Hueytown beat Class 6A rival McAdory 11-6 in the opening game of a baseball doubleheader on the road on Friday to win the series to improve to 4-0 in Area 8 play. Coach Billy Chandler’s 21-11 Golden Gophers won the opening game of the series 11-1 on Thursday while McAdory took the third game 8-6.

In Game 1 on Friday, Jose Irreaza smacked a 2-run home run – his first of the season – in the sixth inning as Hueytown pushed its 8-6 edge to the final margin.

Leadoff hitter RJ Houston was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI and 3 runs scored and Baker Davis went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs for the Golden Gophers. Jackson Kauhn went 2-for-5 with an RBI.

Davis, Caleb Chapman, Hunter Syx and Samuel Vaughan also had doubles in the win as Hueytown piled up 13 hits to 6 for the Yellow Jackets, who also committed 4 errors.

Davis earned the win, allowing 6 runs – 3 earned – on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts and a walk in 4.1 innings. Braden McCrary struck out 6, allowing a hit in 2.2 scoreless innings.

Brandon Heard took the loss for McAdory, allowing 7 runs – 4 earned – on 6 hits with a strikeout and a walk in 2.1 innings in relief of starter Max Hollingsworth. The starter allowed 4 runs – 3 earned – on 6 hits with 3 strikeouts and 5 walks in 3.1 innings.

First baseman Caleb Reed led off the third inning with a solo home run and hit another solo shot with 2 outs in the fourth on the way to a 3-for-4 day at the plate. Devon Miller had a double in 3 at-bats with an RBI and Heard was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

In Game 2, McAdory rallied for the win by scoring 5 runs – on a single hit – in the bottom of the fifth. Cooper Yarbrough led off the decisive inning by reaching on an error. Yarbrough’s pinch-runner, Derrius Dozier, took second on an error and went to third on a single by Michael Vines. Javison Brown was then hit by a pitch before Vines and Dozier executed a double steal, bringing in Dozier. Aaron Robinson walked and Vines and Brown scored on an error on the pitcher.

After a pitching change, with the score tied at 6, Miller drove in Robinson on a fly out to center field and Hollingsworth brought in Glover with another fly to center for the final run.

Miller went 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs for McAdory, Yarbrough was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Vines had the Yellow Jackets’ other hit.

Yarbrough got the win in relief of Thatcher Fleming, shutting out Hueytown on 3 hits with 6 strikeouts and a walk over 4 innings. Fleming allowed 6 runs – 4 earned – on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk.

Chapman had a home run for Hueytown and was 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs in the loss. Kauhn was 2-for-2, Christian Kelley went 1-for-2 and Zane Barnes was 1-for-2.

The Gophers’ third pitcher, Chapman, was saddled with the loss, allowing 5 runs – 3 earned – on a hit with a walk. Starter Slade Wilson allowed 2 earned runs on a hit with 3 strikeouts and 5 walks over 2 innings.

In other high school spring sports from around the state over the weekend:

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BIRMINGHAM

Hewitt-Trussville 4, Vestavia Hills 3

The top-ranked Huskies won in a walk-off hit-by-pitch to take the Class 7A, Area 6 series over rival Vestavia Hills. Hewitt-Trussville won the last two of the three-game series on Friday.

Vestavia, ranked fifth in 7A, led 3-1 after scoring single runs in the third, fourth and sixth inning. The Huskies tied it in the bottom of the sixth when Colby Durden homered on a 3-1 count to drive in Cameron Simpson, who had walked.

Hewitt’s Blake Bales singled to lead off the seventh for Hewitt. Luke Filasek then walked on four pitches from reliever Charlie Taaffe. Steele Hall singled on a bunt to load the bases and Koal Duckett brought in the game-winning run when he was hit on a 2-1 count.

Duckett was 0-for-2 on the day with 2 RBIs. Durden finished 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs, Bales was 1-for-2 and Hall was 1-for-3 as Hewitt-Trussville had 4 hits on the night to 5 for Vestavia.

Bales picked up the win in relief of starter Rylan Clark. Bales gave up 2 runs – 1 earned – on 3 hits with 2 strikeouts and 4 walks. Clark worked 3 innings, allowing an earned run on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts and 3 walks.

