Spanish Fort High School Softball is on a mission in 2025, blending senior leadership with rising youth to chase the program’s first-ever state championship. Located in Spanish Fort, Alabama, this high-energy varsity team has turned heads with its aggressive baserunning, deep roster, and competitive edge. Under head coach Jonathan Rasberry the Toros have become one of the top high school softball teams in the state We will explore Spanish Fort’s senior leadership and the culture behind their rise to state contender Already a Extra Inning Member? Log In JOIN OUR EIS TEAM! Fill out this form to submit your transfer updates Fill out the form below to verify that you’re part of the Extra Elite Stanhope Elmore High School baseball’s program is headed back to the state semi-finals for the 11th time in school history which includes the 2006 state champions and the state runner up in 1991 The Mustangs swept Spanish Fort in two games in the Class 6A 3rd round on Friday night the Mustangs trailed 4-3 headed into the bottom of the 7th inning who had a big hit in the 7th inning of Game 1 the week before against Helena led off the 7th inning of Game 1 against Spanish Fort with a double After a strikeout and then a walk to the Mustangs’ Hayden Anderson Romney Henry had a single to center field that brought in Boswell for the game tying run With the game tied 4-4 and one out with a runner on 3rd base Junior Justin Jones lined out to the left fielder Anderson tagged up and beat the throw home for the winning score “They have been so resilient all year,” said Head Coach Kaleb Shuman “They just don’t flinch when they get hit and refuse to give up and we have a different guy come through each time and the sac fly to walk it off by Jordan Jones.” Stanhope Elmore’s Tyler Woodham pitched a complete game for the Mustangs in Game 1 After driving in the game winning score in Game 1 Jones went to the mound for the Mustangs in Game 2 striking out six batters and allowing only three hits The Mustangs scored four runs in the top half of the 2nd inning The Mustangs added another run in the top of the 7th to go up 5-0 Senior Luke Payne pitched the last two innings for the Mustangs He didn’t allow a hit and was credited with the save to punch the Mustangs’ ticket to the Class 6A semi-finals setting off a large fireworks celebration to cap the end of an electric atmosphere at Stanhope Elmore’s Furlow Field The community and school really showed up and were constantly loud and encouraging The Mustangs will travel to Chelsa for the Class 6A semi-finals which are preliminarily scheduled to start on Thursday Chelsea was ranked #3 in Class 6A in the final poll before the playoffs started (and Stanhope Elmore was unranked) but the Mustangs have already shown they can knock off good teams the Mustangs traveled to Helena and beat the #6 ranked team in 6A “Our mindset is going to stay the same,” said Coach Shuman “Focus on remaining locked in with our mentality and continue to strive to improve what we do.” How to watch Alabama high school girls soccer: Pike Road vs Pike Road High School will play Spanish Fort High School in Pike Road How to watch Spanish Fort vs. Pike Road girls soccerSpanish Fort and Pike Road will match up on Friday, May 2, at 6 p.m. CT. 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All NFHS Network events are available to watch online at and through the NFHS Network Mobile Apps for iOS and Android and TV Apps for ROKU Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber says a woman heard someone outside her Caisson Trace home and then heard glass in a front window break "This 17-year-old juvenile forcibly enters into this residence where he's confronted by the father who's got a wife and three kids in this house," said Barber fired one shot with a pistol and hit the 17-year-old in the upper abdomen "There is somebody in their residence in the middle of the night that somebody can be harmed in his family," said Barber where Barber says he is in serious condition Barber says the 17-year-old doesn't live in the Spanish Fort Estates neighborhood where the shooting occurred but is a Baldwin County resident "The 17-year-old juvenile was at a residence on Caisson Trace earlier in the night with some of his friends It's our belief that the juvenile suspect was under the influence of a substance when this actually occurred," said Barber "We don't understand what his intent might have been We just know that based on the physical evidence on the scene the entry appears to be the broken glass area He did make entry into the house," said Barber Barber says the teen may be facing criminal charges .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By AL.com ReportsThe third-ranked Spanish Fort girls advanced to the Alabama High School Athletic Association state soccer championship semifinals with a 2-0 win at Pike Road on Friday Beatriz Souza and Olivia Malozzi scored for Toros Holland Burkhalter had the clean sheet in goal for Spanish Fort The Toros have outscored their opponents 8-1 through the first three rounds of the playoffs and 105-13 on the year Spanish Fort will take on the winner of the No Spanish Fort has outscored their opponents 8-1 thru the first three rounds of the playoffs Spanish Fort 19-1-1 will take on the winner of Briarwood/Northridge Prattville (18-3-1) at Oak Mountain (28-0) Southside-Gadsden (19-5-1) at Randolph (12-12-1) Guntersville (22-4-1) at Russellville (9-5-3) Trinity (16-3) at Westminster-Oak Mountain (17-5-1) Grissom (14-3-2) at James Clemens (13-1-3) Thompson (18-6-1) at Vestavia Hills (18-2-4) Northridge (18-5-1) at Briarwood Christian (12-7) Pell City (17-4-2) at Mountain Brook (14-2-4) Southside-Gadsden (20-2-1) at Athens (16-5-2) Westminster Christian (15-3-1) at Guntersville (19-3-1) Montgomery Catholic (17-4) at Westminster-Oak Mountain (9-9-1) Hokes Bluff (10-5) at Cherokee County (9-6) Collinsville (18-5) at Madison Academy (11-4-1) Lee-Scott Academy (15-4) at Tuscaloosa Academy (17-5) Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Builders Close Builders Open Builders Brick Exterior Close Exterior Open Exterior Building Materials Brick Blend Spanish Fort Join Our Newsletter Email Subscribe Connect with Us { rootMargin: '200px 0px 200px 0px' } ); lazyloadBackgrounds.forEach( ( lazyloadBackground ) => { lazyloadBackgroundObserver.observe( lazyloadBackground ); } ); }; const events = [ 'DOMContentLoaded' ]; events.forEach( ( event ) => { document.addEventListener( event lazyloadRunObserver ); } ); x {{{ data.variation.variation_description }}} {{{ data.variation.price_html }}} {{{ data.variation.availability_html }}} Sorry (WPMI) — The Kohl’s store in the Spanish Fort Town Centre is closing permanently on Saturday The store is one of 27 in 15 states the chain called “under-performing” in a January release announcing their closure "We always take these decisions very seriously," said Tom Kingsbury "As we continue to build on our long-term growth strategy it is important that we also take difficult but necessary actions to support the health and future of our business for our customers and our teams." and offered a competitive severance package or the ability to apply to other open roles at Kohl's Kohl's thanks our associates for their work and is working to support our associates during this transition The chain will still have over 1,100 stores nationwide Kohl's has announced that it will close 27 stores around the nation due to "underperformance," and one Alabama location has made that list "All associates have been informed and offered a competitive severance package or the ability to apply to other open roles at Kohl's," the company announced in their press release "We always take these decisions very seriously," said Kohl's Chief Executive Officer "As we continue to build on our long-term growth strategy it is important that we also take difficult but necessary actions to support the health and future of our business for our customers and our teams." e-commerce Distribution Center will close in May 2025 due to its lease ending The company also noted that with new technological capabilities at the newer e-commerce facilities it can maintain its ability to fulfill orders without the San Bernardino location There are currently 15 e-commerce facilities and distribution centers Here is a list by state of Kohl's stores that will be closing by April 2025: Connect with her on X @jenn_lindahl and email at jlindahl@gannett.com The family of a 40-year-old man who went missing in the Blakely River about a half mile north of the causeway this past weekend is holding onto hope that he might be found John DeJonge was last seen around 6 o’clock Saturday night after the boat he was on with another man and his 2-year-old son capsized so his mama can have a proper burial,” said John’s brother along with the other man and his two-year-old son set out on a boat around 6 o'clock Saturday night David says the boat had motor problems and began to take on water before capsizing in the Blakely River The father and his son survived by using the overturned boat to move through the chilly water towards the shore and that's the last that we've heard,” said David The search began Saturday night with several local and state agencies joining in but severe weather forced crews and volunteers to postpone their efforts until daybreak on Sunday The family kept praying and hoping that he was just chilling on a sandbar somewhere trying to wait for the weather to come down it is not going to trump my faith,” said David David says Monday’s efforts were more focused on recovery rather than a rescue My mom and dad are trying to take it as best as they can in stride who are out here that are willing to get into the water and get back at it it does not stop the fact that we need to get him home,” he said and always willing to lend his younger brother a helping hand “There was not anything that he could not help me with Police say the 2-year-old was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay The search for DeJonge will continue on Tuesday morning The DeJonge family created a GoFund Me to help cover John’s memorial expenses (WPMI) — Near where Highways 31 and 225 meet in Spanish Fort there are already two shopping centers with grocery stores "We don't really need another big shopping center," said Spanish Fort resident Nasser Kamassai LLC is under contract to purchase the land where the shopping center would be built A representative told the Spanish Fort Planning Commission last month it's too early to say which grocery store would go there They're still in talks with different entities and haven't inked a deal Neighbors fear the proposed center will be anchored by a Walmart Neighborhood Market and 18 wheelers trying to get into a piece of property is just going to add congestion," said Spanish Fort resident Tart Kamassai "I'm also hugely concerned about the water management across those areas mostly marshy wetland," said Spanish Fort Resident Christine Saia The Spanish Fort Planning Commission did not recommend re-zoning the larger wooded