E.A. Sports Today

Area champions

Oxford, Pleasant Valley and Alexandria all clinch area tournament titles; reported scores below

Ashleigh Reaves delivered big hits for Oxford in the seventh and eighth innings of Thursday’s area championship game. (Photos by B.J. Franklin)

By East Alabama Sports Today

OXFORD – Ashleigh Reaves tied the game with a seventh-inning single and then delivered a two-run single in the eighth to cap a three-run rally that lifted Oxford to a wild 10-7 victory over Pell City for the Class 6A Area 10 tournament championship.

It was a true back-and-forth battle. Oxford opened the scoring on Emily Thrasher’s two-run single in the first, Pell City took a 3-2 lead in the third and the Lady Jackets tied it on Sarah Howell’s RBI single in the fourth.

Pell City erased a 6-3 Oxford lead with four in the sixth, but the Lady Jackets tied the game in the seventh on Reaves’ triple.

The Lady Jackets pounded 18 hits in the game. Every batter in their lineup had at least one and seven had at least two. Ashlyn Miller had three hits.

Pleasant Valley 12, Glencoe 1: Cortney Williams and Mikayla Kendrick both homered and three PV pitchers held Glencoe to one hit after Breia Little’s leadoff homer to win the Class 3A Area 10 tournament.

Every starter had at least one hit. Williams hit a two-run homer in the second to put the Lady Raiders ahead for good. Kendrick hit a three-run homer in the seventh. In between the Lady Raiders pounded 12 hits. Tournament MVP Savannah Williams went 3-for-4 in the game.

The Lady Raiders (33-15) swept through their tournament by outscoring their opponents 22-1 and outhitting them 32-3. They play Oakman in their regional opener next Friday at noon.

Alexandria 11, Douglas 0: Maggie Phillips pitched a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and went 2-for-2 with three RBIs as the Lady Cubs crushed to the Class 5A Area 13 tournament title.

The Lady Cubs won their three games by a combined 41-2 and outhit their opponents 33-6.

Phillips and Emmah Rolfe were among five Lady Cubs with two hits in the game. Millie Burt, Leighton Sparks and Lanie Dreyer also had a pair of hits in the game. Rolfe went 6-for-9 in the series, 5-for-5 with seven RBIs the last two games.

Oxford’s Sarah Howell slides into third base well ahead of a Pell City tag. To see a photo gallery from the Oxford-Pell City game, visit www.bjfranklin.smugmug.com

AREA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Championship game results. Both teams in the finals advance to regional tournaments May 10-12)

CLASS 1A
Area 1
Sweet Water (21-13) 11, Millry (12-13) 1
Area 2
Finals, May 1
Area 3
Pleasant Home (15-14) 9, Red Level (11-10) 4
Area 4
Brantley (49-4) 10, Highland Home 0
Area 5
Isabella (13-15) 14, Maplesville 11
Area 6
Wadley (7-10) 15, Winterboro (8-13) 0
Area 7
Ragland (16-15) 10, Talladega County Central (3-12) 0
Area 8
Sumiton Christian (33-21) 17, Heritage Christian (11-12) 0
Area 9
South Lamar 9, Holy Spirit Catholic 0
Area 10
Spring Garden 8, Cedar Bluff 0
Area 11
Appalachian (23-8) 7, Coosa Christian (8-24) 6
Area 12
Addison 13, Marion County 3
Area 13
Belgreen (15-7) 11, Tharptown (16-17) 3
Area 14
Skyline (16-17) 6, Gaylesville 2
Area 15
Athens Bible (16-10) 17, Decatur Heritage 0
Area 16
Waterloo 12, Covenant Christian 5

CLASS 2A
Area 1
J.U. Blacksher (16-10-1) 15, Washington County (14-14) 8
Area 2
Finals, May 4
Area 3
Geneva County 10, Cottonwood 2
Area 4
Finals, May 3, 6:30 p.m.
Area 5
Finals, May 3, 4 p.m.
Area 6
Goshen 11, Luverne 6
Area 7
Billingsley (12-19) 19, Central-Hayneville (10-6) 3
Area 8
Reeltown (32-11-1) 7, Horseshoe Bend (15-28) 2
Area 9
Fayetteville (15-13) 7, Thorsby (19-17) 6
Area 10
Finals, May 3, 4 p.m.
Area 11
Cleveland (14-8) 10, West End (12-13) 0
Area 12
Collinsville 10, Sand Rock 7
Area 13
Cold Springs 2, Falkville 1
Area 14
Finals, May 3, 6 p.m.
Area 15
Finals, May 4, 6:30 p.m.
Area 16
Finals, May 4, 5 p.m.