For the Rebels, Taaffe went 2-for-4 with an RBI, Jacob Harris was 2-for-3 and Gavin Smith went 1-for-3.

Taaffe, Vestavia’s third pitcher, took the loss. He gave up an earned run on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk in an inning. Starter Cooper Anderson gave up an earned run on a hit with 2 strikeouts and 4 walks. William Daniel allowed 2 earned runs on a hit with 2 walks in an inning.

Hewitt-Trussville will play at Oak Mountain on Monday at 6 p.m. to open another Area 6 series. The Eagles travel to Hewitt on Wednesday and the teams are back at Oak Mountain on Thursday, also at 6 p.m. Vestavia Hills plays rival Hoover in an area series – on Monday at home, Wednesday on the road and Thursday at home, all at 6 p.m.

Homewood 19, Shades Valley 0

The fifth-ranked Class 6A Patriots improved to 22-6 with the 3-inning run-rule win at Shades Valley on Saturday.

Cooper Sain ran his record to 4-2 on the mound for Homewood, with a 1-hitter over 2 innings. He struck out 1 and walked 1.

Jack Ross had a pair of hits and 4 RBIs, Cooper Mullins had 2 hits with 2 RBIs and Will Siegel had 2 hits, including a triple, with 3 RBIs. Jack Bland also tripled, Levi Nickoli had a double, an RBI and 3 stolen bases while Will Dobbins had 2 hits with an RBI.

Gardendale 6, Homewood 1

Auburn University signee Caiden Combs led the Rockets to a dominating win over Homewood on the road on Friday. Combs, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound right-hander, struck out 10 Patriots in the 7-inning complete game. He allowed 6 hits and walked 1.

Lucas Ford went 2-for-2 for Gardendale with an RBI and a run scored. Carson Burdette drove in a pair of runs, Adam Yazel went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Carter Jenkins was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Southern Union Community College signee Jack Ross suffered his first loss after winning seven straight. He gave up 2 runs on 4 hits with 3 walks in 4 innings. Cooper Mullins had 2 hits with an RBI.

HUNTSVILLE/TENNESSEE VALLEY

Bob Jones 4-12, Austin 3-1

The second-ranked Class 7A Patriots wrapped up a 3-game sweep of Area 8 foe Austin with a squeaker in Game 1 of a doubleheader and a runaway in Game 2 on Saturday in Decatur. Bob Jones also beat the Black Bears 12-1 in the series opener at home on Friday.

In Saturday’s 9-inning Game 1, the visitors broke on top on Cole Spanier’s solo home run in the first before Austin scored 3 runs in the bottom of the third. The Black Bears scored when Dejohn Parks – who led off with a double – scored on an error. Jaxon Potter, who reached on the error, scored two batters later on a passed ball and Bryant Jones scored on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Parker.

Bob Jones’ winning runs came in the top of the fifth on Spanier’s second home run of the game, a 2-out, 2-run blast to left field. Spanier finished 3-for-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBIs.

Dillon Adkins was 2-for-5 with a double, Tanner Hermesch had a solo home run and Robert Chatmon was 1-for-5 with a double.

Reece Brazeal picked up the win in relief of starter Camden Martin, allowing a hit with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks over 2.1 scoreless innings. Martin gave up 3 runs – 1 earned – on 4 hits with 7 strikeouts and 4 walks in 7 innings.

Austin managed 5 hits in the loss with Trey Harville going 2-for-4. Jones was the losing pitcher, allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks.

In Game 2, Bob Jones led 3-1 after an inning and piled on a run in the second, 2 in the third, 3 in the fourth and 3 more in the sixth.

Spanier and Vincent Howald had home runs, Drake Barbee tripled and Micah Sigler had a double as the Patriots out-hit the home team 11-3.

Spanier was 3-for-3 with an RBI and Howald was 1-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in. Nicholas Koukos was 1-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Mick Tyrrell was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs and Chatmon was 2-for-2 with 2 runs scored.

Joshua Wilhide earned the win, giving up an unearned run on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and 3 walks in 5 innings. Adkins struck out 2 and walked 1 in an inning of relief.

