Calhoun County, AL Calhoun County, AL Oxford as well as Ohatchee win Ohatchee wins, and Piedmont, Donoho and Saks sweep baseball; Oxford, Alexandria, Piedmont, JCA and Lincoln victorious in softball
After winning the Wednesday’s Calhoun County final, Oxford was able to get a team of four-hitters of Eli Bozeman, Peyton Watts and Carter Johnson and beat Hewitt-Trussville 4-2 on Thursday at Choccolocco’s iconic field. Watts began and pitched the five innings, giving up four hits, four earned runs, and two walks , with three strikeouts and Johnson pitched the sixth without a hit, with one strikeout , and one walk. Bozeman completed his perfect seventh inning , with two strikeouts. Forrest Heacock had the Yellow Jackets highlights in the field, hitting 2-for-3 with a solo homer. Hayes Harrison went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Johnson as well as Nick Richardson each hit a double. Oxford was being ranked as No. 2 in the Class 6A rankings in the season’s opening Alabama Sports Writers Association poll which improved to 12-3.
OHATCHEE 10 FYFFE 1: Devin Howell went 5-for-5 with three runs, a double and two RBIs, leading the Indians (7-5). Will Folsom joined the hit parade, hitting 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a triple and Jake Roberson had a double as well. He also scored two runs. Tyler Green, Ethan Jones and Xavier Luna each singled and added the score. On the pitching mound, Bryce Noah and Luna together pitched a three-hitter. Noah took on through the first six innings with three hits, along with one earned run while allowing eight strikeouts and no walks.
PiEDMONT 10-13 WEAVER 0-0First-game pitcher Brodie Homesley along with the second-game tandem consisting of Jack Hayes and Cole Austin joined forces to limit Weaver to just six hits. Homesley pitched a four-hitter, with 10 strikeouts in the opening. Hayes pitched four innings to earn the victory in the nightcap, giving up two hits and one walk while striking out seven and Austin completed a perfect fifth inning, allowing just one strikeout. Max Hanson was the offensive star in the opening game hitting 2-for-4 and a home run, a triple two runs as well as four RBIs. Jonah Pike had a single 2 RBIs, a run, and a single in addition to Hayes hit a home run. Kale Austin was 2-for-4 as did Jake Austin drove in a run. Trevor Pike and Jake Austin lead the way during Game 2. Pike hit 2-for-3, with two RBIs and a triple as well as Austin hit 2-for-3, which included two runs, a double with three RBIs. Hayes hit a double in his two hits. Cole Wilson singled home a run. To Weaver, Eli Smith went 3-for-3 in the opening game and Dalton Homesley had a hit in both games.
5-14, WELLBORN 3-4Jeremy Waters pitched complete four-hit game that saw five strikeouts over seven innings of the first game. He made enough pitches to get the victory in Game 2. giving up two hits over 3 1/3 innings and racking up four strikeouts. On the offensive side, Trent Hopkins went 3-for-4 with a single and an RBI for Game 2. Owen Petty went 2-for-2 with two runs and a double while Christopher Carter went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs. Waters contributed to his cause by going 1-for-2 and scoring two RBIs and two runs. In the opening game, Petty and Mason Jairrels were responsible for Saks who scored two RBIs. Hopkins and Jairrels were responsible for Saks two hits. In Wellborn’s Tanner Ingram had two hits and scored a run in Game 1. Ethan Carroll drove in two runs in Game 2.
DONOHO 11-9 SAND ROCK 2:Peyton Webb pitched a 3-hitter with nine strikeouts during Game 1. Hayes Farrell and Nic Thompson together pitched three-hit for Game 2. Lucas Elliott led the way offensively, with four hits on the day including a triple, as well as two doubles. He drove in four runs. In the first game, Donoho had two RBIs of Elliott, Marcus Lawler, Thompson and Farrell. Lawler, Elliott. Blake Sewell and Kai Cleckler each scored two hits. Cleckler scored an RBI double. In Game 2 Peyton Webb went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run. Elliott scored two runs. Lawler, Thompson, Elliott and Webb eacb each had two hits.
