Calhoun County baseball
- Updated: March 1, 2025
The quarterfinal round of the Calhoun County Tournament is underway at Choccolocco Park. Click link and refresh often for updates.
Calhoun County baseball tournament
All games at Choccolocco Park
FRIDAY, Feb. 28
First round
No. 12 Faith Christian 9, No. 13 Anniston 3
No. 11 Jacksonville Christian 15, No. 14 Saks 3
No. 7 Donoho 15, No. 10 Weaver 11
No. 8 Pleasant Valley 6, No. 9 Wellborn 3
No. 5 Jacksonville 17, Faith 0
No. 6 Ohatchee 12, JCA 2
SATURDAY. March 1
Quarterfinals
Jacksonville 3, No. 4 White Plains 2
No. 1 Oxford vs. Pleasant Valley, 4 p.m.
No. 2 Alexandria vs. Donoho, Noon
No. 3 Piedmont vs. Ohatchee, 2 p.m.
MONDAY, March 3
Semifinals
Alexandria/Donoho vs. Piedmont/Ohatchee, 5 p.m.
Jacksonville vs. Oxford/Pleasant Valley, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, March 4
Championship, 6 p.m.
Jacksonville-White Plains
JACKSONVILLE 3, WHITE PLAINS 2: Jackson Bonner continued his hot-hitting ways, and Jackson Askew pitched a complete game for give No. 5 Jacksonville (5-6) the first upset by seed in the tournament.
The Golden Eagles will play in Monday’s 7 p.m. semifinal against the Oxford-Pleasant Valley winner.
No. 4 seed White Plains (3-4) had beaten Jacksonville twice this season, but Jacksonville found the formula Saturday. It started with Askew limiting the Wildcats to five hits and one earned run with three strikeouts in seven innings.
“Jackson Askew was phenomenal,” Jacksonville coach Jamison Edwards said. “He went all seven, and we hadn’t had a guy to go seven this year. Some of that was by design. I was trying to get them going early, but seven innings, and I think he threw 72 pitches today.
“He was super efficient, attacking the zone and trusting his guys to make a play behind him.”
Bonner went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, singling home Xaye Lemon in the third inning and John Ducar with the go-ahead run in the fourth.
Bonner homered in Jacksonville’s tourney opener, a 17-0 victory over Faith Christian on Friday. He was a double away from the cycle in that game.
“Jackson is swinging it real well and seems to be seeing it real well,” Edwards said. “He’s hit some this year where he’s had some real bad luck. He’s hit it right at them. He’s hit it real hard but hit it right at them.
“He’s hit a couple the last two nights where it wasn’t real hard, but it found its way through. That’s what I told them. If we’ll keep swinging and keep attacking, that will happen.”
White Plains’ Luke Richardson also pitched the distance Saturday, allowing five hits and one earned run with three strikeouts.
Dalton Luker went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Crew Martin had a single with an RBI. Ashton Wallace doubled and scored a run.
Donoho-Alexandria
–T1: Hayes Farrell slams a two-run home run to left field, and Donoho leads 2-0.
–B1: Bray Goode hits an RBI double to the LF corner to bring Alexandria within 2-1. … Camryn Johnson reaches on an error to score another run and tie it 2-2.
–T2: Donoho goes down in order. Game still tied 2-2.
–B2: Nothing for Alexandria, still 2-2.
–T3: Nothing for Donoho, still 2-2.
–B3: Garrett Haynes’ bunt single plates a run, and Alexandria leads 3-2.
–T4: Nothing for Donoho, still 3-2, Alexandria.
–B$: Nothing for Alexandria, still leads 3-2.
–T4: Emmitt Pinson strikes out the side. Alexandria still leads 3-2.
–B4: Jacob Cunningham doubles down the third-base line, just inside the bag, to score Goode to make it 4-2, Alexandria. … Jacob Slaton’s sacrifice bunt scores a run to make it 5-2.
–T5: Sam Montgomery singles him a run to bring Donoho within 5-3.
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