Potter went 2-for-3 for Austin and Jones was 1-for-3. Owen Prater took the loss for the Black Bears in relief of starter Paxton Branum. Prater gave up 3 runs – 1 earned – on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk. Branum allowed 6 runs – 5 earned – on 7 hits with a walk in 2.2 innings.

On Friday, the Patriots scored a run in the first before Austin tied it in the top of the third. Bob Jones pushed across 4 in the bottom of the inning and scored 7 in the fourth.

Winning pitcher Hermesch had a big day, ripping a 3-run home run in the fourth inning after driving in another run with a sacrifice fly in the third. On the mound, he struck out 10, allowed an earned run on 3 hits with no walks in 5 innings.

Spanier went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and 5 RBIs for Bob Jones and Myles Hammonds was 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Bentley Stidham had a double in 2 at-bats, Branum was 1-for-2 and Potter was 1-for-3 with an RBI for Austin.

Stidham started and took the loss for the Black Bears, allowing 8 earned runs on 6 hits with 3 walks over 3.1 innings. Tucker Hopkins gave up 4 unearned runs on 2 hits, working the final two-thirds of an inning.

James Clemens 11-6, Florence 10-5

The Jets improved to 20-9 and 2-0 with a 3-game sweep of Class 7A, Area 8 foe Florence, including wins in a doubleheader at home on Saturday.

James Clemens scored 5 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win in a walk-off in Game 1, thanks to a Matthew Drinkwater double.

The Jets overcame 4 errors in the win and rallied from an 8-0 Florence lead after two-and-a-half innings. The Falcons scored a run in the first, 5 in the second – 3 on back-to-back outfield errors – and 2 in the third before James Clemens pushed across 5 in the bottom of the third inning to narrow the lead to 8-5. Florence scored 2 in the fifth and the home team answered with a run in the bottom of the inning setting up the big seventh inning.

Drinkwater, the junior leadoff hitter, was 2-for-4 with 4 RBIs with a 2-run homer in the third. Trip Morgan was 1-for-2 with a solo home run, Ian Berry was 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI and Hudson Smith was 1-for-3 with a double.

Scott Sieja, the fourth pitcher for the Jets, worked the scoreless seventh to earn the win. Starter Cody Hodges gave up 5 runs – 3 earned – on 1 hit with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Braden Powless also surrendered 5 runs, with 3 earned, on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks. Will Votroubek worked 1.1 innings, with a pair of walks.

James Aston and Henry Blanke had doubles for Florence with Aston driving in a run. Cooper Thomaston was 1-for-5 with a pair of RBIs.

Coston Mahan, the fifth Falcons pitcher, took the loss. He gave up 2 earned runs on 2 hits with a walk in one-third of an inning. Starter Jace Brandon allowed 5 earned runs on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and 4 walks in 2 innings.

In Game 2, James Clemens jumped on top with 3 runs in the first and 2 in the second and answered Florence’s 4-run third inning with 1 in the fourth. The Falcons scored another run in the fifth for the final margin.

Tyler Lewis earned the win, allowing 4 runs – 1 earned – on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk over 4 innings. Jesse Isensee gave up an earned run on 2 hits with 3 strikeouts and a walk over the final 3 innings.

Will Congo tripled and doubled and drove in a run in 3 at-bats from his leadoff position for James Clemens. Brooks Rhodes tripled with an RBI and a run scored.

Preston Solomon went 2-for-3 with a triple and 2 runs scored for Florence. Noah Yeager went 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs and Eli Martin also drove in a run.

Starter Cade Davis took the loss, allowing 6 runs – 5 earned – on 5 hits with 3 strikeouts and 2 walks in 3.1 innings.

On Friday, James Clemens whipped the Falcons 10-1, pounding out 11 hits while Drinkwater held the home team to a pair of singles. Drinkwater struck out 6, allowing an earned run, with 3 walks over 7 innings.

Smith went 3-for-4 with a double and 2 runs, Morgan was 2-for-3 with a double and 4 RBIs and Bryson Hodge was 1-for-2 with 2 RBIs for the Jets.

Martin took the loss, allowing 7 runs – 6 earned – on 9 hits with 4 strikeouts in 5.2 innings.

Avery Thread and Auston Klotzbach had Florence’s hits.

