Calhoun County, AL Calhoun County, Alabama Jax’s Broom and Piedmont’s Odam chosen to participate in Alabama-Mississippi All Star Game Piedmont, Ragland score victories in baseball. Ohatchee wins one game, loses the other
The Jacksonville’s John Broom and Piedmont’s Alex Odam have been chosen for the Alabama Mississippi All-Star basketball match. For Broom the game is an opportunity for him to take part on the next home court. The game is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11, at South Alabama University’s Pete Mitchell Center. Broom has signed to join South Alabama. Broom as well as Odam were among the 12 players picked as part of the Boys’ Alabama All-Star team. The girls’ team has 12 players, but none from the East Alabama Sports Today coverage region. Broom was the leader in guiding the defending Class 4A state champion Jacksonville back to the Final Four at Birmingham’s Legacy Arena which is where they will play the Golden Eagles will play Hale County on Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. Broom enters the Final Four averaging 20.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists. Odam was the leader of Piedmont towards winning the Class 3A Northeast Regional final with a average of 25.6 points. He also had 9.2 rebound along with 7.1 assists. Odam finished the season with 329 points.
Here’s some of the twenty-23 Alabama All-Star basketball rosters:
GIRLS
Chloe Siegel (Deshler), 5-7, SG
Olivia Vandergriff (Guntersville), 5-7, G
Nyla Grace Collier (Hazel Green), 5-9, G
Audreonia Benson (Hewitt-Trussville) Audreonia Benson (Hewitt-Trussville) G
April Hooks (Hewitt-Trussville), 8 to 9, G
Kristen McMillan (Hoover), 6-1, PF
Reniya Kelly (Hoover) 5-7, PG
Naomi Jones (Jackson), 6-3, F/C
Timya Thurman (Linden), 6-5, C
Hannah Jones (Prattville Christian) 6-1, SF
Kennedy Langham (Sparkman), 8-9, G
Cali Smallwood (Susan Moore) 8-8, G
Coaches
Kenny Hill (Guntersville)
Katie Barton (St. James)
Tonya Hunter (Hewitt-Trussville), admin.
BOYS
Cameron Collins (Austin), 6-4, G/F
Jaden Nixon (Autaugaville), 6-3, G
Thomas Dowd (Dothan), 6-8, SF
R.J. Johnson (Grissom), 6-4, PG
Israel Miles (Grissom), 6-1, G
Jamari Arnold (Huntsville) 5-10, PG
John Broom (Jacksonville), 6-5, SG
Antonio Jackson (Blount), 6-4, SG
Alex Odam (Piedmont), 6-1, PG
Kerrington Keel (Ramsay), 6-6, F
Sam Wright (Spain Park) 6-10 F/C
Win Miller (Vestavia Hills), 6-3, PG
Coaches
Rhett Harrelson (Enterprise)
Darren Golson (Autaugaville)
Dru Powell (Saraland) Administrator.
Baseball
2 PIEDMONT, JACKSONVILLE 0.Brodie Homesley and Sloan Smith combined to pitch five shutout innings with nine strikeouts. Piedmont defeated Jacksonville Ace Grant Patterson in a showdown of top-five seeded teams for the upcoming Calhoun County event. The county seeding session will be held on Sunday, February 2 between 2 and 3 p.m. in the Wellborn High School. Wellborn High School.
Homesley gave up four hits, six strikeouts and one walk over five innings. Smith was the pitcher for two of those innings, with three strikeouts. McLane Mohon hit 2-for-3, including a double, and the game’s only RBI. Kale Austin as well as Cole Wilson also had hits for Piedmont. Patterson pitched over six innings with Jacksonville with four hits, allowing as well as two walks, as well as two runs earned. Patterson beat three batters. Patterson also scored two hits. Tito Canales pitched a scoreless seventh inning that featured 1 strikeout as well as a walk.
OHATCHEE 11-4 CHILDERSBURG 1-8Blake Noah hit 2-for-4 and scored an RBI and a double to help lead Ohatchee to an 11-1 win in the first game of. Noah additionally pitched a complete game of six innings that allowed four hits, one walk, and one unearned run, with 12 strikeouts. Jacob Roberts went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and Jesse Baswell went 1-for-3 with the double and RBI.
Ohatchee was also able to get an RBI with a pair of Devin Howell, T. Green and N. Griffith. Seven errors cost Ohatchee to a loss of 8-4 at the end of the 2nd game. Howell was 3-for-4 and scored an RBI, while Will Folsom was 1-for-3 with the double. [read more…]