RAGLAND 4-15 FAITH CHRISTIAN 6-5Ezra Hill hit 3-for-3, which included an inside-the-park hit and triple, as well as three RBIs and four runs and Jake Donaldson went 3-for-3 with an old-fashioned home run 3 runs and 3 RBIs as Ragland recovered from the loss in loss in Game 1 defeat to move to 8-3. Drake Kay went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a double and Brayden Byars was 2-for-3 and had two RBIs and a run. Jabari Thomas scored two hits with the double and two runs as well as Ethan Courtney had a double and two runs as well as an RBI. Antwan Byars as well as Jordan Turner combined for a five-inning no-hitter. Faith hit five hits on the back by 10 walks. Faith won in the first game. Carson Limbaugh had two of the Lions five hits including the triple. Brady Whitworth and Kash Sharma each scored one run. Jayden Smith scored an RBI double and scored one run. Whitworth hit nine batters in 6 2/3 innings, hitting four batters before throwing nine. In the game against Ragland, Casey Phillips went 3-for-4 and scored a double as well as an RBI. Hill Donaldson and Hill Donaldson each hit two times and two hits and a double.
COLLINSVILLE 15 PLEASANT VALLEY 12The Raiders made it to the short side of a slugfest, despite having three RBI and two hits for Samuel Duncan and Holt Bentley Two hit and 3 RBIs by Zeke Curvin and two hits and two RBIs from Connor George. Peyton Mann also drove in two runs, while Braxton Salster scored an RBI. Bentley was able to score two triples as well as two doubles, and Curvin hit two doubles. George as well as Salster each hit the double.
Softball
OXFORD 15, GADSDEN CRITY 0: R Zacherry pitched one-hit, with eight strikeouts. Oxford completed the TItans in just three innings. Emma Tims Becerra, Kenlee Rodgers, and Adajiah Wilson each scored two runs. Tims Becerra hit two times. Rodgers as well as Wilson each scored two doubles, as did Justice Woods and Reagan Sanders. Woods, Berkeley Mooney and Ashlyn Burns each scored one run. Oxford made it to 11-2.
ALEXANDRIA 10. ST. CLAIR COUNTY 1:Pressley Slaton pitched a 3-hitter with three walks and three strikeouts. She also hit 2-for-3 and had an RBI and a double. RBI. Jill Cockrell and Clancy Bright lead the way in the field. Cockrell was 4-for-4 and had the three run and an RBI while Bright was 3-for-3 and had two runs, a double as well as three RBIs. Allyssa Hunt and Christian Hess each singled and added two runs and Charlee Parris scored one hit and an RBI. Alexandria is currently 12-7.
10 PIEDMONT WELLBORN 0.Emma Grace Todd and Savannah Smith combined to pitch one-hit. Todd was the pitcher for four of the innings with seven batters struck out. Smith pitched a flawless fifth innings. Smith scored three doubles and scored three runs. Jenna Calvert had two singles and scored one run. Cayla Brothers hit an unbeaten double and single, as well as scored two runs. Armoni Perry hit a triple.
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN 20 FAITH CHRISTIAN 5:JCA pounded out 19 hits, including three by Erin Prater, Rebekah Carter, Addy Lee and Kara Grace. Prater hit a homer with a triple, double and triple, and scored five runs. Carter, Payten Walker and Lee each had three RBIs. Walker scored a homer, and she as well as Cali Sexton each hit two times.
Lincoln 14, Ohatchee 9.Marlee Shaddix hit two doubles as well as two runs and three RBIs. Kinsley Crow hit 2-for-4, with an RBI, a run, as well as three RBIs, to be ahead of Lincoln. Emily Moncus homered, drove in two runs , and added three runs. Chandler Stephens went 2-for-4 with three runs, a double as well as an RBI. Tabi Davidson led Ohatchee and was 2-for-4 with a double, homer with three runs, and three RBIs. Mackenzie Luna singled and drove two runs. Alyssa Davis went for a home run solo. Ellie Carden also singled and scored one run. Alanah Fitch had a triple and also a run.
Soccer
SAKS 2, HOKES BLUFF 1:Layla Garcia scored on an uncontested free kick that won the game, while Alona Crews scored a goal , as the Wildcats made it 6-1 overall, 3-1 in the zone.
Donoho receives a one-hitter and three RBIs and a home run from Sewell and opens the 2A Area 13 series, with 10-0 win against Sand Rock and Webb; big offensive day for Webb at the plate. Webb
Blake Sewell came up big in Wednesday’s opening game of the Donoho’s Class IIA, Region 13 match with Sand Rock. The junior pitcher pitched a one-hitter and struck out six batters in five innings in which the Falcons beat Sand Rock 10-0 to take triumph at home. Sewell was also 2-for-3, with two runs, a double with three RBIs. Peyton Webb paced Donoho at the plate, hitting 2-for-3, with the home run with three runs, with four RBIs. Additionally for Donoho, Lucas Elliott had an RBI, a double as well as an RBI. Marcus Lawler went 2-for-3 and scored a run. Hayes Farrell had a single and an RBI.