MOBILE/COASTAL ALABAMA

Mary G. Montgomery 6-10, Davidson 0-0

The Vikings completed a three-game sweep over Class 7A, Area 1 foe Davidson on Friday with a pair of shutouts. Mary G. Montgomery beat the Warriors 9-8 on Thursday in the series opener.

In Friday’s Game 1, senior MGM pitcher Anderson Murray threw a complete game shutout, striking out a season-high 10 batters – including striking out the side in the seventh. Murray had a strikeout in all but one inning in the win. He gave up 4 singles on the day.

Carlos Smith had a pair of hits and drove in 2 runs for Mary G. Montgomery. Murray reached base twice in the win and added an RBI ground out in the fourth inning.

In Game 2, the Vikings managed just 2 hits and Davidson had 1 as MGM scored all 10 runs in the fourth inning. The first four batters in the fourth reached on walks before Murray was hit by a pitch to bring in Jackson Bearden. Keelan Moye – who had both of Mary G. Montgomery’s hits – drove in Zack Cooper and Coy Alford with a single for a 4-0 edge. Three of the next four batters walked to push the advantage to 7-0.

Adyn Scott delivered the only hit for the Warriors, a double in the third inning.

Christian Gray earned the win, allowing a hit with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks over 4 innings. Trevor Smith added a pair of strikeouts in an inning’s work.

Starter King Williams took the loss, allowing 5 earned runs on 1 hit with 2 strikeouts and 8 walks. Reliever Jeffery Mose walked 3 with a strikeout, allowing 5 runs – 3 earned – in one-third of an inning.

Satsuma 4-1, St. Michael 0-0

The Gators registered their fourth straight shutout – three over St. Michael in a Class 4A, Area 1 series – with the wins at home on Friday. Satsuma also beat St. Michael 4-0 on Thursday on the road.

In Friday’s Game 1, starter Darius Kupua struck out 8 and gave up 2 hits in 5 shutout innings. Hunter Sullivan worked the final 2 innings, allowing 2 hits with 2 strikeouts.

Micah Sullivan had a pair of doubles for Satsuma with an RBI and Braxton Byrd contributed 2 singles with an RBI.

Cam Kerbl, Jonah Daughtery, Brayden Smith and Wright Williamson had hits for St. Michael. Kerbl took the loss, allowing 4 earned runs on 8 hits with 4 strikeouts and 3 walks.

In Game 2, Byrd’s sacrifice fly to center field in the third inning drove in Sullivan with the only run the Gators would need.

Starter Hunter Sullivan pitched 4 shutout innings, allowing a 2-out double to St. Michael’s Noah Mosley in the second, with 4 strikeouts and a walk. Parker Sells worked the final 3 innings on 4 hits with a strikeout and a walk.

The Cardinals left 2 runners on base in the seventh.

Kapua, Cooper Crenshaw, Jake May, Tucker Hicks and Hunter Sullivan had hits for Satsuma. Ollie Deese, Charlie Williamson and Smith all singled for the Cardinals.

Henry Harshberger took the loss, allowing the earned run on 2 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk over 3 innings.

The Gators (16-8) will host Thomasville on Tuesday and meet area foe Bayside Academy on Friday and Saturday. St. Michael begins an Area 1 series vs. Orange Beach on Wednesday on the road before hosting a doubleheader on Thursday.

– John Vella

St. Paul’s 3-7, Faith Academy 2-6

St. Paul’s used timely hitting and strategic pitching in a crucial Class 5A, Area 2 doubleheader against Faith Academy at Bussie Greer Field on Friday night.

The wins enabled the Saints, 13-8 overall and 6-1 in area play, to take two of three games in the series, and avenged a 9-6 loss to the Rams (18-5, 6-2) on Thursday night.

“It’s a brutal area,” said St. Paul’s head coach Andy Robbins. “You’ve got us, Mobile Christian, and Citronelle in the same area, and that’s a brutal area. You’ve got to fight your tail off, and that’s what I told the kids. I’m really proud of them.”

“It was a tough battle between two really good teams,” said Faith head coach Matt Seymour. “We had many opportunities to right some wrongs. We’ll bounce back from it; we’ll be okay, but we had opportunities to win those games.”

