By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor
MONTGOMERY – The AHSAA announced the 94 member high schools who earned Sportsmanship Awards–and two of them hail from Shelby County.
Spain Park High School and The Westminster School at Oak Mountain earned AHSAA Sportsmanship Awards for the 2025-26 school year, according to a press release from the association on Wednesday, June 24.
To earn a Sportsmanship Award, a school must complete the entire athletic year without a single ejection or sportsmanship-related fine.
“We are extremely proud of the emphasis placed on sportsmanship with AHSAA member schools,” AHSAA executive director Heath Harmon said. “While we are not perfect, we continue to strive to provide a sportsmanship model we all can be proud of.”
Spain Park was one of just five schools in the former Class 6A to receive a Sportsmanship Award, joining Fort Payne, Oxford, Pike Road and Russell County. SPHS was the only school from Class 6A, District 5 to receive the honor.
The Jags had a successful year across multiple sports, earning runner-up honors in baseball while reaching the Final Four in softball, volleyball and flag football, Elite Eight in boys basketball and state tournament in boys golf.