parcels that would allow for a shopping center Those parcels back up to Spanish Fort Estates and Garrison Ridge neighborhoods The commission did recommend a smaller 1.3 acre parcel that's on Highway 31 be rezoned Both recommendations now go to the Spanish Fort City Council for a final decision "I'm really concerned about the wildlife We have very few places that are for wildlife to go anymore I personally would like to ask the mayor and the city council to please protect our fort," said Saia There are two upcoming public hearings people can attend to let city leaders know how they feel City leaders in Spanish Fort and Daphne met in separate special called meetings Thursday night and declared a state of emergency following the heavy rain and flood event last week The Spanish Fort City Council meeting can be viewed here SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WPMI) — Those who stepped up to the mic Monday night at Spanish Fort City Hall brought their conviction with them, and a message: A new development across the street from another shopping center on a busy two lane highway? Not in my back yard said resident Brad Bass. "And I want to ask every one of you that sits on that dais, regardless of where you live in this town, would you want this development 100 feet from your backyard?" More than 200 people showed up to the meeting, not shy about telling the city council how the feel about a developer's request... to change zoning on a parcel of land near homes and other businesses at the crossroads of highways 31 and 225 from residential to B3 business. It's a plan rumored to support a Walmart Neighborhood Market. But even before members of the community had their say, the mayor dropped this nugget: "At the request of the developer, he has withdrawn his application for the rezoning of these properties." It was a message met with wild cheers and applause. A victory, for now, says Christine Saia, who helped spearhead a petition in a very short amount of time. "Thirteen days!” says Christine. “We started on election day. So it's now 13 days from election day." And in that short amount of time, more than 12-hundred signatures were gathered. That's not to say their battle is over... something alluded to by John Argo, representing the group eager to develop the property "I'm not sure what we'll do but we're gonna take a hard relook at the potential of the property,” he told the city. “It does have some historical features that might be beneficial to the community, some environmental features, and it's possible that we might be able to come back at a later date and emphasis those and scale back the development." It was that possibility that kept people coming to the podium even after the plans were pulled tonight... determined to let this council know how they feel. "My wife and I have worked over 30 years for our forever home,” he told the council. “This proposal threatens not only our largest investment, which is our home, but our sense of safety and community. Request to the council:, Please vote against this zoning proposal." And while the planned project might not be dead, Christine says she's more optimistic after what she's seen here. "Now that I'm seeing everybody out tonight, now that I'm seeing how concerned my neighbors are about their own home, the children, the safety, the waterways, the environment, the wildlife, I'm seeing so much hope. To me, I'm impressed. I'm impressed with my neighbors." MOBILE, Ala. (SBG) — At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan 29, Troopers assigned to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Marine Patrol Division located a deceased body in the lower Delta near Spanish Fort, in Baldwin County. Troopers notified Special Agents assigned to ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) which immediately launched a death investigation. Special Agents assigned to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have identified Donald Neece, 33, of Mobile, as the deceased victim in a homicide investigation. Neece was located at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan 29, by Troopers assigned to ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division in the lower Delta near Spanish Fort, in Baldwin County. Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. Don’t miss our weekly town hall. City Council strikes down proposed zoning change for a Spanish Fort Blvd propertyby Aubrey Spears (WPMI) — Spanish Fort residents celebrated a win against a developer who requested a zoning change for a parcel near the intersection of Highway 225 and Spanish Fort Boulevard on Monday the ordinance amendment would have rezoned the parcel from B-2 to B-3 business “I want to be comfortable with the B-2 options that could be developed I know that at this time I am not comfortable with the B-3 plan that is being presented,” said Spanish Fort city councilwoman Mary Brabner Many residents shared their concerns about the proposed zoning change and the types of businesses it could bring “We can conclude there is actually a huge difference between a B-2 and a B-3 zone B-3 zoning is causing noise and heavy traffic not suitable for residential neighborhoods or limited businesses Residents feared the impact a B-3 business might have on traffic in the area along with water management and the property values of nearby homes dismissed and undervalued as a resident when no vote on the proposed rezoning for this parcel was taken by the council at the last meeting because there was more than adequate reason to turn this rezoning down with a no vote,” said Nancy Milford Mayor Mike McMillan worked to address some of the concerns residents had while acknowledging that the current growth in the city is manageable by the site plan and by the engineers to make sure everything is done properly,” said McMillan All councilmembers including the mayor voted to deny the motion to rezone the property SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WPMI) — SPANISH FORT, Ala. -- A body recovered Saturday morning on Blakeley River in Spanish Fort is believed to be that of a man who went missing in mid-February. a barge crew observed a body floating on Blakeley River near I-10 and Spanish Fort Fire responded for the recovery of the body "The individual's clothing and physical description matches that of boater John Dejonge that went missing in Blakeley River on the evening of February 15th," police say in a release A second man and his 2-year-old son, who were also on the boat, managed to reach the shore safely. They swam in 64-degree waters, using the overturned boat to stay afloat. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the individual recovered this morning," police say. Established in August of 2024, The Bull moved in to the Eastern Shore Centre space formerly occupied by the Rico Mexican restaurant. This new eatery is owned by locals Tony and Maureen Cordell and is community inspired. Keep reading to learn more about this new business. Tony Cordell is a people person. He loves to cook, to eat and to enjoy great craft beers. Those few things, combined with a dream to open his own business, are what inspired the Cordells to open The Bull. Tony recalls the anticipation, along with the fear of opening, he felt before The Bull’s grand opening on August 3. “The first couple of weeks we were opened far exceeded my expectations — looking around and thinking to myself, ‘I did this, this is mine.'” So far, Tony’s favorite part of owning his own restaurant is socializing with the community and meeting new people. He also loves being able to bring something new to the people of Spanish Fort. Because The Bull was built with the idea of community in mind, the restaurant’s atmosphere reflects this. With 20 different craft beers on tap, as well as a collection of games for the kids (with more coming soon), The Bull is fit for all age groups to enjoy. “It is a total different atmosphere from any other restaurant. People tell me when they walk in it is a very cool vibe. I hear this from every age group.” “People really like our community tables built out of recycled pallets. These tables are intended for folks to get to know their neighbors. They are also perfect for larger groups. This is exactly what we wanted. Casual, laid back, good food, fun for the whole family.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Bull (@thebullsf) The Bull host trivia nights on Thursdays from 7PM to 9PM and will soon have weekly live music nights The Bull’s food selection is best described as American pub food their pizzas are made with hand-rolled dough Tony’s favorite appetizers are the fried snapper bites as well as the fried pork skins + queso cheese dip “The Big T,” that is named after him We recommend trying their blackened chicken alfredo The Bull dessert menu currently includes a lava cake and root beer float but the Cordells have more ideas in the works The restaurant boasts seasonal craft cocktails in addition to daily Happy Hours on Mondays through Fridays You can find their entire menu here. Want more like this in your inbox? Subscribe to our free newsletter to keep up with Alabama’s buzziest news All content on this site is Copyright ©  Rushing Waters Media LLC/The Bama Buzz 2020-2025 Privacy Policy 1/23Baldwin County at Spanish Fort softball.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Mike Perrin | preps@al.comPressley Parks smacked a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift top-ranked Class 6A Spanish Fort over No 3 Baldwin County 3-2 in a home game on Tuesday The Toros (15-3) fell behind 1-0 after an inning on a 2-out single in the first by Madilyn Byrd Ann Luke’s solo home run in the fourth knotted the score and Haley Hart drove in a run in the fifth to put Spanish Fort up 2-1 Baldwin County (10-4) knotted the score with a run in the sixth on Juliana Thompson’s RBI single Spanish Fort threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate in the inning The Tigers finished with 7 hits on the day to 6 for Spanish Fort Harris tripled for Spanish Fort with Madison Griffith Pressey Parks and Maggie Pollock also contributing hits in the win Junior Mallarie Beagle picked up the win for the Toros give up 2 earned runs on 8 hits with 6 strikeouts and a walk over 9 innings giving up 3 runs – 1 earned – on 5 hits with 10 strikeouts and 3 walks over 8.1 innings Byrd was also 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI at the plate Macey McKinley and Nassar Brooks also had hits in the loss In other high school spring sports action from across the state this week: Peyton Wills had a pair of extra-base hits and Madison Sawyer allowed 3 singles in a complete-game win over Mobile Christian on Monday 6 Saraland’s Wills smashed a homer in the top of the fourth – driving in Addison Taylor and Madison Sawyer who had doubled – to get the Gators on the scoreboard Wills drove in Anna Bonds with a double in the sixth The Leopards’ run came on a 2-out single by Karsyn Grantham that drove in Hailey Padgett allowing 8 runs on 9 hits with 4 walks in 7 innings 10 Gators