Breaking News: Alabama Sports Writers name Senior Tyler Ray and Junior Steven Glasgow All-State
"Over-The Mountain" All-League Selections
and Coach Davis is OTM Coach of the Year
Front Row: Duston Daugherty, State Champ Trophy, & Sam Frost
Back Row: Coach Davis, Tyler Ray (OTM Player of the Year)
Steven Glasgow, Robby Lilly, & Harold Collins
The Bucs "Road to Montgomery" video documents the Bucs amazing playoff run and on to victory at the
Alabama 6A
State Baseball Championship!
Championship Game Trivia: Did you know that the first 6 Hoover batters in the last inning of the Final Championship game all had 2 strikes - 4 of those batters got base hits - 1 batter walked - 1 batter had an RBI Sacrifice fly, and 5 of the first 6 batters scored.
Playoffs & Championship Game Trivia: Did you know that the unranked Bucs outscored their playoff and championship opponents 106 to 39 runs!
The Bucs Sweep Opelika on Saturday to take the 6A State Championship in Montgomery!
The Bucs Sweep Opelika on Saturday to take the 6A State
Championship in Montgomery!
In a stunning victory - the Bucs scored 5 runs in the top of the 7th to comeback and defeat Opelika 7 to 6.
The 2008 Hoover High Baseball team becomes the first Hoover Baseball State Champions since Berry High in 1981.
Game 1: Fri - Bucs 4L - 5 (extra innings)
Game 2: Sat - Bucs 12W - 4
Game 3: Sat - Bucs 7W - 6
The Hoover Bucs Seniors - 2008 State Champions
Bucs Sweep Sparkman in the Semi-Finals
On the road to Montgomery
to play for the 6A Championship!
* Game 1 - Bucs win 11-7 and
Game 2 - Bucs win 12-2 *
Bucs celebrate advancement to 6A Championship!
Once again Hoover played as a team with everyone contributing.
The semi-finals ended dramatically on a
walk-off blast by Glasgow.
Game 1 - Bucs win 10-2
Tyler Ray strikes out 15 Hillcrest Patriots.
Game 2 - In a hard fought contest, Hillcrest battled back to score in the 8th inning and defeat Hoover 6-5.
Game 3 - Hoover Bucs Advance to State Semi-Finals!
Defeat Hillcrest in Sudden Death Match - Bucs 13 - Hillcrest 3
Bucs Sweep Bob Jones in 2nd Round of State Playoffs!
Tyler Ray throws compete game in game one with a 11-1 victory and Robbie Lilly follows up with another complete game with a 9-2 win.
The entire Bucs team contributed to both victories over Bob Jones and overwhelmed the "favored" Bob Jones team.
Hoover Bucs Sweep Homewood in 1st Round of State Playoffs!
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T-Ray goes the distance with a masterful 2-hit shutout - supported offensively by a host of Bucs including HRs by S. Frost & H. Collins for a 10-0 victory over Homewood in game 1.
Crafty Bucs pitcher Robbie Lilly deals a 4 hitter through 6 innings for a 2-1 victory over Homewood in game 2 of a closely fought pitching duel. Glasgow closed the game with some nasty stuff to preserve the win.
Hoover Bucs WIN! - AREA CHAMPIONS! (First time since 2001)
Hoover Bucs beat Spain Park 4-3 in 10 innings
"T-Bone"-Tyler Mims knocks in "Double-D"- Duston Daugherty
in the 10th inning to win the nerve-racking Region Championship!
Congratulations to Duston Daugherty.
Duston, with his teammates support, signs to play baseball
with the University of Montevallo
T-Bone gets ready to block the plate and put it to him
Coach Davis gets his 500th career win... Congratulations!
Team Bucs photo-op with Coach Davis 500th career win
Bucs breaking pre-game huddle at Daphne
* For some Varsity Game Summaries - click here>> *
Steven Glasgow on the mound vs. Daphne
Tyler Ray receives the sign from his catcher T-Bone
The 2008 Seniors
Hoover High Student Section Baseball Deck - "the cheap seats"
All hands on deck Buccaneers - Bring your BBQ and support your Hoover Bucs baseball team from your personal "cheap seats"... (for Hoover High Students Only)
Team History State Champs: 1972,1981, 2008 County
Champs:1972,1984,1986,1988,1990,1993,1996,2001, 2002,2004 Region
Champs: 1981,1984,1985,1986,1988,2000,2001, 2008 Buccaneer
Classic Champs: 2000,
2005, 2007 State Quarter Finals:1997,1998,2002, 2003 State Semi Finals: 1999,2000,2001, 2005
