notched a run-scoring single as well.
The Spartans participated in the Perfect Game High School Showdown in Emerson, Georgia, Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, Mountain Brook split a pair of games, falling to Winder Barrow (Georgia), 4-1, and beating Westlake (Georgia), 14-4. Against Winder Barrow, Wilson Higgins went 2-for-2. In the win over Westlake, the Spartans offense exploded. John Marks led the way with a 3-for-4 day, with a double and four RBIs. Charles Cobb drove in a pair of runs.
Mountain Brook won its lone game on Friday, a 10-7 victory over Redan (Georgia). The Spartans took the lead for good with a seven-run fourth inning, highlighted by Colton Yeager’s three-run home run. Yeager finished with four RBIs and Thomas Graham drove in two runs.
SOCCER
The Mountain Brook High School boys soccer team picked up a win on Monday night, beating Spain Park in penalty kicks after a 1-1 final score. Spain Park notched the opening goal before Sam Rysedorph got the equalizer.
On Tuesday, the girls team tied Hewitt-Trussville, 0-0. The boys team picked up a 4-0 win over Pinson Valley on Thursday.
Both teams were in action on Friday. The girls tied Thompson, 1-1, and the boys fell to Bob Jones, 1-0.
GOLF
On Monday, the Mountain Brook boys golf team picked up the victory at the Hoover Invitational.
SOFTBALL
The Mountain Brook softball team fell to Oak Mountain, 16-1, on Tuesday in the area opener for both teams.
TENNIS
The Mountain Brook girls tennis team defeated Northridge, 7-2, on Thursday. On Saturday, the girls won the Marcia Weinacker Tournament at Birmingham-Southern.
TRACK AND FIELD
The Mountain Brook outdoor track and field teams competed at the Hewitt-Trussville 7-way Meet on Thursday. For the girls, Holli Chapman won the 400-meter dash in 1:00.22. Anna Balzli placed second in the 800 with a time of 2:21.79. In the 1600, Lily Hulsey came home third in 5:17.45. Ella Cobbs finished second in the high jump, clearing 4 feet, 10 inches. Chapman reached 15-9.5 to finish third in long jump. Sophie Jane Knott placed second in the pole vault at 10-0.
On the boys side, Walter Morris finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.37. Jim Williams was third in the 200 with a time of 22.92. The Spartans pulled a clean sweep of the top three spots in the 800, with Gram Denning (2:00.31), Charlie Slaughter (2:01.24) and Hunter Harwell (2:01.81) coming home in the top spots. Harwell followed that up with a 4:29.49 in the 1600 to finish third.
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