Photo courtesy of Thersea Moore.
Members of the Blue Rebels, from left: Hartwell Forstman, Hill Hughen, Cannon Cherry, Coach Greg Cherry, Chapman Newsom, Bo Shea, Clark Dickerson, Jackson Hess, John Paul Head and Benjamin Payne.
The fourth-grade Vestavia Blue Rebels took home the North Shelby Basketball Association championship with a 10-1 record on the season.
Coach Greg Cherry said the Blue Rebels were a fun team to coach. The team has been together for three years, and they began to jell early in the season. Cherry said their progress continued throughout the playoffs.
The team was versatile in terms of the different options of style of play, Cherry added. The team featured great guards and good shooters, along with the big guys to compete on the boards.
The players worked hard for the championship, from the start of practice in November until the ending of a great championship run in the playoffs.
Cherry said he couldn’t be prouder of the way the Blue Rebels carried themselves on and off the court and represented the City of Vestavia in a first-class manner.
– Submitted by Theresa Moore.
