Now Quattlebaum, Deborah Garrison and Joseph Hicks are the teachers who carry the banner. Coleman, an ex-football coach, said a win by the math team gives him the same sort of satisfaction as a football victory. They've been having it like 30 years. We've won it every year but one. While there are six classifications in athletics in Alabama, there are three in math.
West Point is in the middle one.
The West Point math team competes in some 10 meets a year. Yes, mathematics teams practice. They also stay after school to practice. She was reluctant to single out anyone when I asked about her stars, but Quattlebaum said her seniors are Coleman Hardy, Wesley Skinner and Christopher McCravey. Quattlebaum was astonished that a sports columnist from a Birmingham newspaper was writing a column about the West Point math team.