Woodlawn's Jayla Kirkland and Hoover's Brittley Humphrey earned spots on the U.S. team for the IAAF World Youth Championships, set for later this month in Colombia. Kirkland earned one of two spots in the 100-meter dash, and Humphrey grabbed one of two...

Who will it be? Miss Basketball? A seventh-grade state champion? The last state champ in a school's history? We're letting you decide.

Nominations are due by July 31.

By the time the 2014-15 season ended, Birmingham area schools won girls state titles in golf, track, softball, volleyball and soccer.

This year's list features 10 state champions.

Voting is open until June 26

At the Class 6A Championships in Gulf Shores, Williams an Alabama signee -- set a 6A state-meet record with a leap of 20 feet, 5 inches in the long jump. She also won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles events and took home the individual triple jump ti...

Alabama's high school track season features indoor and outdoor championships, and many of the members of the Super All-State Track and Field Team excelled in both during 2015.

The race for the 2015 Birmingham News Metro Track Athlete of the Year honors reflected the drama inherent in the sport.
Homewood senior do-everything girl Kiara Williams is on her way to jump at Alabama after a dominant season in which she led her team...

Joshua Burks ran the fastest 100-meter dash time at the Class 7A state meet, and the third fastest time among all classifications. Na'Asha Robinson won three events at the Class 5A state meet.