The South All-Stars swept the North-South All-Star Classic softball competition on Wednesday as three pitchers combined for a no-hitter in a 2-0 Game 1 win. The South recorded a 4-2 decision in Game 2 of the doubleheader played at Montgomery’s Lagoon Park.

Wicksburg’s Ellie Cox, Satsuma’s Anna Jo Bonds and Saraland’s Myleigh Dobbins proved to be unhittable in the opening game – facing just 23 batters (two over the minimum) with 7 strikeouts in a contest that lasted just 91 minutes. Cox was the MVP for the South team.

AHSAA officials said it appeared to be the first no-hitter in the North-South Classic since 1997.

Cox, who helped Wicksburg earn the Class 3A state title in May, started and pitched 3 innings to pick up the win. She walked 2 and struck out 4. Bonds faced the minimum three batters in the fourth inning with a strikeout. Dobbins worked the final 3 innings, facing nine batters with 3 strikeouts, and earned a save.

The South got the only run it would need in the top of the first inning when Bonds was hit by a pitch and later scored on a single by Dobbins. Lead-off hitter Mariah Harrison of Central-Phenix City walked and scored on a single by Sydney Johnson of Saint James in the fourth inning for an insurance run.

North pitchers allowed 4 hits with 8 strikeouts. Starter Kayden Bush of Thompson allowed 3 hits over 3 innings, with 3 strikeouts and a walk. Alivia Lewis of Deshler allowed an unearned run on a hit with 2 strikeouts in 2 innings. Madison Academy’s Cataryna Schreiber tossed 2 shutout innings, allowed no hits, and struck out 3 to finish the game.

In Game 2, Cox had a hit and came back to the mound in the sixth inning to get the South out of jam and got the save after shutting the North out in the seventh inning to preserve the 4-2 win.

Central-Phenix City’s Kayla Storey started the second game in the circle and got the win, pitching 3 shutout innings on 2 hits with a strikeout. Bonds pitched another shutout inning as the North struggled for 11 straight innings without a run.

The South took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, thanks in part to Central’s Harrison, who finished with 2 hits and scored a pair of runs. Bonds drove in 3 runs with a double and a single.

Shreiber – who started in the circle striking out 6, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits over 3 innings – and Athens’ Caitland Tedford had 2 hits each for the North. Tedford also drove in a run and scored the North’s other run to earn North MVP honors.

SOCCER

The girls South All-Stars rode a hat trick from Dothan striker Lauren Yu to a 4-3 win over the North at the Emory Folmar Soccer Complex in Montgomery on Wednesday while the North boys struck quickly on the way to a 3-1 win over the South.

The South girls jumped out to a 3-0 lead – scoring all three in a span of just under 2 minutes in the first half. Kiley Hawarah of St. Luke’s got the first goal at the 27:21 mark thanks to an assist from South MVP Yu. The Dothan striker stormed back for her first goal just 36 seconds later and added her second goal at 29:11 – 74 seconds later. She got assists from Bayside Academy’s Virgina Merchant and Auburn’s Camilla Bosman as the South took a 3-0 lead into intermission.

Just four minutes into the second half, Yu scored again off an assist from McGill-Toolen’s Emma Grubbs.

Down 4-0, the North caught fire when Reese Oldfield of Spain Park cut the lead to 4-1 with a goal at 52:19 on an assist from Fort Payne’s Reese McCurdy. Homewood’s Meagan Tucker made it 4-2 with a goal at the 74:42 mark. Oldfield, the North MVP, closed out the scoring with her second goal with just under four minutes remaining.

The North boys took control early – with Southside’s Trek Gardner scoring 59 seconds into the match. The North squad led 1-0 until early in the second half when North MVP Luke Miller of Chelsea nailed a free kick from just outside the box with just over 5 minutes into the second period.

Homewood’s Amon Keplelach scored the third North goal at 61:35 on an assist from Susan Moore’s Braulio Zavala.

South MVPJack Baueraverted the shutout with a goal at the 75:30 mark. It was the only goal allowed by North goalkeeperAlexander Chaldez Cruzof Oak Mountain.

AHSAA NORTH-SOUTH

ALL-STAR RESULTS/SCHEDULE

Girls golf: South 43.5, North 28.5 (North girls lead series 4-2)

Boys golf: South 56.5, North 33.5 (North boys lead series 5-1)

Baseball: South 16-7, North 6-7 (North boys lead series 24-19-5)

Girls cross country: North 22, South 37 (North leads series 6-2)

Boys cross country: North 25, South 35 (North leads series 6-2)

Girls basketball: South 85, North 75 (North leads series 24-4)

Boys basketball: South 76, North 65 (North leads series 51-31)

Girls tennis: Lagoon Park, 5 p.m., Tuesday (North leads series 4-0)

Boys tennis: Lagoon Park, 5 p.m., Tuesday (North leads series 3-1)

Softball: South 2-4, North 0-2 (North leads series 29-27-2)

Girls soccer: South 4, North 3 (North leads 19-4-1)

Boys soccer: North 3, South 1 (North leads 17-4-1)

Volleyball: Cramton Bowl Multiplex, Thursday, 2 p.m. (North leads series 16-10)