pounded out 14 hits to roll over St Michael on the road on Tuesday in a 3-inning game Every starter recorded a hit for the Gators with Madison Sawyer ripping a grand slam in the first inning Kinsley Byrd and Bralee Byrd had 2 hits each for Satsuma Kinsley Byrd had 3 RBIs and Bralee Byrd had 2 Presley Wills had a 3-run homer in a 13-run second inning The Gators also reached on 8 walks and stole 10 bases Michael had a four-game winning streak snapped in the loss The Dolphins won five of six games in the Gulf Coast Classic II at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex winning two games a day in the Monday through Wednesday event Gulf Shores is 16-10 on the season and is ranked fifth in Class 5A KK Jacks went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI Anayia McCutchen and Madi Nelson all had a hit in the win Anna Leigh Price picked up the win in the circle with 3 strikeouts over 6 innings McCutchen went 3-for-4 with a triple in the loss Neaveh James was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Nelson was 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBIs Gulf Shores whipped Goodpasture Christian of Madison 12-2 with Price striking out 6 over 5 innings and helping her cause with a home run and 4 RBIs Cam Nowlin was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Jacks was 1-for-2 with an RBI Anna Murray was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Rhyleigh Gleber was 1-for-2 with an RBI Gulf Shores blanked Demopolis 11-0 as Price went 3-for-3 with a home run Nowlin and Murray all had 2 hits with an RBI each The Dolphins also beat Lawrence County of Lawrenceburg James was 4-for-5 with a double and 3 RBIs McCutchen and Jacks had 2 hits with 2 RBIs each rolled over Lee-Scott Academy at the Orange Beach Sportplex on Thursday Outfielder LC Robbins went 3-for-3 with a double and 4 RBIs to lead Orange Beach at the plate Ava Hodo and Katie King also had 3 hits on the day with Hodo smacking a solo home run and Teagan Revette collecting a 2-run homer Kaitlynn Robertson had a 2-RBI single and Addy Oldham had a sacrifice for an RBI MK McMullan threw 2.2 hitless innings for Orange Beach with 5 strikeouts and a walk allowing 10 runs on 9 hits with a strikeout and 2 walks in 2 innings Katelyn Cone went 3-for-4 and earned the home win for the Honeybees over Mary G Cone gave up 9 hits and struck out 9 for Baker Nola Havard had 3 doubles in 4 at-bats with 2 RBIs for the winners Lauren Mordecai had a home run and 2 singles with 4 RBIs Kaylee Boddie and Maddie Stuart were both 2-for-4 The third-ranked Class 7A Trojans capped off a 9-0 week with the 5-inning shutout at Fairhope Daphne’s Vic Moten picked up the win with 8 strikeouts in 4 innings She helped herself at the plate with 3 hits in 4 at-bats with 3 runs scored 6-0; Brewbaker Tech 13-7; third-ranked Silverdale Academy 5-1 in the Gulf Coast II championship game threw a perfect game in the win over Saint James striking out 13 of the 21 batters she faced She struck out 60 with 1 walk and opponents batted .048 against her Hannah Newport went 11-for-22 with 3 doubles and 7 RBIs Thompson earned the win in a battle of top-ranked teams on Monday at Springville The Class 7A Warriors had to come from behind to beat the 5A Tigers Springville got on the board in the bottom of the first after an RBI single by Shelby Hathcock and a 2-run triple by Riley Ruple Thompson answered in the top of the second on a solo home run to center field by Hannah Hobbs The Warriors took the lead in the third after back-to-back doubles from Aubrey Bauer and Kadyn Bush and RBI singles by Morgan Adolphus and Jillian Kato Thompson starter Aubree Hooks gave up 4 unearned runs on 4 hits over 4.1 innings with 4 strikeouts and a walk Autumn Ingle threw 2 shutout innings in relief Georgia Chancellor took the loss for Springville allowing 2 runs on 7 hits with 5 strikeouts and 3 walks over 6.1 innings Bush went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and Kelsey Burden was 3-for-4 for Thompson Ruple and Hathcock had 2 RBIs each for Springville Thompson edged Hartselle 1-0 in a home game as Bush singled home the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth inning also picked up the win in the circle for Thompson allowing 2 hits over 4 innings with 6 strikeouts and no walks Hooks went 3 scoreless innings in relief of Bush allowing 1 hit with 3 strikeouts and a walk Autumn Ingle struck out 1 in the final inning for the winners Katie Norgard and Brityan Godfrey had hits for Hartselle allowing the earned run on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk over 7 innings Vestavia Hills fell behind 6-0 in the top of the first inning to the fifth-ranked Huskies but the Rebels’ bats came alive to pound out 15 hits to pull away with back-to-back 6-run innings in a Class 7A Hewitt-Trussville had 10 hits in the road loss Thursday with Evelyn Andrews going 3-for-4 at the plate with a first-inning grand slam and 5 RBIs on the day Zaylen Tucker and Ava Hyde had 2 hits apiece for Hewitt Sydney Moore and Peyton Hull both singled in a run in the first inning Vestavia Hills responded to Hewitt’s big inning with 3 runs in the bottom of the first thanks to a home run to left field by Carmen Owen Julia Rose drove in a run on a sac fly with Addison Ferrell EJ Bragan and Owen all having run-scoring singles for Vestavia The Rebels scored 6 more runs in the fourth inning on 4 hits – including a grand slam home run to center field from Owen Hannah Walker also had a double for the winners allowing 2 runs – 1 earned – on 6 hits with 8 strikeouts She pitched 6.2 innings after starter Kathleen Flanagan and Lillian Ferguson were chased in the top of the first inning Flanagan gave up 6 runs – 1 earned – on 3 hits in one-third of an inning pitching 3.1 innings in relief of starter Kinley Poe Hill gave up 7 runs – 2 earned – on 7 hits with a strikeout Poe gave up 9 runs – 5 earned – on 9 hits with 4 walks in 2.2 innings The Yellow Jackets rolled over Mountain Brook in a mercy-rule shortened game at home on Thursday After an RBI single in the top of the first by Claire Robinett gave the visitors a 1-0 lead McAdory exploded for 7 runs in the bottom of the inning to put the game away 1 in the third and 5 in the fourth to close out the win Kamille Carter smacked a pair of home runs for McAdory to roll up 5 RBIs Winning pitcher Pearl Ryan went 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs and Payton Yarbrough was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs Ryan allowed the earned run on 3 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk in 4 innings for the Yellow Jackets Robinett was 2-for-2 for Mountain Brook and Marianna Murray went 1-for-2 allowing 10 runs – 4 earned – on 8 hits with 4 walks Mackenzie Wedell allowed 6 runs – 3 earned – on 5 hits in 1.1 innings of relief Alex Grimes struck out 9 on the way to the win for Brantley (10-4) and helped her cause at the plate with a pair of hits The second-ranked Class 5A Wildcats battled 7A Decatur to a draw at home on Thursday despite outshooting the Red Raiders 19-3 Freshman Caleigh Lewis scored at the 19th minute with a header on a corner kick from freshman Ava Martinez to give Westminster Christian a 1-0 lead Decatur tied the game 1-1 at the 29th minute Wildcats goalkeeper Piper Blazier had saves on the 2 shots she saw in the second half Westminster (6-1-1) will travel to 7A Huntsville on Tuesday while Decatur (6-4-2) will host Hartselle on Friday Westminster rolled over Madison Academy 10-0 with Martinez registering a hat trick and three of her teammates scoring 2 goals apiece Westminster Christian out-shot the Mustangs 32-3 in the mercy rule shortened contest Freshman Annie Collier and eighth graders Alex Menin and Alondra Pierce scored 2 goals each in the win eighth grader Kora Kendrick relieved Blazier and stopped all three Madison Academy shots The defending Class 7A state champions won their second game of the year – and of the past week – in their final at-bat with the win over Lincoln County of Fayetteville The visiting Falcons scored a pair of runs in the top of the seventh to knot the score but second-ranked Bob Jones answered in the bottom of the inning 7 hitter Vincent Howald was hit by a pitch center fielder Mason Rinehart sacrifice bunted pinch-runner Nick Koukos to second Junior pinch-hitter Elijah Degante singled to left field to drive in Koukos from second to end the game Camden Martin and Tanner Hermesch both had a triple for the Patriots and Cole Spanier was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI Reece Brazeal earned the win for Bob Jones despite giving up 2 runs – 1 earned – in an inning’s work in relief of sophomore Graham Segraves Brazeal allowed 2 hits with a strikeout and a walk allowing no runs on 6 hits with 5 strikeouts and 4 walks Two Lincoln County pitchers struck out 11 Patriots and gave up 7 hits and 3 earned runs On Thursday in the Perfect Game Mid-South Showdown in Millington the Patriots slipped past Houston of Germantown Hermesch shut down the Mustangs with a 1-hitter while two Houston pitchers allowed a hit apiece in the loss Spanier went 1-for-2 and scored in the bottom of the second inning for Bob Jones Robert Chatmon II got the other hit for the Patriots The Trojans split a double-header on Tuesday to win its Class 1A Athens Bible lost Tuesday’s opener in 9 innings before rolling over the home team in the second game Ethan Barnes took the loss in relief of Ryan Faust allowing an unearned run on no hits with 2 strikeouts and 3 walks Faust gave up 3 runs – 1 earned – on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and 4 walks in 6.1 innings Luke Murrell had a triple and a single with 4 RBIs for Athens Bible Chandler James also had a triple with an RBI Barnes had a double and 2 singles with 5 RBIs Luke McElyea had a single and an RBI and was the winning pitcher allowing 5 runs – 3 earned – on 2 hits with 8 strikeouts and 5 walks McElyea doubled and had a single with an RBI delivering his final hit of the day in dramatic fashion The Hewitt-Trussville senior singled to center field to drive in a run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the walk-off win over Mountain Brook on Tuesday A Mountain Brook error put the game-winning run on base Simpson had a double in the eighth and singles in the third He also drove in a run with his single in the third Will Weaver tripled in 2 runs in the fourth inning to put Mountain Brook up 3-1 after Hewitt’s Boyd Cooper had driven in a run with a groundout A Jonah Jackson groundout RBI for Class 7A No 1 Hewitt tied the game at 3-all in the bottom of the sixth inning Jackson also helped tie the game at 6 apiece in the eighth along with a single Simpson’s double and another double by Christian Helmers had led 6-3 in the top of the eighth on a 2-run error and a Sam Estes single Mountain Brook took a 7-6 lead in the top of the ninth on a Luke Houser RBI double Helmers gave up 6 unearned runs in 7.1 innings for Hewitt He left after allowing only 1 hit with 10 strikeouts and 4 walks Hudson Mitchell and Jacob Francis came on