CLASS 3A
Area 1
Finals, May 3, 5 p.m.
Area 2
T.R. Miller (16-8) 5, Excel (31-11) 4
Area 3
Finals, May 3, 5:45 p.m.
Area 4
Finals, May 4, 5 p.m.
Area 5
Prattville Christian 6, Montevallo 0
Area 6
Randolph County (22-15) 8, Beulah (12-8) 7
Area 7
Finals, May 3, 5 p.m.
Area 8
Fultondale (14-6) 10, Indian Springs (9-7) 0
Area 9
Ohatchee 11, Walter Wellborn 4
Area 10
Pleasant Valley (33-15) 12, Glencoe (10-20) 1
Area 11
Locust Fork (32-5) 6, Holly Pond 0
Area 12
Carbon Hill (31-22) 4, Oakman 3
Area 13
Finals, May 1, 6 p.m.
Area 14
Finals, May 4, 6 p.m.
Area 15
Finals, May 4, 6 p.m.
Area 16
Lauderdale County (29-16-1) 2, Colbert Heights (29-11) 1

CLASS 4A
Area 1
Satsuma 8, Thomasville 6
Area 2
W.S. Neal 7, Escambia County 0
Area 3
Ashford (19-12) 3, Dale County 2
Area 4
Alabama Christian (42-10) 3, Montgomery Catholic (25-16) 1
Area 5
Finals, May 4, 7 p.m.
Area 6
Bibb County (22-13) 15, Hale County (31-16) 4
Area 7
Finals, May 4, 6 p.m.
Area 8
Handley (21-13) 14, Munford (19-13) 1
Area 9
Oneonta (22-13) 9, Leeds (15-18) 8
Area 10
Cordova 10, Dora 0
Area 11
Haleyville (18-13) 4, Winfield (31-17) 3
Area 12
Finals, May 4, 4:30 p.m.
Area 13
Finals, May 4, 6 p.m.
Area 14
Finals, May 4, 4:30 p.m.
Area 15
Finals, May 3, 4:20 p.m.
Area 16
Finals, May 3, 3:45 p.m.

CLASS 5A
Area 1
Faith Academy 15, St. Paul’s Episcopal (14-13) 0
Area 2
Jackson 4, Citronelle 0
Area 3
Rehobeth (37-8-1) 6, Eufaula (37-14) 5
Area 4
Charles Henderson 20, Brewbaker Tech 6
Area 5
Beauregard (24-19) 11, Valley (10-18) 1
Area 6
Calera (24-10) 3, Jemison (24-13) 1
Area 7
Demopolis 15, Dallas County 0
Area 8
Shelby County (24-7-1) 12, Moody (35-17) 2
Area 9
Pleasant Grove 7, Wenonah 0
Area 10
Finals, May 4, 5 p.m.
Area 11
Finals, May 4, 5:30 p.m.
Area 12
Finals, May 3, 6 p.m.
Area 13
Alexandria (37-8) 11, Douglas 0
Area 14
Finals, May 3, 5:30 p.m.
Area 15
Ardmore (33-8) 15, Lee-Huntsville (12-11) 0
Area 16
Finals, May 4, 7 p.m.

CLASS 6A
Area 1
Saraland (38-7-1) 16, LeFlore 0
Area 2
Finals, May 3, 5:30 p.m.
Area 3
Northview (36-15) 12, Dothan (19-28) 4
Area 4
Park Crossing (11-19) 16, Carver-Montgomery (6-6) 2
Area 5
Finals, May 2, 6 p.m.
Area 6
Benjamin Russell (27-14) 2, Wetumpka (21-25) 1
Area 7
Finals, May 4, 6 p.m.
Area 8
Finals, May 3, 5 p.m.
Area 9
John Carroll Catholic 10, Hueytown 3
Area 10
Finals, May 4, 3 p.m.
Area 11
Jasper 14, Minor 2
Area 12
Gardendale (45-8) 10, Pinson Valley 0
Area 13
Oxford (23-20) 10, Pell City (32-14-1) 7
Area 14
Finals, May 3, 5 p.m.
Area 15
Hartselle (36-15) 10, Austin (21-19) 6
Area 16
Hazel Green (37-9) 9, Athens (18-15) 1

CLASS 7A
Area 1
Finals, May 4, 10 p.m.
Area 2
Fairhope (37-6) 26, Foley (5-20) 0
Area 3
Finals, May 4, 5 p.m.
Area 4
Finals, May 3, 6:30 p.m.
Area 5
Tuscaloosa County 15, Thompson 5
Area 6
Finals, May 2, 5 p.m.
Area 7
Hewitt-Trussville (43-9) 20, Huntsville (29-13) 1
Area 8
Sparkman (43-4) 15, Buckhorn (25-17-1) 4

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