THS hires new girls’ basketball coach

ALABASTER – Current Homewood High School girls’ basketball coach JoVanka Ward will serve in the same role at Thompson High School after the Alabaster Board of Education voted to approve her hire during a June 13 meeting. In her four years as head girls’ basketball coach at Homewood, Ward has compiled a 94-31 overall record, including a 6A state championship during the 2014-2015 season and a 6A runner-up trophy during the 2015-2016 season.Her teams were ranked No. 1 in the state throughout most of the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons. READ MORE