Bradley Irish was the winning pitcher in the Saints’ win in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader, pitching a complete game while giving up two runs on five hits while striking out six and walking one.

Brooks McDonald had an RBI, Taylor O’Dell was 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and a run scored, while Hudson Farnell scored a run.

Grayson Finch took the loss for Faith Academy, going 5.1 innings while allowing three runs on four hits while striking out five and walking two. Brodie Wilson had an RBI, Eli Quinley was 2-for-3 and scored a run, while Cooper Smith scored a run.

John Stowers scored on McDonald’s grounder for a 1-0 St. Paul’s lead in the first inning, but Wilson’s RBI single in the top of the second tied the game. The Saints answered with two more runs in their half of the inning when O’Dell doubled in Farnell and later scored on an error after an Irish bunt.

Faith made it 3-2 in the top of the fourth when Smith scored on a fielder’s error, and had a chance to at least tie the game in the fifth when it had runners in scoring position with two outs, but Irish induced Brayden Wright to fly out.

In Game 2, St. Paul’s used a three-pitcher rotation, with O’Dell getting the win after relieving starter Bay Lane in the top of the third. O’Dell pitched 2.2 innings, allowed one run on four hits, struck out four and walked two in the win. Stowers, who played catcher Thursday and Friday, got the save, allowing only one run and three hits in a single inning.

“He’s a warrior,” Robbins said of Stowers. “He does this all the time, pitch and catch and does what it takes to win.”

Edward McLeod hit his second homer in as many nights — a solo shot in the first, and finished the night 1-for-3 along with an intentional walk. McDonald had a double and a two-run sacrifice fly, while Caleb Roland and Irish each scored a run.

Christian Freeman took the loss for Faith Academy in relief, pitching three innings and allowing three runs on two hits while striking out four and walking two. Bryce Turner was 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, Quinley had a sac fly RBI, and Ortiz was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Rams hitting attack.

Faith led 4-2 in the top of the fourth, but the Saints went up 7-4 in their half of the inning when a run scored on a bases-loaded walk, two runs scored off passed balls and two more came on McDonald’s sacrifice fly. The Rams came back with a run in the fifth and another in the sixth, but failed to take advantage of runners on base and came up short.

“We hit some guys and walked some guys when we didn’t need to, and when you have two good teams playing like this, you can’t give up anything,” Seymour said.

“You never have enough runs, and we talked about how you got to start strong and keep pressing every inning, especially in two big area games,” said Robbins. “I thought our guys put the ball in play well and ran the bases very well.”

– Arthur L. Mack

STATEWIDE

Prattville Christian 11-5, Montgomery Academy 2-8

The top-ranked Panthers improved to 24-2 and 4-0 in Class 3A, Area 5 play with the doubleheader split at Prattville Christian on Friday.

Prattville Christian beat MA 14-0 on Thursday to sweep the 2-game area series.

The Eagles took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning in Game 1 Friday on a Chapman Baker 2-run home run, but PCA knotted the score in the bottom of the inning when Ethan Walls singled, Blake Bowman doubled, Jack Diefenderfer was hit by a pitch and Gavin Oates walked to score Walls.

The Panthers scored 3 in the fifth and coasted to the win with 6 more in the sixth. Prattville Christian finished with 10 hits to 5 for Montgomery Academy. The Eagles committed 2 errors to none for the home team.

Bowman was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and 2 RBIs, Conner Williams went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and Luke Lawson was 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Diefenderfer and Oates also had a double in the win.

Walls struck out 13 for Prattville Christian, allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits with 3 walks over 7 innings for PCA.

William Marks had a double in 4 at-bats, with Paxton Haigler, Kingston Nelson and Jarrett Friendly finishing with a single apiece.

Marks took the loss in relief of Oscar Fiore, allowing 9 runs – 6 earned – on 6 hits with a strikeout and 4 walks over 3 innings. Fiore allowed 2 earned runs on 4 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks.

In Game 2, Montgomery Academy handed PCA its second loss of the season, scoring 3 runs in the top of the seventh on three straight RBI singles from Fiore, John Allen Jones and Baker after the Panthers had tied the game with 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Reid McBride finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs – on a bases-clearing triple in the top of the fifth – in the win. Baker also had 2 hits and an RBI. Jarrett Friendly also picked up an RBI.