in relief for the Huskies Starter Caleb Barnett gave up an unearned run on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk for Mountain Brook Jarret Kauhn and Sam Vaughn drove in 3 runs apiece as the Golden Gophers pounded Paul Bryant in a home game on Tuesday Kauhn went 2-for-3 with a double and Vaughn was 1-for-2 with a run scored for Hueytown Hueytown scored 9 runs in the bottom of the first inning to put the game out of reach Freshman Bronson Moore pitched a complete game in the run-rule 5-inning contest allowing an unearned run on 3 hits with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks Hunter Syx was 2-for-2 with a double and 2 runs scored with an RBI Caleb Chapman went 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs and a run scored and William Vaughn was 1-for-2 with 2 runs scored Aiden Storey took the loss for Paul Bryant allowing 13 runs – 12 earned – on 9 hits with 7 walks and a strikeout Kellen Shivetts and Storey each had a single for the Stampede The Eagles earned a walk-off win over Benjamin Russell at Choccolocco Park in Oxford on Thursday scoring on a Wildcat error in the bottom of the seventh inning Gabe Jones went 2-for-4 for Oak Mountain with Noah Eady and Sam Prier driving in a run apiece in the win After Eady’s sacrifice fly RBI in the first the Wildcats tied the game in the top of the second on an Oak Mountain error A Benjamin Russell error in the second allowed 2 Oak Mountain runners to score for a 3-1 lead Will Calhoun smacked a 2-run single in the top of the fourth and the Wildcats scored on a passed ball to give Benjamin Russell a 4-3 advantage Prier’s RBI single tied the game in the sixth inning Right-hander Ben Heath earned the win in relief for Oak Mountain allowing no runs on no hits over 3 innings with 2 strikeouts and a walk Starter Baker Williams gave up 4 runs – 1 earned – on 5 hits with 7 strikeouts over 4 innings Owen Dye was 2-for-3 at the plate in the loss Starter Ryder Mobley gave up 4 runs – 1 earned – on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts and 5 walks over 6 innings for Benjamin Russell A two-out rally in the top of the third inning helped push the fifth-ranked Class 6A Patriots past Altamont on the road on Monday Homewood got an RBI from senior Thomas Davis an RBI single from Jack Ross and a 2-run single from Auburn University commitment junior Levi Nickoli to pull in front Junior Cooper Sain earned the win for 15-3 Homewood picking up his third win in four decisions this season allowing an earned run on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and a walk Jack Bland was 2-for-2 with a pair of walks and 2 runs scored Grant Hartman doubled and scored 2 runs for 2A Altamont Aiden Owens had a double and 2 RBIs and Cruz Cunill also had an RBI The Spartans collected 9 hits and stole 11 bases in a runaway win at Parker on Thursday Hunter Davis was 1-for-1 with 2 runs and 3 RBIs for Mountain Brook Brooks Allen was 2-for-2 with an RBI and Boyd Cooper had 2 RBIs Caleb Barnett had a solo home run for the Spartans Jude Davidson gave up 2 runs – 1 earned – on 2 hits with 8 strikeouts and a walk in 5 innings to get the win for Mountain Brook Major Davis-Craig took the loss for Parker allowing 2 runs – 1 earned – on no hits with 3 walks in one-third of an inning Mountain Brook took advantage of 7 walks in the win Terrion Nevels had an RBI for Parker with Jordan Willis and Michael Mincey getting hits The Rebels split a double-header at Central-Phenix City on Thursday falling 7-6 in the opener before rallying in the final 3 innings to win the nightcap 7-5 at Darnell-Nelson Field Cross Tonsmeire had a pair of home runs among his 3 hits for Vestavia Hills with 3 RBIs Central took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Briggs Cameron RBI single before the Rebels scored a run in the second and 2 more in the third The Red Devils cut it to 3-2 in the third before Vestavia added another run in the fourth with Central answering in the bottom of the inning to put the visitors up 4-3 Central took a 7-4 lead in the fifth when Cam Norton doubled in 3 runs and a wild pitch brought in another Smith’s home run in the top of the seventh brought Vestavia within a run Logan Wallace earned the win in relief of Emory Yohn Wallace gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks over 5 innings Yohn allowed 3 earned runs on 3 hits with 6 walks and a strikeout allowing 6 earned runs on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 5 walks over 4.1 innings Will Daniel gave up an earned run on 1 hit with 3 strikeouts over 1.2 innings the Rebels scored a pair of runs in the first fell behind 4-2 after four innings before pushing across 2 runs in the fifth and sixth with another in the seventh Charlie Taafe went 5-for-5 with a solo home run an RBI and 2 runs scored and pitched 3 innings in relief for Vestavia He allowed an unearned run on 3 hits with 3 strikeouts and 3 walks after taking over for starter Carson Purdy Purdy gave up 3 earned runs on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts and 4 walks over the first 3 innings striking out 2 – including the final Central batter – with an unearned run on a hit Taafe was the only Rebel with multiple hits William Tonsmeire doubled and Cross Tonsmeire Connor Jenkins and Carson Mann also had hits in the win Samuel Brown had a solo home run for Central Leadoff batter Carter Freiberg was 2-for-4 with an RBI with Cooper Kehoe allowing 2 earned runs on 2 hits with a strikeout and a walk over 1.1 innings Starter Tyler Caldwell allowed 4 runs – 3 earned – on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks in 4.1 innings allowing an unearned run on 1 hit with 2 strikeouts Senior Jacob Calvin slapped a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the seventh to give Leeds a walk-off home win over Pell City on Thursday Pell City led 1-0 in the top of the first on a Jacob Burgos groundout RBI but the Green Wave scored 3 in the bottom of the inning doubled in 2 runs and Grayson Ford singled in another The Panthers tied the game at 4 in the top of the seventh before Calvin’s heroics Ty Bedell and William Thomas also had doubles for the winners allowing an unearned run on no hits with 2 walks Brooks Ford started and gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts and 6 walks in 5 innings allowing 5 runs on 10 hits with 7 strikeouts and 5 walks in 6 innings Paul's vs Saraland BaseballMOBILE/COASTAL ALABAMA Pinch-hitter Cooper Naugle picked up a single in the top of the ninth inning to drive in what proved to be the winning run over Saint Paul’s on Thursday Starter Cade Mason went 6.2 innings for Saraland D’Tric Butler earned the win in 2.1 innings of relief with a strikeout Jamison Roberts had an RBI double for the winners Santae McWilliams had 3 hits with Collin Smith and Hudson Robbins contributing a pair of hits apiece Montgomery 6-1 with Christian Rice pitching a complete game McWilliams and Fuller Chisholm added 2 hits with a run scored each Myles Davis and Terran Senegal both had a hit and an RBI and Cooper Henson smacked a 2-run home run for the Spartans Cooper Crenshaw scored on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th inning to score what proved to be the winning run for the Gators at J.U Satsuma’s Crenshaw opened the inning with a single stole second and took third on a failed pickoff attempt The Gators earned the win despite Blacksher’s pitchers striking out 16 batters Brayden Bailey drove in a pair of runs to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 in the first inning Satsuma tied it in the third as Caison Chamblee scored on a sacrifice and Crenshaw was walked in for a run Michah Sullivan and KJ Austin had a pair of hits for the winners Hunter White had 2 hits for Blacksher and was saddled with the loss pitching 3 hitless and scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts Satsuma (10-5) will host Alma Bryant on Friday while J.U Blacksher will host Bayshore Academy for a double-header Christopher Tover scored a pair of runs and drove in another to lead the sixth-ranked Class 6A Yellow Jackets over 7A Mary G Tover put McGill-Toolen on the board in the top of the second inning reaching and scoring on an error that also drove in Colten Manley Cullen Patrick singled to drive in Tover to stretch the lead to 4-1 Fuller Musgrove reached base twice for MGM and had an RBI Anderson Murray drove in Zack Cooper for the Vikings Starter Mitchell Adams earned the win for McGill giving up a run on 3 hits with 7 strikeouts in 4 innings Cody Strickhausen gave up 4 runs on 5 hits with 3 strikeouts in 4 innings to take the loss Montgomery (6-8) will host UMS-Wright on Friday while 12-3 McGill-Toolen plays at Murphy Matthew Steele faced 3 hitters over the minimum in a complete-game shutout for the Makos at home on Monday The senior University of Montevallo commitment struck out 9 and walked 3 in the win for Orange Beach Joel Chandler and Austin Beck had multiple hits in the win 9 Eagles improved to 10-1 on the year by outlasting Andalusia in 9 innings on the road on Wednesday Kingston Nelson went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Reid McBride had a hit with 2 RBIs for Montgomery Academy Vincent Desautels and William Marks had a pair of hits with Marks driving in a run Chapman Baker and Finley Haigar also had hits in the win MA sent three pitchers to the mound with Desautels allowing 2 runs on 2 hits with 3 strikeouts in 4 innings as the starter allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 3 strikeouts Montgomery Academy will play at Foley on Friday at 4 p.m The top-ranked Eagles ran their two-year unbeaten streak to 48 matches with the win at No Seniors Gabe Capocci and Roy Soldevilla scored 2 goals apiece for Oak Mountain Coach David DiPiazza’s Oak Mountain squad has won 37 in a row during the unbeaten streak Junior goalkeeper Alexander Chaidez had 3 saves in the win Patrick Anderson scored for the Bucs (12-1-1) Hoover had allowed 1 goal in each of its past four outings and 11 all season 21 – had scored more than a single goal against Hoover Senior Grantham Morgan scored 4 goals to lead the Hornets over Alma Bryant on the road on Tuesday had a pair of goals in the first half to give the visitors a 3-0 halftime lead Japhet Girukwishaka and Maddox Lugo also had goals in the win Naith Allen and Jackson Vella combined for the clean sheet in goal for the Hornets Baker (10-3-1) had won three in a row and eight of its past nine games and will play at Theodore on Thursday Some information in this report comes from GameChanger Media Editor’s Note: To report highlights to AL.com, please email preps@al.com following your games Reports must come from coaches or team statisticians and no later than 10:30 a.m 1/9Spanish Fort vs. Hueytown.