By Erik Harris, sports editor
MONTGOMERY The Moody High School softball team opened up the East Central Regional with a two-game split on Wednesday afternoon.
The Blue Devils opened things up with a brutal 6-5 loss to Saridis in 11 innings, but rebounded with a 10-0 victory over Leeds in the loser’s bracket.
Moody center fielder Skylar Black follows the ball as it drifts foul on May 12, 2021 at Lagoon Park in Montgomery.
Photo by Erik Harris
Facing elimination against the Greenwave, Moody collected 13 hits and scored in four of the five innings played while right-hander Hollie Graham pitched a four-hit shutout.
By Erik Harris, sports editor
BIRMINGHAM The Leeds softball team on Saturday capped off a 3-0 run through the Class 5A, Area 10 tournament with a come-from-behind win over Ramsay in the championship game.
Maddie Anthony doubled with two RBIs, Maddie Payne scattered three hits to go with two RBIs of her own and the Greenwave overcame a five-run deficit to beat the 1-seed Rams 15-13 at Huffman High School.
The Leeds High School softball team poses for a picture following a championship-game win over Ramsay in the Class 5A, Area 10 tournament.
Photo from the team’s Twitter account
Leeds also notched a tournament winner’s bracket game over Ramsay on Thursday, 8-4, and started with a 10-0 win over Parker. On Saturday in the area finals, Leeds slipped into a 3-0 hole in the top of the first and later went to the middle of the third on the wrong side of an 8-3 score. But the 2-seed rallied for runs in each of their remaining four plate appearances, including seven runs in the b
By Erik Harris, sports editor
The Tuesday-night softball slate includes a senior night celebration at Hewitt-Trussville and a dominant showing from the Moody Blue Devils.
See game recaps below.
Hewitt-Trussville 13, Tuscaloosa County 4
It was senior night in Trussville, and the top-ranked Huskies celebrated the occasion with a 13-4 victory over Tuscaloosa County. Seniors Madi Mitchell and Meredith Whitt both homered as Hewitt-Trussville (40-2-1, 4-1) captured its 40th win of the season and ninth in-a-row.
Senior pitcher Tori Hyde worked a complete game, holding the visitors to four runs and seven hits while her Huskies scattered 14 hits and built a 5-0 lead after two innings. Fellow seniors Crystal Maze (two hits and two RBIs), Jenna Lord (two hits and two runs scored), Anyce Harvey (three hits and two runs scored) and Katelyn Murphy (one hit and one RBI) also delivered at the plate.