Spring roundup
- Updated: April 10, 2025
Jacksonville makes it four consecutive area baseball titles. JCA’s Lee pitches perfect game. Also, wins for Anniston, Central-Clay, Cherokee County, Cleburne County, Donoho, Munford, PV and Randolph County in baseball; Oxford, PV, Alexandria, Ohatchee, Woodland, Ranburne, Randolph County, Weaver, Cherokee County and Spring Garden in softball.
THURSDAY SCOREBOARD
Baseball
Jacksonville 6, St. Clair County 2
Jacksonville 6, St. Clair County 2
Moody 6, Lincoln 5
Anniston 14, Talladega 1
Central-Clay 8, Briarwood Christian 2
Cherokee County 6, Alexandria 3
Cleburne County 3, White Plains 2
Donoho 11, Gaston 5
Jacksonville Christian 13, Faith Christian 0
Munford 9, Handley 5
Handley 3, Munford 0
Pell City 4, Oxford 3
Pleasant Valley 10, Sand Rock 0
Randolph County 14, Saks 0
Randolph County 15, Saks 2
Wellborn 7, Weaver 5
Softball
Pleasant Valley 9, Cedar Bluff 2
Ohatchee 7, Glencoe 3
Woodland 1, Handley 0
Oxford 10, Shades Valley 4
Ranburne 11, Vincent 1
Randolph County 12, Ranburne 1
Weaver 11, Saks 7
Weaver 11, Saks 7
Cherokee County 4, White Plains 2
Spring Garden 20, Gaylesville 3
By East Alabama Sports Today
ODENVILLE — One thing didn’t change when the AHSAA reclassified Jacksonville up to Class 5A. The Golden Eagles still win area baseball titles.
Jacksonville completed a 5A, Area 11 sweep of St. Clair County on Thursday, winning both games 6-2.
That coupled with Lincoln’s 6-5 loss to Moody in 10 innings put Jacksonville (16-15) on top.
All four teams in the area went into this week tied. Jacksonville came away with its fourth consecutive area title and the last one under head coach Jamison Edwards, who is leaving after this school year to be head baseball coach and a football offensive coordinator at White Plains.
“We’ve tried to establish a culture that is consistently competitive,” Edwards said. “And we push our guys to play tough schedules and to play in tough games. We do that because we know just how tough it is in an area like this, where going into the last week, all four teams were tied for first place.
“I told the guys how proud I was of them, for this one especially, because of all the things they’ve had to work through that are not part of a normal season as we have made our way through area play. And this one is special, not just because it’s the fourth one in a row, which has never been done at Jacksonville, but it’s special to me because this is the way I get to leave the program.”
Jacksonville beat St. Clair County 1-0 on Tuesday. Thursday’s first game saw Matthew Salmon get the win, allowing three hits with five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Nicholas Johnson worked a perfect 2 2/3 innings with one strikeout.
Xaye Lemon went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Jackson Bonner went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Salmon added a single and an RBI, and John Ducar went 3-for-4 with a run.
Drake Loggins added a double and two runs.
Jackson Askew got the win in Thursday’s second game, spreading out four hits with five strikeouts in four innings. Maquire Mallett allowed one hit and no walks or runs with three strikeouts in three innings.
Loggins went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Lemon and Johnson each had a single and an RBI, and Mallett added an RBI.
“Extremely proud of these guys,” Edwards said. “We went into this week knowing we needed to win the first two games of the area series to get into the playoffs. Matt Salmon and Nick Johnson did an awesome job on the mound today.
“We were able to play some small ball and put some pressure on their defense and force some mistakes we were able to take advantage of and produce some runs.”
ANNISTON 14, TALLADEGA 1: Zamari Hawkins and Adyn Goodson each had two hits and an RBI, and Anniston (3-9) finished off a Class 4A, Area 8 sweep.
Dylan Goodson and Kyron Malbrough and Harris each had a single and an RBI. Ha’raggi Harris scored three runs and Malbro two.
Caleb Ackles pitched all four innings, allowing three hits with seven strikeouts.
CENTRAL-CLAY 8, BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN 2: Taylor Boyd 20 went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, and Central-Clay (11-12) won in Class 5A, Area 8 play.
J.T. Wilkerson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run. Kalvin Simmons went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs, and Tyler Boyd 3 went 2-for-5 with a triple, a run and an RBI.