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By AL.com ReportsClass 6A No 8 Spanish Fort scored 24 runs in two games Friday night to sweep Hueytown in their best-of-3 series at Spanish Fort The Toros (22-13) pounded Hueytown 16-1 in Game 2 and then overcame a 2-run deficit in Game 2 to win 8-3 After Hueytown scored single runs in the first 2 innings of Game 2 Spanish Fort tied it when Brayden Bound stroked a run-scoring single and Grant Howard’s groundout added a run Nemo Hixon’s sacrifice fly in the third proved the game-winning RBI with 4 RBIs while Damien Tate was 3-for-4 with a double Newton Gardner allowed 7 hits and struck out 7 to earn the win The Toros scored 11 runs in the first 2 innings and cruised to the Game 1 win with an RBI and 3 runs to lead the Spanish Fort offense Mytch Deacy was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs while Howard was 2-for-2 with 2 RBIs Colin Murphy allowed 7 hits to pick up the win the game shortened to 4 innings because of the 10-run mercy rule Bronson Moore and Will Vaughan had doubles for Hueytown Sam Brown hit a pair of home runs and drove in seven as No 4 Central-Phenix City swept Baker in the first round of the playoffs The Red Devils (32-8) broke open Game 2 with three runs in the fifth and five more in the top of the sixth Emory Yohn was 2-for-3 with a RBI and 3 runs scored Cam Norton went 5 innings to get the win on the mound Lucas Laliberte took the loss for the Hornets Bradley Bartholf and Brantley Rothrock combined to drive in 5 runs for the Red Devils who scored 6 runs in the bottom of the third to take command scattering 4 hits and allowing 3 runs – 1 earned Tate Graham started and took the loss for the Hornets He walked 5 and didn’t strike out a batter Spencer Stewart and Pierce Rogers drove in runs for Baker Miles Drew Johnson struck out 13 Dothan batters in 6.2 innings as homestanding and No 5 Fairhope won Game 2 to salvage a split in the best-of-3 first-round series The Pirates (27-10) scored 3 runs in the second Rock Gearhart was 2-for-2 with 3 runs scored Starter Tepp Bonton took the loss for the Wolves (20-11) visiting Dothan scored 2 runs in the first and 4 in the second to take control Perrin Gomez and Prestin Chapman each had 2 hits and 2 RBIs Aaron Walker pitched the final 2.1 innings Harrison Cook took the loss for the Pirates Brady Richardson pitched a seven-inning shutout in the nightcap as No 3-ranked Enterprise swept Daphne in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs Richardson scattered 4 hits and struck out 7 The Wildcats (30-1) scored the only run of the game in the top of the fifth on BradA Cavanaugh’s RBI single Parker Cranmore took the loss for the Trojans (18-17) Enterprise scored 4 runs in the first and 3 in the second to take command The Wildcats finished off the five-inning win with a five-run fifth Richardson and Cayden Boutwell both homered and drove in 3 Mikey Vanderheyden went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI as the Wildcats pounded out 9 hits Cavanaugh and Dylan Yoo combined to limit the Trojans to 1 hit and 2 runs Enterprise will play Auburn or Alma Bryant in the quarterfinals next week The 10th-ranked Wildcats scored in the first 5 innings to take the lead over visiting James Clemens in the best-of-3 series Wet conditions forced Game 2 to be postponed until 1 p.m The Wildcats capitalized on 5 James Clemens errors in Game 1 and scored 5 unearned runs walked 4 and did not record a strikeout while Tuscaloosa County starter Tate Pettus fanned 14 James Clemens batters Pettus gave up 4 runs – 2 earned – on 4 hits and did not walk a batter in 6 innings Reliever Brady Jones struck out 2 and walked 1 in an inning’s work Leadoff batter Drew Keller went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles 2 RBIs and 4 runs scored for Tuscaloosa County Hayden Udovich and Hudson Smith had doubles for James Clemens Drinkwater surrendered 4 runs – 1 earned – on 4 hits with 3 walks in 2.1 innings for the Jets Braden Powless allowed 5 runs – 3 earned – on 5 hits with a walk in 3.2 innings Third-ranked Chelsea (23-9) got a pair of pitching gems to earn the sweep at seventh-ranked Saraland (21-11) After Aiden Hughes scattered 3 hits and allowed a single run for the Game 1 victory Jackson Price followed with a 2-hit shutout in Game 2 Hughes struck out 7 and walked 2 while Price struck out 8 and walked 1 getting all the run support he needed in the second on Bryant Wisdom’s double to score Paxton Stallings After Saraland’s Jamison Roberts’ 2-out single in the fourth Price retired the next nine batters to end the game Wisdom and Stallings all had doubles for Chelsea Santae McWilliams and Roberts had Sarland’s lone hits Chelsea’s Hughes got the Game 1 victory when Mims doubled home Hughes Saraland scored in the first inning on a wild pitch and Chelsea tied it 1-all on Hughes’ run-scoring single Calera picked up the road sweep with 3 fifth inning runs to overcome a 6-5 deficit in Game 2 AJ Johnson provided the big bat for Calera (20-15) his sixth inning blast giving the Eagles a 7-6 lead they wouldn’t lose striking out 6 and allowing 9 hits and 6 runs in 6-1/3 innings Jaiden Brown was 2-for-4 with a run and Parker Breeding added a run-scoring double Price Stephens was 3-for-3 for Gulf Shores (20-14-1) with a run after stealing home Tres Moore was 2-for-3 and Levi Howard added a 2-run single Calera overcome a 4-0 lead for the Game 1 victory Breeding’s eighth inning double the proving game-winning RBI after Mac Graham coaxed a seventh inning walk with the bases loaded to tie game 4-all David Gutierrez and Johnson were both 2-for-4 with an RBI for Calera Gulf Shores’ John Luke Stephens and Jud Harris were both 2-for-4 with an RBI 1/22Elmore County at UMS-Wright baseball playoffsUMS-Wright 1-5 UMS pitcher Andy Purvis shut down Elmore County in the opener Elmore County scored 10 runs on 8 hits in Game 2 to even the series UMS scored the game’s only run in the bottom of the third when Jeff Holston singled in Ty Waters Waters and Colby Weaver each had 2 hits for the Bulldogs Gage Davis had both of Elmore County’s hits Elmore County scored 4 times in the second and 4 times in the sixth Austin Davis was 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored Shea Darnell was 3-for-3 in the leadoff spot with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored Hayden Jones pitched 6.2 innings to get the win Waters was 3-for-4 with 3 runs scored for UMS (18-11) Paul’s staved off elimination behind a 3-run homer in the sixth inning to overcome a 1-run deficit Edward McLeod followed a Ross Delaney single and John Stowers walk with a 1-out blast to left field giving the Saints (23-9) and 8-6 lead in the sixth Briarwood (20-15) scored a run in the seventh on a groundout but Taylor O’Dell struck out the final batter to preserve the win Starter Bradley Irish pitched 6-1/3 innings with 7 strikeouts and 9 hits Paul’s while Brooks McDonald had a run-scoring double Briarwood tallied 5 runs in the final inning of Game 1 The Lions got 4 straight 1-out singles in the inning a 2-RBI grounder by Staggs starting the scoring followed by run-scoring singles from Wes Burges with 3 RBIs while Staggs was 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs Hartsfield was 2-for-3 with a double and RBI Staggs pitched the final inning to earn the win including a 2-run homer and a double while Ross Delaney also had a double Homestanding Elberta exploded for 8 runs in the top of the 11th inning to earn a second-round sweep of Demopolis Game 2 was tied 1-1 entering the 11th before the Warriors (24-7) took control for good Brady Harrison’s two-run double was the big blow in the inning Three Elberta pitchers limited Demopolis to 2 hits and 2 runs in 11 innings He was followed to the mound by Landen Adams Kevin Jones pitched the final 3 innings to get the win Adams and Roman Lochrico all had 2 hits for Elberta Harrison handcuffed Demopolis in the opener Elberta scored 2 runs in the first and another in the fourth Jones’ RBI triple was the big blow in the opening inning The Warriors’ other two runs scored on Demopolis errors Roper Houldhitch homered for the Tigers’ only run in the top of the seventh Elberta will play Marbury in the quarterfinals Alex Hamby’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th lifted No Benton Howell and Keon Sampley opened the 10th with back-to-back singles Hamby singled to right for the game winner Marbury (31-6) will play Elberta in the quarterfinals next week Grant Thompson got the win in Game 2 for Marbury Jacob Driver homered and drove in 4 for Marbury Howell and Sampley finished with 2 hits each Carlos Ortiz and Eli Quinley had 2 hits for Faith Marbury scored 6 runs in the top of the third to break the game open Driver and Carson Mills each drove in 2 runs Grayson Finch went the distance for the Rams Riley Wilemon was the only Faith player with more than 1 hit Senior Ryder McGregory doubled in a pair of runs to give Lawrence County a walk-off win over No 1 Springville on Friday in the opening game of the best-of-3 series answering the Red Devils’ 4 first-inning runs with 5 in the bottom of the inning and pulling away to force Game 3 Despite out-hitting Lawrence County 6-5 in the opener Springville gave up 4 unearned runs and committed 6 errors Parker Frost had a triple and McGregory went 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs for Lawrence County (26-11) Tripper Engle and Sutton Phillips also had hits in the win allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits with a strikeout and a walk in 7 innings giving up 3 runs – 2 earned – on 5 hits with 10 strikeouts and a walk in 6.1 innings 9 hitter Charlie Hare doubled in 3 at-bats with an RBI for Springville Kevin Jones also drove in a run in the loss Hare and Alexander Holland had triples for the Tigers as Hare went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and Holland was 1-for-2 with an RBI Jacob Bailey went 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs and Grant Martinez was 3-for-3 with an RBI and 2 runs for Springville Kade Willis got the win in relief of starter Holland Willis shut out the Red Devils on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts in 4.1 innings Holland allowed 5 earned runs on 4 hits with 3 strikeouts and 4 walks Engle and McGregory had a pair of hits each Jake Weathersby worked 6 innings in relief of starter Elijah Tuckier who gave up 3 earned runs on a hit with a pair of walks without retiring a batter Weathersby gave up 6 earned runs on 10 hits with 6 strikeouts Top-ranked Oak Grove (28-3) cruised to the sweep behind two stellar pitching performances and a potent offense Colton Praytor pitched the Game 1 shutout win striking out 6 and scattering 4 hits while Brody Black surrendered a run on 5 hits while striking out 5 in Game 2 shortened to 6 innings because of the 10-run mercy rule Oak Grove added two more home runs in Game 2 Jay Fuller and Dalton Troncalli each belted 2-run homers in the Game 1 win Hicks was 4-for-4 with 4 runs scored and 3 RBIs while Troncalli was 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs and Fuller also scored twice Hicks and Fuller both homered again in Game 2 Hicks with a solo shot and Fuller with another 2-run bomb finishing the double-header 8-for-8 with 7 runs Troncalli was 2-for-4 with and RBI while Weston Hyche was 2-for-4 with a double and run The top-ranked