Spring roundup
- Updated: February 27, 2025
McGinnis leads the way as Weaver tops Piedmont in softball. Hope Christian baseball gets first victory. Also, wins for White Plains, Pleasant Valley, Wellborn and Lincoln softball; Oxford, Alexandria, Pleasant Valley, Cherokee County, Munford and Cleburne County baseball.
By East Alabama Sports Today
WEAVER — Stevie McGinnis went 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run, and Weaver topped Piedmont 9-5 in Thursday’s high school softball action.
Anna Shirvinski also had three RBIs, going 1-for-2 with a double. She also scored a run.
Maddie Stanford went 3-for-3 with an RBI, and Caitlyn Edmondson was 2-for-3 with a double, four runs and an RBI.
Leadoff hitter Kaelyn Free went 1-for-3 with a double and scored a run,
Piedmont’s Kaelyn Greene went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run. Amarae Champion was 4-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI, and Cayla Brothers went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
Leadoff hitter Cadence Buttram went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs.
WHITE PLAINS 8, OXFORD 2: Leighton Arnold pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts in seven innings, and she went 2-for-4 at the plate.
Jaylie Holt was 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs, and Callie Richardson was 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs and two RBIs.
Carli Fritts had a double, a run and an RBI, and Sara-Kate Adams was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Kylee Provencio added a single and an RBI.
Oxford’s Madison Murphy doubled with an RBI, and Cadence Kennedy had a double and scored a run.
PLEASANT VALLEY 12, JACKSONVILLE 4: Cailey Almaroad and Ellie Patterson had four RBIs apiece as the Raiders rolled.
Almaroad was 4-for-5 with a run, and Patterson was 2-for-5.
Ava Washington went 3-for-3 with a double, three runs and an RBI, and Alexa Cranmer was 3-for-5 with two runs,
Aubree Cromer 2-for-4 with two runs, and Abigail Evans was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
Haylie Lee pitched four innings, allowing six hits and one earned run with four strikeouts.
Sadee Pate-Whitfield led Jacksonville, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Dailyn Wood went 3-for-4 with two runs. Lacey Barnes went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run. Harper Atchley went 2-for-3.
WELLBORN 14, JCA 4: Destiny Benefield went 2-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and two runs to lead Wellborn at the plate.
Cassidy Gray was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs, and Jaylyn Chattin was 2-for-3 with three runs. Gabby Tignor went 2-for-4.
The Panthers also got a single and RBI apiece from Maci Maxwell and Ryleigh Smith.
Gray got the win, working all six innings with seven strikeouts. She allowed five hits, four earned runs and two walks.
JCA’s Cali Sexton had a single, two RBIs and a run, and the Thunder got a single and an RBI from Taylor Cash.
LINCOLN 12, OHATCHEE 1: Lincoln got two RBIs apiece from Shelby Williams, Natalie Harrell and Cameron Pruitt. Williams was 2-for-4, Harrell 1-for-2 with a double, two runs and two RBIs and Pruitt 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Zoe Korreckt had a double and scored two runs, and Kinley Crow was 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI.
Williams pitched all five innings, allowing six hits and one earned run with eight strikeouts.
Ohatchee’s Jordyn Faulkner went 2-for-2 with a double, and Savannah Reaves had a single and an RBI.
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HOPE CHRISTIAN 8, MACON-EAST 7: Cayden Slick went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a run, and Hope Christian won at Montgomery to record its first-ever varsity victory to improve to 1-2 in its inaugural season.
Aziah Amberson had a single, two RBIs and a run. Trevor Ryals had a single and RBI, and Eli Bozeman doubled with an RBI and a run.
Leadoff hitter Kainen Bozeman went 3-for-4 with a triple and scored three runs.
Ryals pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing five hits, four earned runs and one walk with seven strikeouts. Eli Bozeman worked 1 1/3 innings, allowing no hits or runs with one walk and four strikeouts.
OXFORD 10, RABUN GAP 8: Hudson Gilman went 2-for-4 with two doubles, four RBIs and two runs, and Oxford scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and answer a 7-run sixth by Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Ga.).
Ayden Noyola was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and leadoff hitter Nick Richardson was 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and one RBI.
Canaan Whitman went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and an RBI, and Reid Maniscalco had a single, a run and an RBI.
Oxford’s rally to reclaim the lead in the bottom of the sixth featured Gilman’s two run double.
ALEXANDRIA 2, COOSA CHRISTIAN 1: Garrett Haynes had Alexandria’s lone hit, a single, but Sawyer Coggins and Jacob Slaton each scored a run for Alexandria to spoil a gem pitched by Coosa Christian’s Brody Nelson.
Nelson struck out 14 batters, allowing one hit, one walk and two unearned runs, but took the loss.
Alexandria’s Caleb Frazier allowed three hits, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts in five innings.
Jeremiah Heathcock pitched two innings, allowing two hits, no walks and one earned run with two strikeouts.
Coosa Christian’s John David Justus went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Angelo Alberghina singled and scored. Blaine West went 2-for-3.
PLEASANT VALLEY 8, OHATCHEE 3: Pleasant Valley’s Williams had a triple with two RBIs and scored a run. Peyton Mann was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, and Duncan was 2-for-2 with a double, a run and an RBI.
The Raiders also got a double and RBI from Noah Johnson and a single, RBI and a run from Will Underwood.
Ohatchee’s Alston Carroll homered and had two RBIs.
CHEROKEE COUNTY 6, JACKSONVILLE 4: Cherokee County got an RBI apiece from Carson Tittle, Nate Black, James Hunter and Evan Hill to win a close game at Jacksonville.
Tittle went 1-for-3 with a double, Black 2-for-4 with a run, Hunter 1-for-3 with a run and Hill 1-for-3.
Parker Wilson was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.
Tittle also pitched a complete game, striking out 10 batters in seven innings. He allowed seven hits, four earned runs and two walks.
Jacksonville’s Drake Loggins had a single and two RBIs. John Ducar went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Matthew Salmon was 2-for-4 with a run, and Xaye Lemon was 1-for-2 with two runs.
MUNFORD 15, VICTORY CHRISTIAN 4: B Nichols had a triple and four RBIs, and Munford got three RBIs apiece from Lathan Stephens and Gatlin Watts.
Stephens was 1-for-1 with a double and three runs, and Watts was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.
B.J. Anderson drove in two runs and scored two.
CLEBURNE COUNTY 17, RANDOLPH COUNTY 1: Cleburne County’s Tyler Rucker had a single and three RBIs, and Gabriel Wickersham went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run.
Gavin Robinson had a single, two RBIs and a run, and Aiden Laminack tripled and scored a run.
Asher Brown doubled with an RBI, and Luke Smith had a single, a run and an RBI. Easton Thompson singled and scored three runs.
Jacob Pentecost and Cody Clayton combined to hold Randolph County to three hits. Pentecost got the win, allowing two hits and no earned runs with seven strikeouts in four innings.
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