Hudspon Foster went 2-for–3 with an RBI.
Braden Sprayberry allowed two hits with one strikeout in 5 2/3 innings, and Ryder Waldrep mopped up the final 1 1/3 innings.
CHEROKEE COUNTY 6, ALEXANDRIA 3: Carson Tittle went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double and five RBIs, and Cherokee County (17-13) won in Class 4A, Area 12 play.
Tittle also pitched five innings, allowing five hits with three strikeouts.
Evan Hill added a single, an RBI and a run, and N Black hit a double.
Alexandria’s Bray Goode and Garrett Haynes each went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
CLEBURNE COUNTY 3, WHITE PLAINS 2: Asher Brown pitched a complete game, allowing two hits with five strikeouts, and Cleburne County (12-9) won in Class 4A, Area 12 play.
Hunter Gore and Cade Shubert each had a single and an RBI. Matthew Wilson went 2-for-3 with two runs, and Gabriel Wickersham went 2-for-3 with a run.
White Plains’ Aiden Kilgore spread out eight hits with four strikeouts over six innings, and Beau Madrigal had a single and an RBI.
DONOHO 11, GASTON 5: Kai Cleckler went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs, and Donoho (6-12) win in Class 2A, Area 13 play.
Hayes Farrell went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. Cash Worley went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs, and Jordan Cameron went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run.
Brody Macolly went 2-for-3.
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN 13, FAITH CHRISTIAN 0: Noah Lee pitched a five-inning perfect game with eight strikeouts, and JCA (9-6) won in Class 1A, Area 12 play.
Lee also went 2-for-3 with three runs. He’s batting .682 on the season, good enough to rank 10th nationally, according to MaxPreps.
Nick Brodeur went 2-for-3 with two runs. Caleb Stallings went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a run, and Jesse Gannaway added two RBIs and a run.
JCA took advantage of five errors and 11 walks.
MUNFORD 9-0, HANDLEY 5-3: Munford (15-7) won Thursday’s first game to clinch the Class 4A, Area 8 series, and Handley took the second game.
Braydon Nichols led the way at the plate in the first game, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, four RBIs and two runs.
Gatlin Watts went 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, and Austin Wynn went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Lathan Stephens went 2-for-4 with two runs.
Handley’s Alexander Busbin went 4-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Aden Anthony and Cordan Patterson each had a single and an RBI.
Skylar Hester got the win in the second game, allowing one hit with two strikeouts in three innings. Patterson went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a run, and Brody Estes has a single and RBI.
PLEASANT VALLEY 10, SAND ROCK 0: Jake Barnwell pitched a five-inning no-hitter with seven strikeouts, and Pleasant Valley (16-10) won in Class 2A, Area 13.
Will Underwood led the way at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run. Noah Johnson went 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI, and Logan Williams went 1-for-1 with two runs and an RBI.
Peyton Mann and Jackson Acker each had a single and an RBI, and Nic Acker went 3-for-3 with a double and three runs.
RANDOLPH COUNTY 14-15, SAKS 0-2: Randolph County (6-16) swept a Class 3A, Area 9 double header.
Dalton Spivey allowed no hits over three innings in the first game, striking out three batters.
Ryder Pinson went 2-for-3 with a triple, three runs and an RBI, and Michael Robinson went 1-for-2 with two runs and an RBI. Daniel Jones added a single, a run and an RBI, and R Huddleston had a single and two runs.
Robinson homered with two RBIs in the second game, and No. 9 went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs and two RBIs.
Rhett went 2-for-4 with three runs and an RBI. Payton Pinckard went 2-for-3 with three runs and an RBI, and Ethan Watts had a single and two RBIs. Pinson and Mason Pike each had a single and RBI.
Saks’ Lajuan Curry and Eli Wills each had an RBI.
Softball
OXFORD 19, SHADES VALLEY 4: Jordyn Alexander, Haleigh Pruitt and Kylee Stephens each homered as Oxford (13-13) won in Class 6A, Area 11 play.
Alexander went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs. Stephens went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and two RBIs, and Pruitt went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs.
Jayla Jackson went 3-for-3 with a triple, a double, three runs and three RBIs. Madison Murphy went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, two runs and two RBIs.