Panthers rolled over the visiting Panthers from Wicksburg in Game 1 and escaped with a 5-3 win in 8 innings to advance to the third round of the playoffs Prattville Christian ran its record to 32-2 with the sweep while Wicksburg ends the season at 16-11 Jack Diefenderfer ripped a 2-run home run to left field – his only hit in the two games – to give Prattville Christian the walk-off win in Game 2 Blake Bowman had led off the bottom of the eighth with a single got a called strike on his first pitch before Bowman singled on his second and Diefenderfer homered on the third Wicksburg got on the board first on a pair of PCA errors to lead 1-0 in the top of the third but the home team answered with 2 in the bottom of the inning Bill Masters doubled in courtesy runner Austin Baxley – in for Cody Baker Wicksburg scored again in the fifth and in the top of the seventh to lead 3-2 headed into the bottom of the inning when runner Baxley scored – Baker had singled – on a 2-out single by Conner Williams Masters was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs for the winners Starter Ethan Walls struck out 11 Wicksburg batters over 7 innings allowing 3 runs – 1 earned – on 4 hits with a walk Diefenderfer pitched the final inning to get the win Michael Mordecai went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Wicksburg and Williams was 2-for-3 Drew Colon struck out 13 PCA batters in 6.1 innings giving up 3 runs – 2 earned – on 8 hits with a pair of walks PCA struck for 3 runs in the top of the third after Wicksburg got a run in the bottom of the fourth Prattville Christian tacked on another un in the top of the seventh on Gavin Oates’ solo home run which also committed 5 errors to 2 for the winners Baker was 2-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs Masters doubled and drove in 2 runs in the win Bowman picked up the complete-game win for PCA striking out 12 and allowing an earned run on 2 hits with a walk Colon had a solo homer for Wicksburg and losing pitcher Mordecai had a hit Mordecai gave up 10 runs – 3 earned – on 10 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks Prattville Christian will meet the Lee-Scott Academy-Flomaton series next week Kaleb Robinson threw a 1-hitter as the Warriors wrapped up a sweep of J.B Pennington on the road in Blountsville on Friday The Whitesburg Christian senior struck out 8 allowing an unearned run with a walk in the 5-inning The Warriors (22-10) got doubles from Cason Hill and Luke Holdbrook with a pair of RBIs from the former and 1 from the latter Joseph Haiges had a hit and drove in 2 runs for Whitesburg Christian giving up 6 earned runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and 5 walks Connor Timmerman surrendered 6 earned runs on a hit with 7 walks in an inning’s work in relief Holdbrook struck out 15 Pennington batters while giving up 4 earned runs on 5 hits with a walk He also helped his cause with a home run and 2 RBIs Andrew Bolton and Andrew Summers also had hits in the win giving up 5 runs – 4 earned – on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 5 walks in 5.1 innings McClendon had a home run with 2 RBIs and Timmerman was 2-for-4 with a double for the Tigers Whitesburg will meet the Collinsville-Gordo winner in Round 3 Top-ranked Vincent (26-6) forced Game 3 by scoring all 14 runs in 3 innings to halt Game 2 against North Sand Mountain (22-9) pitching a perfect 1-2/3 innings to earn the victory He was 1-for-2 at the plate with an RBI and 3 runs scored 2 RBIs and 2 runs and Keller Finn had a 2-run single North Sand Mountain scored all 9 runs over 3 innings in an error-plagued Game 1 Jackson Burgess was 2-for-3 with an RBI and 3 runs to lead North Sand Mountain while Mikey Poss added a run-scoring double striking out 5 while allowing 3 runs on 4 hits Ethan McEllrath led Vincent with a 2-run double while Aiden Gasaway had a run-scoring double and Aiden Poe was 2-for-3 with a double There will be a new state champion in Class 2A Tuscaloosa Academy pounded out 14 hits and scored 11 runs to win Game 3 of its best-of-3 series and eliminate the two-time reigning champ Purple Cats Norris both homered and drove in three runs each for the Knights (15-19) Preston Lancaster also had 2 hits and 2 RBIs Gill took the loss in relief for the third-ranked Purple Cats (25-11) The Knights will play Pike Liberal Arts in the quarterfinals Unranked Autauga Academy scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings and knocked off No The Generals (14-18) tied the game at 1-1 on Cody Tornow’s single in the fourth and took the lead for good on Carson Turner’s RBI single in the fifth Logan Dunaway went the distance on the mound Jackson Waite also pitched a complete game for Millry (25-10) Shooter Holyfield drove in the Wildcats’ only run of the game Autauga Academy moves on to face either University Charter or Brantley in the quarterfinals next week Ninth-ranked Florala pulled to an 8-0 lead through 4 innings on the way to the home Game 3 win over No 8 Fayetteville on Friday that puts the Wildcats in the third round of the playoffs with Florala winning the first game 3-2 and Fayetteville taking the second 2-1 The Wildcats scored single runs in the first and third and 3 in both the second and fourth innings before Fayetteville pushed across 3 in the top of the sixth and another in the seventh Florala committed 2 errors to 1 for the Wolves Noah Bryan threw a complete-game 4-hitter for Florala Bryan gave up 4 runs – 2 earned – in limiting the visitors to all singles including 2 doubles by Kennith Jackson and another by Easton Walsh Jackson was 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs and a run scored and Walsh was 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs Gage Davis went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run in the win Fayetteville sent seventh pitchers to the mound with starter B Cantrell lasting an inning Sawyer Braswell gave up 2 earned runs on 2 hits and Ei Burns allowed 2 runs – 1 earned – on 4 hits with a strikeout Mason McDaniel struck out 3 and walked 2 in 1.2 innings Cameron Hammonds went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs with Carter Goins and Burns also recording an RBI each Florala improves to 19-8 on the season while Fayetteville closes out at 21-12 The Wildcats will meet the Billingsley-Leroy survivor next week The Bears swept into the third round of the playoffs at home on Friday Lynn improved to 20-10 on the season while the Lions dropped to 17-9 Lynn pounded out 10 hits in the deciding game while holding Hubbertville to 5 Both teams scored a run in the opening inning before Lynn scored 1 in the second and 3 in the third Hubbertville got a run in the third before Lynn scored 2 more in the fifth The Lions got 2 more in the bottom of the seventh Hunter Ellis earned a complete-game win for Lynn giving up 4 runs – 3 earned – on 5 hits with 7 strikeouts and 6 walks Kyler Jordan doubled and drove in a run in the win Dylan Dunagan was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Caden Key went 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI Starter Cruz Kizzire took the loss for Hubbertville allowing 7 runs – 6 earned – on 9 hits with a strikeout and 2 walks in 4.2 innings TJ Keeton doubled and drove in a run for the Lions Conner Tittle had an inside-the-park home run driving in 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth to put the home team up 3-0 The Lions scored a run in the top of the fifth but Lynn pushed across 3 in the bottom of the inning Bryce Baughn and Ashton Hopkins were both 2-for-3 with Hopkins with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs and Baughn bringing home a run COBY Sherer went 1-for-3 with an RBI and Jordan was 2-for-3 allowing 2 earned runs on 9 hits with 6 strikeouts and 4 walks allowing 6 runs – 3 earned – on 8 hits with 6 strikeouts and 5 walks over 5 innings Cole Brand went 2-for-2 with a double for the Lions Wakefield and Tucker Bowen were both 2-for-4 with an RBI each Lynn will meet the Addison-Pickens Academy survivor in the third round rallied from an opening-game loss in the road series against Leroy’s Bears to force a Game 3 on Saturday at noon Billingsley had to hold off Leroy’s late rally to secure the win as the home team scored 4 in the top of the seventh in the nightcap The visitors – playing as the home team in the second game – used big innings in the third and fourth to pull to a 10-1 advantage gave up 1 in the top of the third before exploding for 5 runs in the bottom of the inning and adding 4 more in the fourth Billingsley had 9 hits to 4 for Leroy and a single error to 4 for Leroy Hunter Wyatt went 2-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs with 2 runs scored for the winners Eli Manning doubled in 4 at-bats with an RBI giving up an earned run on a hit with 6 strikeouts and 8 walks in 3.1 innings allowing 5 runs – 4 earned on 3 hits with a strikeout and 3 walks Leroy sent four pitchers to the mound with starter Brady Keith taking the loss giving up 6 runs – 5 earned – on 6 hits with 2 strikeouts and 3 walks Sawyer Sullivan had a home run for Leroy and 3 RBIs Leroy rallied from a 3-0 deficit with 4 runs in the bottom of the second Leroy finished with 6 hits while Billingsley had 2 – all singles Leroy’s Brady Keith went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and Andrew Mauldin was 2-for-3 with a run batted in Keith picked up the win in relief of starter Sullivan shutting out Billingsley on 1 hit with a strikeout over the final 2.1 innings Sullivan allowed 4 unearned runs on a hit with 4 strikeouts and 7 walks Landon Jones and Manning were both 1-for-4 for Billingsley with Manning and Wyatt driving in a run apiece giving up 5 earned runs on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts and 6 walks in 6 innings Pickens Academy forced a Game 3 on Saturday at 1 p.m by rallying to win Game 2 at home in Carrollton on Friday Braedon Banks held third-ranked Addison to a single run on 8 hits on the way to the win Banks struck out 2 in the complete-game win including doubles by Aaron Kirk and Bentley Allen Kirk had 2 RBIs with Ace Gregory and Hudson Pennington adding an RBI each Tucker Thompson and Kiah Lake had a pair of hits each for Addison Thompson and Stone Talley had a double apiece allowing 4 earned runs on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks in 7 innings The Bulldogs pounded out 11 hits – with 4 doubles – in Game 1 Addison fell behind 1-0 when the Pirates pushed across a 2-out run on an error than scored Gregory The Bulldogs scored all the runs they would need when they rolled up 5 in the top of the fourth and they added 5 more in the sixth with 2 in the seventh Talley smacked a pair of doubles for the winners Jaxson Williams and Lake also doubled in the win Banks was 1-for-3 with an RBI for Pickens Academy giving up 8 runs – 5 earned – on 6 hits with 7 strikeouts and 5 walks in 5.1 innings shown in this file photo from the AHSAA Class 4A state championship in May 2024 struck out 12 Spanish Fort batters on Tuesday (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com)Dennis Victory .