Andrew Hosein earned the win, giving up 5 earned runs on 7 hits with 6 strikeouts and a walk in 5.2 innings. Finley Haigler pitched the final 1.1 innings, allowing a hit with a strikeout.

Walls went 2-for-3 with a triple, 2 RBIs and 2 runs for PCA. Diefenderfer was 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs.

Williams took the loss in relief of Diefenderfer, allowing 3 unearned runs on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk. Diefenderfer struck out 6 and gave up 5 earned runs on 3 hits with 4 walks over 4 innings.

Prattville Christian committed 5 errors in the loss.

PCA will host Saint James for the opening game of an Area 5 series on Thursday. The Panthers play at Saint James for a doubleheader on Friday.

Montgomery Academy (12-7) will host Luverne on Monday.

SOCCER

MOBILE/COASTAL ALABAMA

Baker 2, Rockvale (Tenn.) 0

The Hornets went 2-1 in the Southern Coast Cup in Foley over the weekend with the win over Rockvale on Saturday and a 3-1 win over St. George’s Independent of Collierville, Tenn., on Friday. Baker lost 2-1 to Westmoore, Okla., on Saturday.

Grantham Morgan scored both of Baker’s goals in the win over Rockvale. Naith Allen earned the clean sheet in goal.

In the win over St. George’s, Morgan scored 2 goals and Kayson Bennett added another.

Bennett scored Baker’s goal in the loss to Westmoore.

The Hornets, 13-5-1 on the season, will host Alma Bryant on Monday at 5 p.m.

HUNTSVILLE/TENNESSEE VALLEY

Westminster Christian 2, East Limestone 1

The Wildcats clinched the Class 5A, Area 16 title with the win on Senior Night on Friday.

East Limestone took a 1-0 lead with a corner kick in the 16th minute before Westminster Christian battled back to get even in the 44th minute on a goal from John Mark Steele. The senior got the game-winner in the 68th minute on an assist from Liam Senior.

Westminster will host Mars Hill on Tuesday before its final Area 16 game at home on Thursday against Ardmore.

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MOBILE/COASTAL ALABAMA

Baker 5, Spanish Fort 4 (8)

The Honeybees rallied for 3 runs in the top of the eighth inning and held off Class 6A No. 1 Spanish Fort in the bottom of the inning to win the Saraland Invitational Tournament on Saturday.

Headed into extra innings tied at 2, Baker put Krissy Lapeyroue at second as the international tiebreaker runner and she took third on a wild pitch. Lauren Mordecai tripled her in on a full count for a 3-2 lead. Gabrielle Peterson then doubled to center field to make it 4-2 and Kaylee Boddie singled in Peterson.

Spanish Fort leadoff batter Cayden Dorger doubled in tiebreaker runner Maddie Nelson and took third on Delaney Duncan’s ground out. Alexa Nance singled to drive in Dorger to cut the lead to 5-4, but Baker survived when catcher Savannah Diehl threw Nance out trying to steal second and pitcher Madison Smith got Madison Griffith out on a comeback ground ball.

Smith gave up 3 earned runs on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk to get the win. Peterson went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs, Boddie was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Mordecai was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Dorger – who threw a 4-inning perfect game in a 15-0 win over McGill-Toolen earlier in the week with 8 strikeouts – was 2-for-3 with a double and 2 RBIs. AT Luke also had a hit in the loss.

Luke started for Baker, pitching 2 hitless innings, before Jayla Harris was saddled with the loss in 6 innings of relief. She allowed 4 earned runs on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk.

Spanish Fort 3, Mobile Christian 2

In the Saraland Invitational, Spanish Fort ran its record to 31-7 with three wins and the loss to Baker. AT Luke smacked an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh to seal the walk-off win over Mobile Christian.

Alexa Nance opened the inning with a walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and was sacrificed to third on a bunt by Maggie Pollock. Haley Hart singled to drive in Nance to tie the game before Luke’s game-winner.

Jayla Harris gave up 2 earned runs on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk over 7 innings.

