For starters, when Courtney Strain graduated in 2010, she set the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) girls basketball career scoring record with 5,283 points.
Shown above is Leah Strain of Woodland High School
However, younger sister Leah Strain ‑ who is a senior point guard at WHS ‑ is currently in third place on the all-time AHSAA career scoring chart with 4,250 points. She also holds the state career records for field goals made, free throws attempted and steals, and ranks highly in several other categories. An “A” student in the classroom, Leah has led the team to five consecutive 30-win seasons and to a 179-16 win-loss record during her career.
Adding to that family affair theme is father Larry Strain, who is both the girls basketball coach and the football coach at this Class 2A school located near the Georgia state line in Randolph County.
Shown above is Woodland High School girls basketball coach Larry Strain
However, that family affair theme was taken to an even greater level last year when the Woodland High School girls basketball team defeated Prattville Christian, 54-49, for the AHSAA Class 2A state title behind the coaching of Larry and the deft play of Leah and her three cousins all named Strain. Amy ‑ who graduated in 2013 ‑ has 842 career points and 644 career rebounds, while current seniors Shanna (11.3 ppg) and Shalyn (8.2 ppg) are identical twins. For good measure, Leah’s mother is the team scorekeeper.
Despite standing just 5-foot-4, Leah is averaging a very impressive 8.4 rebounds a game this season. She has amassed 1,161 career rebounds, which ranks 27th in the state record book.
All of the Strain kids have been outstanding students, as son Trey Strain won the AHSAA’s overall Bryant-Jordan Academic Athlete of the Year award in 2005.
The girls basketball program was started when Courtney was a seventh grader. Now a senior at Auburn University, back then Courtney was a player and a cheerleader who had to change uniforms after the girls game to cheer for the boys.
This year’s Woodland squad is 22-1, with its sole setback a 64-62 squeaker to 22-0 defending AHSAA Class 3A state champion Lauderdale County in the finals of a Christmas holiday tournament.
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