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Mike Perrin | preps@al.comFour-time defending state champion Orange Beach shut out Class 6A Spanish Fort 4-0 at home on Tuesday in a battle of No 1 teams and pushed its record to 28-1 with a Wednesday night 8-2 win over McCracken County of Paducah The Makos – who claimed the past two Class 4A titles after winning two in a row in 2A – have won 28 straight after a season-opening 6-5 loss at Spanish Fort University of South Carolina signee KG Favors tossed a 3-hit shutout for the Makos over Spanish Fort Favors struck out 12 and walked 5 in the complete-game victory Three Toros pitchers limited Orange Beach to 4 hits but Daigle Wilson slugged a 2-run home run in the third inning to put the home team up 3-0 the courtesy runner after catcher Ava Hodo doubled also scored twice and gave the Makos a 1-0 lead in the first after she led off with a walk stole second base and scored on Katie King’s ground out Teagan Revette and Taylor Poland had singles for the Makos Spanish Fort starting pitcher Anne Thomas Luke surrendered 2 earned runs in 2 innings of work Jayla Harris was tagged for 2 earned runs on 2 hits without registering an out and Mallarie Beagle pitched the final 4 scoreless innings allowing 2 hits with a strikeout and 3 walks Haley Hart stroked a double and walked for the Toros four Makos had multiple hits and three – Hodo Justine Henderson and Kaitlynn Robertson had doubles in the win King was 3-for-4 and Revette finished 2-for-4 Orange Beach broke on top when leadoff batter Wilson homered on a 3-1 count Hodo smacked another leadoff homer on the first pitch she saw in the bottom of the third for a 2-0 lead The Makos scored 3 runs in the fifth – thanks to back-to-back doubles by Robertson and Henderson and 3 more in the sixth on Favors’ home run allowing an unearned run on 2 hits with a strikeout and 2 walks in 4 innings Robertson also gave up an unearned run on 3 hits with a strikeout over the final 3 innings The Makos put their winning streak on the line on Friday against 4A No 4 Alexandria in a tournament game set for 4:10 p.m at the Chelsea Sports Complex with a 6:20 game against 6A No In other high school spring sports from around the state this week: The third-ranked Class 6A Dolphins edged No 1 Spanish Fort in an Area 2 contest on Thursday at the Gulf Shores Sportsplex on a walk-off sacrifice pop fly to center field by pinch-hitter Maddie Beshears Winning pitcher Maddie Nelson scored the game-winning run for Gulf Shores after reaching on a single advancing to second on an intentional walk to Taylor Bjorgum and going to third on a hit by Camryn Nowlin Nelson gave up an earned run on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks in the 7-inning win Nowlin went 1-for-2 with an RBI and KK Jacks was 2-for-3 with a double for Gulf Shores After falling behind 1-0 in the second inning Spanish Fort tied the score in the top of the sixth when Alexa Nance walked took second on a sacrifice by Delaney Duncan and to third on a ground out by Cayden Durger Nance scored on a sacrifice by Mikala Godfrey giving up 2 earned runs on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks The seventh-ranked Class 6A Tigers snapped a scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth inning to walk off visiting McCracken County of Paducah the international tie-breaker runner placed at second advanced to third on a sacrifice by Addison Hadley Ryann Wallace drove in the game-winner with a sac fly to center field giving up 2 hits and striking out 14 Mustangs She faced 27 batters in 8 innings – with 5 innings of three-up three-down and one where a runner reached on an error McCracken’s Addison Dudley was saddled with the loss despite giving up only 1 hit – to sophomore second baseman Brooke McGowin The Mustangs committed 2 errors in the game The Gators scored 3 runs in the bottom of the sixth to break a scoreless tie to top Mary G Satsuma got on the board when Madison Sawyer slapped a single to left to score Brittaney Jones Jessica Jones singled home Bralee Byrd and Merrie Tucker Jones and Sawyer had 2 hits apiece for the Gators Sawyer earned the win in relief of starter Belle Sheffield The Vikings avoided the shutout with a run in the top of the seventh Gracie Coleman’s 2-out double brought home Brelynn Odom MGM left 2 runners stranded in the seventh Satsuma improved to 22-14-2 on the year with its fourth straight win Satsuma cleanup hitter Sawyer had her second straight 4-for-4 game with a home run and 2 doubles with 3 RBIs against the Cardinals The senior right-hander also earned the win in the circle giving up an earned run on 5 hits with 8 strikeouts and no walks over 4 innings Leadoff hitter Anna Bonds was 3-for-4 with 3 doubles and 5 RBIs Kinsley Byrd was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and Presley Willis was 2-for-4 with a triple and 4 RBIs Sheffield was 2-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs Jones and Byrd also had 2 hits each in the win Amelia Johnson went 2-for-2 with an RBI for St Emma Jorns and Lauren Wood all had singles in the loss allowing 17 earned runs on 19 hits with a strikeout and 2 walks Satsuma whipped Mobile Christian 12-2 with Sawyer going 4-for-4 with a 3-run home run and a double Bonds also had a solo home run on the third pitch of the Gators’ first at-bat and had 3 hits as the home team rolled up 16 hits and led 7-0 after 2 innings Sheffield also had 3 hits with 2 RBIs in the win allowing 2 runs – 1 earned – on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts in 2.1 innings Sawyer pitched 2.2 no-hit innings with 4 strikeouts Neither pitcher allowed a walk in the 5-inning win Mobile Christian scored its runs in the top of the second inning as Riley Dunnam was hit by a pitch to lead off took third on a double by Sidney Nelson and scored on a fielder’s choice Madison Horton took the loss for the Leopards allowing 8 runs – 6 earned – on 13 hits with 4 walks Gracie Coleman keyed a 2-run seventh inning to stretch Mary G Montgomery’s 2-1 lead with a leadoff triple scoring on the next pitch as Hannah Fenner doubled on the way to the Class 7A Kaylee White drove in the final run with 2 outs in the seventh to score Bailey Campbell Coleman had a pair of hits and reached base a third time for the Vikings Anna Wolfe earned the complete-game win for MGM Madelyn Ladnier had a pair of hits and an RBI for Alma Bryant She was also saddled with the loss in the circle allowing 4 runs on 7 hits with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks in 7 innings Stella Ward delivered a walk-off single to lead the Wildcats past Priceville on Tuesday went 3-for-4 at the plate with 2 RBIs on the day Priceville built a 3-0 lead through 5 innings before the Westminster Christian bats woke up The Wildcats got 4 runs on 3 hits in the fifth inning to edge ahead 4-3 The visiting Bulldogs tied the game in the sixth inning on a Madison Lafontain sacrifice fly to drive in Ansley Sheats The Westminster seventh inning started with Kaylin McRee reaching on a walk She advanced to second on a fielder’s choice before Ward’s single brought her in for the game-winner Carleigh Gothart went the distance for the Wildcats allowing 4 runs on 8 hits with 5 strikeouts Both teams will be back in action on Friday in a tournament at Cullman High School with Westminster (11-9) playing Decatur Heritage and Priceville (8-12) meeting West Morgan 8 Panthers rolled over Area 5 foe LAMP in a 5-inning game on the road on Thursday Chloe Hollon drove in 5 runs – for the second straight game – on 3 hits with a 2-run home run an RBI triple and an RBI double along with a sacrifice fly that drove in a run Starter Holley Beth Rollan earned the win for Prattville Christian She gave up 5 runs – 3 earned – on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk in 2 innings Alivia Messick threw an inning of scoreless ball in relief The Panthers pounded out 17 hits on the day Peyton Thrash and Addison Byrd also had doubles for the Panthers LAMP starter Caroline Russell surrendered 13 hits and 13 runs – 11 earned – over 2.1 innings with a pair of walks PCA improved to 26-5 overall and 7-0 in area play Miller on Saturday to play the host and W.S Prattville Christian whipped Marbury 15-4 on the road as Hollon drove in 5 runs with a 2-run home run Prattville Christian pounded out 19 hits and scored in five of the six innings Thrash had a pair of RBIs on 2 hits and Saniyah Weaver had 3 hits with 3 runs scored for PCA allowing 4 runs – 3 earned – on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts and 6 walks over 4.1 innings Reliever Messick struck out 3 and allowed a hit with a walk in 1.2 innings and Emma Hays drove in a pair of runs each for Marbury allowing 8 earned runs with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks The second-ranked Class 5A Wildcats handed 4A No 6 Mars Hill Bible its first loss of the season on at home on Tuesday Westminster Christian outshot the Panthers 27-3 with the Wildcats defenders – including Elizabeth Riley Callie Colan and Ava Martinez – keeping the ball out of their end for most of the night Westminster got on the board after a shot by Alex Menin was deflected by Mars Hill keeper Ann Cox with Annie Collier recovering and firing a shot just over the reach of Cox into the net at the 41st minute Goalkeeper Piper Blazier got the clean sheet for the Wildcats Westminster (10-3-1) will finish area play Friday hosting Ardmore Mars Hill is 13-1-4 after a 5-0 win at Haleyville on Thursday The ninth-ranked Class 4A Trojans recorded their second shutout of the week – their fourth straight and eighth of the season – with the win at Wetumpka on Thursday Ragan King scored 2 goals and Natalie Barton had 3 assists for Saint James KK Corley and Gracie Russell also scored goals in the win Corley and Sana Shuford had assists for Saint James Stella Williams picked up the clean sheet for the winners Saint James is 10-2 on the season and 6-1 in Area 3 play after beating Tallassee 7-0 at home on Wednesday Natalie Barton and Corley had 2 goals each for Saint James Phillips and Hedda Stoerdal had a goal apiece in the win Elliette Barton and Natalie Barton had 2 assists each and Corley had 1 The sixth-ranked Class 6A Patriots wrapped up the Area 9 championship with a sweep of Minor on Thursday after beating the Tigers in the opening game of the three-game series 13-0 on the road on Tuesday In the opening game of Thursday’s doubleheader 15-run rule win with Cooper Sain improving to 5-2 on the mound Sain gave up 1 hit with 5 strikeouts and a walk in 3 innings Jack Ross was 2-for-3 with a 2-run home run and 3 RBIs Collin Crump (2-0) got the win in 3.1 innings in relief He gave up no runs on 1 hit with 5 strikeouts Jack Bland was 3-for-3 with 3 runs scored and an RBI Ross was 2-for-2 with a home run with 3 RBIs Will Dobbins was 2-for-3 and Conner Brunner went 4-for-4 with 2 RBIs Elijah Fuller and Josh Fuller had a hit apiece for Minor In the opening game of the series at Minor on Tuesday three Homewood pitchers combined on a 3-hit 