Spring roundup
- Updated: March 20, 2024
Top-ranked Donoho girls down Saks in soccer, improved to 8-0-1. In baseball, Munford answers Cleburne County’s sixth-inning rally with one of its own to win, 4-3.
By East Alabama Sports Today
SAKS — Anna Kate Wallace and Zoe Christopher scored two goals apiece, and Class 1A-3A top-ranked Donoho’s girls beat Saks 6-1 in Wednesday’s prep soccer action.
The Falcons improved to 8-0-1, and their victory came on the same day they learned they will carry the No. 1 seed in the Calhoun County tournament, which starts April 1.
Wallace also had two assists, and Christoper had one.
Donoho also got a goal apiece from Erin Turley and Lauren Wigley, and Sam Wakefield had two assists.
Layla Garcia scored Saks’ goal in the first half before exiting the match with an ankle injury.
Saks is 4-3 and the county’s No. 2 seed.
Baseball
MUNFORD 4, CLEBURNE COUNTY 3: Braydon Nichols’ RBI single capped Munford’s three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning and provided the go-ahead run.
Alex Petty led off the inning with a solo home run, and Watts’ sacrifice fly plated the tying run.
Cleburne County took a 3-1 lead on Gabriel Wickersham’s two-run single in the top of the sixth.
Austin Wynn got the win, pitching a complete game. He struck out 11 batters while allowing four hits and one earned run.
David Pettus had a single and an RBI for the Lions.
Cleburne County’s Jayson Deese had a single and RBI, and Asher Brown doubled and scored a run. Deese also pitched five innings, allowing four hits and one earned run with three strikeouts.
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