Athletics
Hoover High School plays in the Class 6A of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), and are known as the Buccaneers or more commonly, the Bucs. Hoover, the largest school in Alabama by student population and by square footage, has won over 40 state championships in 20 sports in the last 10 years. Overall, Hoover has made an appearance in 22 state championship playoffs.
The Bucs won the 2008 Class 6A baseball championship, defeating nationally-ranked Opelika in two games after losing the first game in nine innings in the best-of-three series. The title was Hoover's first state championship in 27 years; the last was when the school was still known as W.A. Berry High.
Hoover High School track and cross country teams have won multiple state champions and were runner up many times for both the boys' and girls' teams. Both track teams were state champions in 2010. The boys' cross country team is the second-winningest high school program in the state of Alabama after Mobile's McGill-Toolen High School girls' volleyball team.
In the 2009-2010 school season, Hoover High teams won the State Championships in Football, Wrestling, Girls' Basketball, Girls' Track & Field, and Boys' Track & Field. Winning 5 State Championships in one year (of the 12 recognized sports by the AHSAA).
The Bucs recorded their 97th state championship in 2012 in Girls' Basketball.
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