13-0 shutout of the Tigers allowing 2 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk in 2 innings Justin Gamble gave up a hit with 3 strikeouts in 2 innings and Bland struck out 3 in the final inning Cooper Mullins had a pair of hits with 4 RBIs Nickoli had a triple with an RBI and Dobbins had 2 hits with an RBI 7 Bucs won their second straight game over Class 7A Area 6 foe and eighth-ranked Vestavia Hills at home on Thursday Hoover downed the Rebels 7-1 at Vestavia on Tuesday Hoover got what proved to be the game-winning run on an errant pickoff attempt to third base that allowed Baylor Hardy to score Hardy had reached base on a double to center field and was bunted to third by Atticus Barton All the runs were scored in the third and fourth innings with the visitors getting a run in the top of the third when Cruise Tonsmeire’s sacrifice to center field scored Connor Jenkins who had singled and took second on an error The Bucs pulled ahead when Parker Johnson drove in Wood with a single Vestavia Hills knotted the score when Jacob Harris drove in Tonsmeire took second on Carson Mann’s walk and went to third when Will Langston hit into a double play Barton finished 2-for-3 for Hoover with Adams and Hardy getting doubles in the win William Andre picked up the win in relief of starter Brady Sheppard Andre held Vestavia scoreless of the last 3.1 innings on 2 hits with 5 strikeouts Sheppard gave up 2 runs – 1 earned – on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and 3 walks over 3.2 innings Jenkins had 2 of the 6 Vestavia hits and starter Colin Jones took the loss Wilson Szymela struck out 3 with a walk over the final 3 innings Hoover scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings and added single runs in the third Adams struck out 12 Rebels and fired a 1-hitter with 3 walks He surrendered an earned run in the third when Mann doubled in Jenkins who had walked and took second on a wild pitch Johnson went 2-for-2 with 2 runs scored and an RBI for the Bucs Wood and Hardy had an RBI apiece and Atticus Barton had 2 allowing 6 runs – 4 earned – on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts and 6 walks in 4 innings Bruce Littleton allowed an unearned run on 1 hit with 5 strikeouts with 3 walks in 2 innings 5 Spanish Fort rallied from a 3-0 first-inning deficit to knock off Gulf Shores in the first of a three-game series The Toros (17-11) trailed 4-1 after 4 innings but rallied for 4 in the bottom of the fifth and 3 more in the sixth Grant Howard and Austin Arthur each drove in 2 runs for the winners Brayden Bound went 3-for-3 and Lakelon Ray was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored Colin Murphy got the win after allowing 4 runs on 10 hits in 6 innings Woods McElroy took the loss for Gulf Shores John Luke Stephens was 2-for-3 with a triple and 2 RBIs Price Stephens and Carter Jones each had 2 hits The series will resume with a doubleheader at Gulf Shores on Saturday Christopher Tover and Colten Manley each had 3 hits as the Yellow Jackets beat Baldwin County Tover went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI Ethan Hilpert was 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored McGill (19-7) scored 2 runs each in the third He gave up 3 hits and 2 runs over 4.2 innings Braydon Bryars took the loss for the Tigers He also went 3-for-3 at the plate with an RBI The three-game series resumes on Friday at McGill 7 Faith Academy swept a doubleheader from Citronelle on Thursday The Rams (20-5) jumped on top in the opener with 2 runs in the first Brody Lambert drove in 2 runs with a double Riley Wilemon and Braydon Wright also had RBIs Riley Hall got the win in a complete game on the mound He allowed 2 hits and a run and struck out 6 Toby Rowell took the loss for the Wildcats He allowed 5 earned runs on 5 hits in 2 innings Garrett Pitts and Whyatt Nelson had Citronelle’s hits Wyatt Lloyd and Christian Freeman combined on a 3-hit shutout Faith took the lead for good with 4 runs in the fourth and added single runs in the sixth and seventh going 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs and a run scored Uriah Stagner took the loss for Citronelle (9-17) Nate Crooms went 4-for-4 and Jack Malone hurled a complete-game 4-hitter as the Eagles (12-12) won at Class 2A No The win clinched the area title for Bayshore which has won 10 of its last 12 games after opening the season 2-10 It’s the fifth straight area title for Jeff Hauge’s Eagles Blake Strickland went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs for Bayshore The Eagles broke the game open with 6 runs in the third inning Cooper Frampton took the loss for the Wildcats Turner Tillman and Frampton each had a hit for St 6 Fairhope won two of three games in an Area 2 series against rival Daphne splitting a Thursday doubleheader after winning the first game 3-0 on Wednesday Fairhope’s Miles Drew Johnson went 6 innings to get the win Dylan Ackerman took the loss for the Trojans Rock Gearhart went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs Miller Humphries and Will Sparks each had 2 hits for the Pirates Mason Owens picked up the win for Daphne in the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader The Trojans took the lead for good with a 3-run fifth inning Cade Alexander and Ackerman each had 2 hits and an RBI for Daphne (15-15) Johnson had 3 hits and an RBI for Fairhope while Sparks was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored Harrison Cook struck out 13 in an 8-inning complete game win for Fairhope He allowed 1 hit and walked 2 in the Pirates’ victory Hatcher Minshew took the loss for Daphne in relief of Parker Cranmore who scattered 5 hits in the first 7 innings and struck out 6 Minshew allowed 3 hits and 3 runs – 1 earned – in an inning Gearhart’s RBI double was the key in the 3-run eighth inning The Pirates scored the other 2 runs on an error Tanner Hermesch threw a 2-hitter as the second-ranked Class 7A Patriots won the first game of a three-game series at Florence on Thursday The teams are scheduled for a doubleheader on Friday at Bob Jones Hermesch struck out 11 and walked 2 in the complete-game win The Shelton State Community College commitment threw 65 strikes in 95 pitches Dillon Adkins was 2-for-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs for Bob Jones University of Alabama signee Zack Johnson went 3-for-4 in the win with a double playing in his first game in three weeks after suffering an injury giving up 4 earned runs on 8 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks over 6 innings Designated hitter Cooper Thomaston got both of the Falcons’ hits in 3 at-bats 8 Lauderdale County 10-0 as sophomore Graham Seagraves pitched a 5-inning 1-hitter Seagraves struck out 7 and walked 1 in the win 3 in the third and 4 in the bottom of the fifth for the run-rule victory Hermesch was 3-for-3 with a double and 3 RBIs and Vincent Howald was 2-for-3 with a double and 3 RBIs Adkins went 3-for-3 with an RBI for Bob Jones Lawrence County starter Logan Higginbotham gave up 3 earned runs on 3 hits with a strikeout and a walk in 1 inning Citronelle rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Bayshore Christian on the road on Thursday Liam Reed and Giovanni Gillis scored for the Wildcats Citronelle also received an own goal from the Eagles The Wildcats will end their season with a home game against Mary G Montgomery on Tuesday and a road game at Theodore on Thursday Seniors accounted for all 5 goals for the Hornets on Senior Night in the win over Alma Bryant on Monday with Grantham Morgan recording a hat trick for Class 7A No All 3 of Morgan’s goals came in the second half Baker led 1-0 at the half on senior Naith Allen’s goal that came in the first 3 minutes of the contest Senior Valentino Garcia added a second-half goal for the Hornets Baker improved to 14-5-1 and will host McGill-Toolen on Friday for an Area 1 matchup Alma Bryant (9-9) will host Baldwin County on Saturday The Eagles ran their record to 17-1 with the Senior Day win over Houston Academy on Wednesday Montgomery Academy beat Section 2 foe Auburn 8-1 on the road on Tuesday and is 6-0 in section play seniors John Alford and Edwin Wu won their singles matches along with Jackson Brown Anton Yang/Bo Johnston swept the doubles competition Alford and Brown will be seeking their 100th win as a doubles team as MA closes out the regular season Friday in Opelika against Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa Both players have already won 100 doubles matches individually Montgomery Academy swept the doubles matches on the way to the win Wu and Baker won singles matches for the Eagles Some information in this report is from GameChanger Media Editor’s Note: To report highlights to AL.com, please email preps@al.com following your games Game will stream here when live WATCH LIVE -- The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency identified 33-year-old Donald Neece of Mobile as the victim of an alleged homicide on Thursday Investigators say ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division recovered Neece's body from the lower Delta near Spanish Fort around 7:30 a.m This recovery effort caused the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 (Bayway) to close "Troopers notified Special Agents assigned to ALEA SBI which immediately launched a death investigation," said investigators agents established that Neece’s vehicle was moved from the scene "SBI developed a person of interest and Special Agents are actively working with law enforcement authorities in the State of Florida to locate the vehicle and person of interest," investigators said Any details you have surrounding the case of Neece reach out to SBI’s Mobile Office at 251-850-0005 (WPMI) — A missing Spanish Fort teen with special needs was found safe Monday Twyla Tarvin disappeared from her home on Buzbee Road thoughts run in your mind that a demise would occur," said her mom Stephanie Sellers walked away from home Saturday and left her cell phone behind A Blink motion activated surveillance camera captured her around 1:30 Sunday morning peering around a shed on a property at the end of Huckleberry Drive and she came from underneath the shed," said Sellers because she said she crawled under the shed and that's where she's been at." Her family says she seemed happy Saturday and they're not sure why she left but when someone is on the spectrum or has autism sometimes they're thinking something we're not thinking So it can be anything," said her uncle Christopher Williams Law enforcement agencies and the United Cajun Navy had been scouring the area using search dogs Dozens of people from the community also joined in to help handed out flyers and knocked on doors to find clues and raise awareness I would want our community to come help as well And most of us are mothers who came together today to try to find her and try to make a difference," said volunteer Kayla Wilson because I know only God did this," said Sellers Sellers says they just moved to the home two weeks ago and Twyla is not familiar with the area