Karsyn Grantham went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Mobile Christian. Madison Horton took the loss in the circle, giving up 3 earned runs on 8 hits with a strikeout and 2 walks.

Spanish Fort also beat Baldwin County 7-2 on Saturday. The Toros fell behind 1-0 in the top of the third, but then pushed across all 7 of its runs in the bottom of the inning. Spanish Fort had 11 hits while the Tigers finished with 7.

Dorger was 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored for Spanish Fort. Harris went 2-for-2 with an RBI, Pressley Parks was 2-for-3 and Pollock went 2-for-3. Duncan was 1-for-3 with 3 RBIs on the day.

Dorger also picked up the win in the circle, allowing 2 earned runs on 7 hits with 3 strikeouts in 6 innings.

Rylie Echele went 2-for-3 for Baldwin County with a double and an RBI. Lauren Jerkins and Nassar Brooks also had a double each with Brooks driving in a run.

Julianna Thompson took the loss, allowing 7 earned runs on 9 hits with a walk in 3 innings. Savannah Sharp gave up 2 hits with a strikeout and a walk in 2 innings.

On Friday, the Toros went into another international tiebreaker game, beating Daphne 8-7. The game was tied at 3 before the Trojans scored 4 runs in the top of the sixth – and final – inning.

The Trojans’ Aubrey Gregg walked, Farley Harris bunted and reached on an error that brought in pinch-runner Mariah Williams. Claire Senese singled on a bunt to load the bases and Gregg scored on a passed ball to put Daphne up 5-3. Abagail Johnson drove in a pair of runs to push Daphne’s lead to 7-3.

Spanish Fort battled back with leadoff hitter Nance driving in tiebreaker runner Mikala Godfrey from second. Nance scored on a Daphne error on an infield ground ball to make it 7-5. Courtesy runner Aubree Palmer scored to make it 7-6 on another infield error and Pollock tripled to tie the game. The Toros walked off the win when Pollock scored on a wild pitch.

Dorger got the win in relief of starter Izzy Walker, allowing 4 unearned runs on 4 hits with 3 strikeouts and 2 walks. Walker allowed 2 earned runs on 3 hits with 2 walks.

Spanish Fort had 9 hits with 8 coming off University of Alabama commitment Victoria Moton, who struck out 10 Toro batters. Moton gave up 5 earned runs and walked 1.

Daphne’s Johnson was 4-for-4 with a triple and 3 RBIs. Moton had a double in the loss.

Baldwin County 2, Daphne 1

The fourth-ranked Class 6A Tigers went 3-1 in the Saraland Invitational Tournament on Friday and Saturday, beating Daphne, Faith Academy and Mary G. Montgomery with a loss to No. 1 Spanish Fort.

Baldwin County rallied for 2 runs in the bottom of the fifth – and final – inning to beat 7A No. 3 Daphne on Saturday. Lauren Jerkins ripped a 2-out double down the left field line to drive in pinch-runner Gabby Bidwell and Addison Hadley for the win. Bidwell was running for Macey McKinley, who singled with 1 out, and Hadley reached on a fielder’s choice.

Brooke McGowin went 1-for-2 for the only other Baldwin County hit on the day. Madilyn Byrd picked up the win, allowing an earned run on 1 hit with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks.

Dasia Matt got Daphne’s only hit, but it was a big one – an inside-the-park home run in the top of the fourth inning. Campbell Hicks took the loss, giving up 2 earned runs on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts and a walk in 5 innings.

In an 8-1 win over Faith Academy on Friday, Baldwin County scored a run in the top of the first, gave up a run in the bottom of the second and then the teams battled for 5 scoreless innings before the Tigers pushed across 7 runs in the top of the eighth for the win.

Addison Hadley hit into a fielder’s choice, but Nizeria Riley – who started the inning on second via the international tie-breaker rule and took third on McGowin’s single – beat the throw home to put the Tigers up 2-1. Baldwin County then got an RBI single from Jerkins, an RBI single from Madisyn Williams, a Byrd 2-run double, a Nassar Brooks ground-out RBI and a Gabby Bidwell RBI single.

McGowin, Byrd and Williams all had a double for the Tigers.

Julianna Thompson retired the side in the bottom of the eighth and finished with a complete-game win. She allowed an earned run on 4 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk.

