Spring roundup
- Updated: February 25, 2025
Jacksonville, Weaver split soccer doubleheader. Donoho girls victorious. Also, baseball wins for Piedmont, Weaver, JCA, Jacksonville, Saks and Munford; softball wins for Pleasant Valley, Oxford, Jacksonville, Ohatchee, Munford, Randolph County and Pell City.
By East Alabama Sports Today
JACKSONVILLE — Emerson Weaver led the way with two goals, and Jacksonville’s girls’ soccer team defeated visiting Weaver 3-0 on Tuesday.
Willa Kate Walker scored the other goal. Sarah Sloughfy and Emma Easterling each recorded an assist.
Goalie Audrey Smith earned the shutout and the win.
WEAVER BOYS 2, JACKSONVILLE 1: Weaver led 2-0 at halftime, with Caleb Hotaling scoring on a penalty kick and assisting Carsyn Pippin on another goal.
Weaver goalie Joe Vines had 13 saves.
John C. Hollingsworth got Jacksonville’s goal on a Judah Jennings assist.
DONOHO 8, CLEBURNE COUNTY 0: Anna Kate Wallace scored four goals to lead Donoho.
The Falcons also got two from Isabella Romero and one apiece from Samantha Wakefield and Chloe Melton.
Baseball
PIEDMONT 13, WHITE PLAINS 1: Piedmont’s Carson Sanders and Carson Cleveland combined to allow two hits. Sanders got the win.
Brenan Hurst had a single, two runs and two RBIs, and Hayes Gunn had a single and two RBIs.
Cole Austin had a double, three runs and an RBI, and Cole Wilson went 2-for-3 with a double and a run.
The Bulldogs also got a single and RBI apiece from Brayden Estes and Kale Austin, and Cleveland drove in a run.
White Plains got a single apiece from Aiden Kilgore and Ashton Wallace, and Luke Richardson had an RBI.
WEAVER 14, FAITH CHRISTIAN 4: Weaver’s Connor Hyatt went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Landon Free went 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI, and Tracen Jones had a double, three runs and an RBI.
Hyatt got the win, allowing no hits, runs of walks with three strikeouts while working the final two innings.
Faith’s Toby Ricard had a triple, a run and an RBI. Colton Reese and Dylan Rogers each had a single and RBI, and Tanner Smith drove in a run.
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN 11, ANNISTON 1: Jesse Gannaway and Bryson Dowdey combined to pitch a no-hitter over five innings.
Dowdey struck out 10 batters over four innings, and Gannaway struck out the side in one inning.
Noah Lee led JCA at the plate, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs. Dowdey was 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and a run.
Gannaway went 1-for-2 with two runs and an RBI, and Grant Daffron and Jameson Holderread each had a single and RBI, and Skylar Crider singled and scored two runs.
JACKSONVILLE 17, WELLBORN 1: Kingston Peeler went 3-for-5 with a triple, three RBIs and three runs to lead Jacksonville offensively.
Jackson Bonner went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and two RBIs, and Matthew Salmon had a single and two RBIs.
The Golden Eagles also got a single and RBI apiece from Maguire Mallett, John Ducar, Drake Loggins and Sam Parker Wagoner.
Salmon got the win, allowing five hits and one walk with three strikeouts over five innings. Jackson Askew pitched a perfect inning of relief with two strikeouts.
Wellborn’s Tanner Ingram had a double and an RBI.
SAKS 27, TALLADEGA 6: Saks’ D.J. Tuck went 2-for-3 with a double, five RBIs and two runs.
Lajuan Curry was 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and four runs, and Jacori Avery was 2-for-3 with three runs and three RBIs.
Landen Cordy was 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI.
Eli Willis doubled with a run and two RBIs, and Jayden Woods singled with two runs and two RBIs.
MUNFORD 5, VINCENT 2: Kane Krafthefer doubled with two RBIs and a run to lead Munford at the plate.
The Lions also got a single and a run apiece from Gatlin Watts, Trenton Stringfellow and Brody Wilson.
B.J. Anderson allowed one hit with five strikeouts in four innings of work, and Lathan Stephens allowed a hit and two earned runs with four strikeouts in three innings.
Softball
PLEASANT VALLEY 6, PIEDMONT 2: Pleasant Valley’s Haylie Lee pitched a complete game with 14 strikeouts. She also went 2-for-3 and scored two runs.
Ellie Patterson had a double, two RBIs and a run. Cailey Almaroad was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and Hanna Henry was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
The Raiders also got an RBI apiece from Elise Wheeler and Aubrey Cromer.
For Piedmont, Cacey Brothers went 2-for-3 and scored a run, and Cayla Brothers had an RBI. Carson Young hit a double.
OXFORD 12, LINCOLN 4: Madison Murphy went 2-for-4 with a triple, double, three RBIs and a run to lead Oxford’s offensive output.
Jayla Jackson also had three RBIs and two runs while going 1-for-2.
Emma Tims-Becerra had a double, two RBIs and a run, and Haleigh Pruitt was 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and an RBI.
Oxford also got a single and RBI apiece from Jordyn Alexander and Charleigh Trotter, and Cadence Kennedy was 2-for–2 with two runs and an RBI. Kylee Stephens had a double and scored two runs.
Mariana Becerra got the win, allowing nine hits, two earned runs and no walks with two strikeouts in seven innings.
Lincoln’s Kinsley Crow went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Aubrey Machen was 3-for-3 with a double and three runs.
Chandler Stephens added an RBI.
JACKSONVILLE 14, SAKS 8: Raybon Pridgen went 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs to pace Jacksonville at the plate.
Jaylen Huntley went 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles, three RBIs and two runs, and Avery Allen was 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs.
Dailyn Wood had a triple, a run and an RBI and Ana Strain was 3-for-5 with a triple, one run and one RBI.
KeAsiah Williams went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run, and Sadee Pate-Whitfield was 3-for-5 with a double and three runs.
Saks’ Raina Zackery went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, three RBIs and two runs, and A.J. Twymon was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run.
Adrianna Stevens went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Jaime Carmichael was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
MUNFORD 9, CENTRAL-CLAY 0: Madison Arnold and Brooklyn Pressley combined to hold Central-Clay to two hits. Pressley allowed one hit with three strikeouts in five innings, and Arnold allowed one hit with four strikeouts in two innings.
Pressley went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and a run. Tayla Marlow had a double and two RBIs, and Ashtyn Bishop added a single and two RBIs.
Addyson Britt singled with an RBI and a run, and Kastin Lathem drove in a run.
Arnold had a single and two runs.
OHATCHEE 21, TALLADEGA 1: Ohatchee’s Alanah Fitch went 2-for-4 with a triple, a double, five RBIs and three runs.
Tabi Davidson went 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and a run, and Lexi Thomas hit a double and drove in two runs.
Makayla Brackett went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs. Reese Steward had a single, run and an RBI, and Savannah Reaves had an RBI.
Thomas pitched a three-hitter with four strikeouts in four innings.
RANDOLPH COUNTY 7, WINTERBORO 1: Randolph County’s Gracie Robinson had a single and two RBIs, and the Tigers took advantage of six walks and three errors. Gracie Huckeba and Khloe Yates each singled and scored a run.
Robinson allowed two hits with two strikeouts over four innings, and Lizzie Milam pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.
PELL CITY 2, WHITE PLAINS 1: Nyla Treptau hit a triple and drove in two runs, and Addy Simmons and Savannah McGaha limited White Plains to one unearned run on six hits.
White Plains’ Carli Fritts had a single and RBI and allowed two hits, two earned runs and one walk with nine strikeouts in six innings.
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