Cadence Kennedy went 3-for-3 with a triple, two runs and an RBI, and Emma Tims-Becerra added a double and two runs. Charleigh Trotter went 2-for-4 with a run, and Tymeria Smith-Lindsey had a single and an RBI.
PLEASANT VALLEY 9, CEDAR BLUFF 2: Haylie Lee went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs, and Pleasant Valley (25-9) won in Class 2A, Area 13 play.
Lily Henry went 1-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs, and Cailey Almaroad went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a run and an RBI.
Lilly Robinson and Elise Wheeler each went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and Ellie Patterson hit a double.
Lee pitched a complete-game three-hitter with five strikeouts and no walks.
ALEXANDRIA 15, CLEBURNE COUNTY 0: Alexandria (25-4-2) put on a power show while winning in Class 4A, Area 12 play.
Pressley Slaton went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs and three RBIs, and Allyssa Hunt went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBIs and two runs; Brenlee Sparks added a home run and two RBIs.
Charlee Parris went 3-for-3 with a triple, a double, three runs and an RBI. Cali Hess went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs, and Ryan Lumpkin added a double, a run and an RBI, and BooBoo Bright went 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI.
Slaton pitched a perfect two innings with two strikeouts, and Reece Carr allowed two hits with two strikeouts in an inning of work.
OHATCHEE 7, GLENCOE 3: Makayla Brackett allowed two hits with six strikeouts in seven innings, and Ohatchee (21-9) won in Class 3A, Area 12 play. She also hit a triple with a run and an RBI.
Alanah Fitch had a single and two RBIs, and Mackenzie Luna went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Gracie Reed went 2-for-4 with a double and a run.
Glencoe’s Evelyn Nowak had a double and two RBIs, and Kynsley Freeman added an RBI.
WOODLAND 1, HANDLEY 0: Railey Williams pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts, and Woodland improved to 19-3. Lucy Phillips had a single and a run. Alyssa Taylor tripled, and S Vann doubled.
Handley’s Raina Smith doubled, and Keira Addison and Tennley Benefield each had a single.
RANBURNE 11, VINCENT 1: Autumn Lovvorn went 3-for-4 with two home runs, three runs and two RBIs as Ranburne (8-9) won in Class 2A, Area 8 play.
Jayla Stewart went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs. Carter Martin and Shaylie Reeves each went 1-for-2 with two RBIs.
Rylann Graham went 2-for-3 with a double and a run, and Rylie Duke went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
K.K. Rollins went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
Karoline Meadows allowed two hits over five innings.
RANDOLPH COUNTY 12, WELLBORN 1: Gracie Robinson and Lizzie Milam combined to hold Wellborn to two hits, and Randolph County (10-7) won in Class 3A, Area 9 play.. Robinson had two strikeouts over four innings.
Robinson also went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBis..
Gracie Huckeba went 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI, and Bryer Thompson went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.
Aniyah Lee had a single and two RBIs. Hannah Parmer added a single and an RBI.
WEAVER 11, SAKS 7: Reyleigh Partner homered and drove in three runs, and Weaver (8-8) won in Class 3A, Area 9 play.
Kaelyn Free had a double and three RBIs. Caitlyn Edmonson had a single and three runs, and Ashlyn Coleman had a double, two runs and an RBI.
Partner pitched a complete game, spreading out eight hits with five strikeouts over seven innings.
Saks’ Ava Snead doubled with three RBIs and two runs. Raina Zackary went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Adrianna Stevens and Kendal Harris had a single and an RBI.
CHEROKEE COUNTY 4, WHITE PLAINS 2: Emma Hill pitched a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts in seven innings, and Cherokee County won in Class 4A, Area 12 play. She also went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Auburn Mullins went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
White Plains’ Sara Kate Adams went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.
SPRING GARDEN 20, GAYLESVILLE 3: Layla Ingram went 3-for-3 with a triple, a double, four runs and four RBIs, and Spring Garden (10-7-2) won in Class 1A, Area 12 play.
Rylie Ham went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double and three RBIs, and Maggie Jarrett went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs.
Avery Steward went 3-for-3 with two triples, five runs and two RBIs, and Helena Ingram went 3-for-5 with a double, three runs and two RBIs, and Addie Word went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Lilly McCain went 2-for-4 with a double with a double, two runs and an RBI, and Kylie Bates had a double and a run.
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