Boston, MA – Oxford’s Delozier covers the distance in the Boston Marathon; Alexandria, Piedmont, Pleasant Valley, Weaver and White Plains win in softball; Piedmont, JCA win in baseball
Boston — Oxford’s return to distance events has helped to see the Yellow Jackets sweep the Calhoun County girls and boys track titles for the second time in a row, just two weeks ago. Then, their coach took on the marathon on Monday in Boston. Landon Delozier completed the Boston Marathon in 3:01. It completed the race “about 11 minutes behind his goal pace, primarily because I wasn’t aware of the amount of pounding my quads were going to endure during for the initial 12 miles downward slope,” he said via text message. Oxford’s boys took home the sixth time in a row, their county championships on Saturday in Choccolocco Park, and the girls took their second title consecutively. The Yellow Jackets’ team highlights were the sweeps of distance events including Katie Keur winning the 8001,600, and 3,200-meter races for the women’s side, and Noah George taking the 1,600 and 3,200 for the boys’ race. The Oxford’s Evan Somers won the 800. Delozier is Oxford’s cross-country coach.
Softball
ALEXANDRIA 6 LINCOLN 1. Pressley Slaton pitched an all-rounder with six strikeouts, and hit a grand slam. Alexandria (20-15) finished the sweep of Class 5A Area 10 play and earned the opportunity to host the regional tournament on May 2 and 3. Charlee Parris doubled, and scored one run, while Christian Hess went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Jill Cockrell was 2-for-4 with two runs.
PLEASANT VALEY 6 WOODLAND 5.Madyson Cromer’s triple-hit homer in the bottom of the fourth of the game was the deciding factor as the Raiders (12-10) won the right to be as the host of the class 2A area 9 regional tournament. Rebekah Gannaway was 2-for-3 with 2 runs and a double and Lily Henry 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI. Macey Roper scored single and RBI as well, as did Jordan Cheatwood drove in a run.
PIEDMONT 4 CHEROKEE COUNTY 0. Savannah Smith pitched a complete shutout of the game, distributing six hits and striking out three with no walk as the Bulldogs made it 26-10. She was also 2-for-3 with an RBI, a home run with two RBIs. Sarah Goss added a double and an RBI. Jaycee Glover was 2-for-3 and scored two runs. Jenna Calvert went 1-for-4 with one run. The win comes just the day after Piedmont defeated Pleasant Valley 10-9 and lost to Madison Academy 13-3 and Sardis 13-0.
WEAVER 16 WELLBORN 2.Kinley Fulmer won with six strikeouts over four innings. Weaver received several impressive offensive performances as they improved to 14-6 overall and 4-1 in the Class 3A, Area 10. In the field, Sydney Bitzer was 3-for-4, Jayden Smith 2-for-4, Kinley Marvasty was 2-for-4, Anna Shirvinski 4-for-4 and Alana Cooper went 2-for-3.
White Plains 15 ANNISTON 1: Kannon Slaughter pitched one-hit in the game. White Plains (19-10) finished with a 6-0 record in Class 4A Area 9 play. The team was able to play host to the regional tournament. In the field, Leighton Arnold homered, doubled 3 runs, scored as well as scored 3 runs. Callie Richardson went 3-for-3 with three runs, two triples as well as three RBIs. Hallie Williams’ 2 for 3 day included the triple, RBI and two runs and Addison Bradley went 3-for-3 with triple, double, run, and three RBIs. Haylie Smith as well as Cassidy Arnold each hit a double and an RBI.
Baseball
Piedmont 8, OHATCHEE 2.Sloan Smith and Jake Austin together held Ohatchee to just six hits as Piedmont increased its record to 20-6. Smith was the pitcher for six of those innings and had four strikeouts. Austin pitched a flawless seventh inning with two strikeouts. On the plate, Kale Austin had a single and two RBIs. Jack Hayes and Cole Austin each had a single as well as an RBI and Smith scored one run. Max Hanson doubled and scored an RBI, and McClane Mohon singled, scoring three runs. The Ohatchee’s Bryce Noah went 2-for-3 with two runs and a double as did Jake Roberts was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Tyler Green had a single and an RBI.
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN 7, WEAVER 2:Cam Moses pitched a two-hitter that had 17 strikeouts. He also scored two RBIs in that day, as JCA increased to 10-8-1. Hunter Brown went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs as did Elijah Martin had a single and two RBIs. The Weaver’s Dalton Homesley had a single and an RBI.
ALEXANDRIA 12 CHEROKEE COUNTY 2On the night of senior nights, Tucker Kilgore doubled and drove 3 runs, as Alexandria increased to 26-5. Valley Cubs also scored three runs. Valley Cubs also got a double with two runs, and two RBIs by Seth Johnson, and Samuel Henegar was 2-for-2 and had a triple, three runs and an RBI. Deshaun Foster hit single, run and RBI. The senior Tanner Wright got the start on the mound, and pitched three innings, distributing four hits, with three strikeouts without walking. Andrew Allen and Zach Baskins pitched the final two innings and allowed no hits.
Soccer
DONOHO 5 SAKS 1.Donoho’s ladies scored one goal each by Lauren Wigley, Zoe Christopher, Isabella Romero, Sam Wakefield and BabaT Aremu. Layla Garcia scored Saks’ goal. She scored the goal. Read more stories about sports…]