Mylee Stagner and Lillie Stagner had doubles for Faith. Larkyn Anthony and Alonna Hudson both singled in the loss. Brooklyn Willard drove in Lillie Stagner with the Rams’ run.

Anthony was saddled with the loss, giving up 7 earned runs on 7 hits with a strikeout.

On Friday in a 7-0 win over Mary G. Montgomery, Byrd struck out the first 10 Vikings she faced – 14 overall – in a 1-hit shutout win.

McGowin went 2-for-3 with a triple and 2 runs scored for Baldwin County. Jerkins was 2-for-3 with a double and 2 RBIs and R Wallace was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs.

Emilee Perry doubled for MGM’s lone hit. Annie Wolfe took the loss, allowing 7 runs – 6 earned – on 12 hits with 2 strikeouts and a walk over 5 innings.

Satsuma 2, Smiths Station 1

The Gators scored a pair of runs in the first inning and held off Smiths Station to win a Friday tournament game.

Anna Bonds earned the complete-game win, striking out 8 and giving up a run on 6 hits.

Satsuma’s runs came when Peyton Wills reached on an error to bring in Brittaney Jones. Madison Sawyer singled in Bonds for the second run.

The Panthers’ run came on a 2-out Serenity Corley single in the third inning that brought in Paisley Bailey.

Pell City 6, Satsuma 0

Kherington Keith and Addy Simmons had a pair of hits each to lead ninth-ranked Class 6A Pell City over Satsuma in tournament play on Friday. Simmons also earned the win in the circle, allowing 3 hits with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings.

Olivia Humphreys cracked a 2-run triple for Pell City (17-11), scoring Jayden Smith and Reese Tarver. Simmons singled in Aubrey Tucker and Keith in the third inning to give the Panthers a 4-0 edge.

Madison Sawyer, Brittaney Jones and Bralee Byrd each recorded a hit for the Gators. Belle Sheffield took the loss, allowing 6 runs – 5 earned – on 8 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks.

STATEWIDE

Prattville Christian 14, Alabama Christian 1

The ninth-ranked Panthers whipped visiting American Christian in 5 innings on Friday as Peyton Thrash drove in 4 runs on 4 hits. The Prattville Christian sophomore, who is 12-for-12 in the past three games, picked up an RBI with a double in the first inning, brought in a pair with a single in the third inning and another in the fourth with a single.

Megan Masters doubled in a pair of runs in the first inning and Sara Payton Schmidt drove in another – her first of 4 in the game – with a single. Chloe Hollon hit a 3-run home run to center field in the bottom of the second inning.

Alivia Messick got the win as PCA improved to 24-5, allowing a run on 2 hits with 6 strikeouts and a walk in 5 innings.

Chasiti Lindsey, Addison Byrd and Masters also had multiple hits in the win.

SOCCER

HUNTSVILLE/TENNESSEE VALLEY

Westminster Christian 4, East Limestone 0

Second-ranked Class 5A Westminster Christian clinched the Area 16 title with the shutout of East Limestone on Friday.

The Wildcats’ defense allowed just 2 shots on goalkeeper Piper Blazier. Westminster Christian has not allowed a goal in area play this season.

Calli Sloan got the Wildcats’ first goal, driving the ball over the goalkeeper following a corner kick in the 41st minute. Annie Collier scored the next 2 goals, the first on an assist from Alondra Piers. Sloan got her second goal to close out the scoring.

Westminster (9-3-1) will host Mars Hill Bible on Tuesday.

– Jimmy Lay

STATEWIDE

Saint James 12, Booker T. Washington-Tuskegee 0

The eighth-ranked Trojans rolled to a Class 4A, Area 3 win at home on Friday with sisters Natalie and Elliette Barton both recording hat tricks. Natalie Barton finished with 4 assists for Saint James and Elliette Barton had 1.

KK Corley and Sana Shuford had 2 goals apiece in the win. Ragan King and Gracie Russell scored a goal each. King had 2 assists with Molly Phillips, Mayson Barber and Hedda Stoerdal adding an assist each.

Saint James improved to 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the area. The Trojans host area foe Tallassee on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Some information in this report is from GameChanger Media.

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