Staff Reports JACKSONVILLE – The Spring Garden Lady Panthers went 3-1 in the Spring Swing Softball Tournament at Jacksonville State’s University Field on Monday and Tuesday. They began the tournament with an 11-0 victory over Gaylesville, then fell 9-2 to Randolph County. Spring Garden opened Tuesday play with a 5-3 win over Ariton and finished
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SPRING GARDEN – There were pink bows lining the fences, along with a sign of appreciation in left field for Spring Garden softball coach Ann Welsh on Thursday. Her breast cancer chemo treatments concluded this week. She said she still has some radiation to go, but to use her
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director BIRMINGHAM – The standard in Class 1A volleyball is the Addison Lady Bulldogs. It’s a standard that Spring Garden coach Ricky Austin aspires to become. But the Lady Panthers aren’t quite there yet. Spring Garden’s season ended against the two-time defending state champions in three sets in the Class
SPRING GARDEN – It’s been a tough few weeks for the Spring Garden community. They lost recent graduate Matthew Christian to brain cancer, and volleyball assistant coach/head softball coach Ann Welsh was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She made her breast cancer announcement to the volleyball team last Thursday and had a successful procedure on