MONTGOMERY The Moody Blue Devils came up one win shy of a Class 5A state tournament bid.
The Area 11 runner-up bounced back with three straight East Central Regional wins after starting the tournament with a 6-5 extra-innings loss to Sardis on Wednesday.
Moody pitcher Hannah Self steps into the circle at Lagoon Park on May 13, 2021.
Photo by Erik Harris
The postseason run, however, came to an end at the hands of the Lions on Thursday night by a 7-3 final. Sardis took its first lead at 2-1 in the bottom of the third and stretched things out from there, taking a 4-1 lead into the fourth and a 7-2 lead into the seventh.
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.
A pair of local softball teams secured key area wins on Tuesday night
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The Hewitt-Trussville softball team saw the ball well on Tuesday night.
Senior shortstop Jenna Lord smacked two grand slams and the No. 1-ranked Huskies tore past Vestavia Hills 18-8 in six innings.
As a team, the Huskies (33-2-1, 4-1) finished with six home runs, 12 hits and 17 RBIs in 28 at-bats. The girls also drew 11 walks and struck out only once in the dominant Class 7A, Area 6 victory.
Lord was joined by Kenleigh Cahalan, Anyce Harvey, Crystal Maze and Katelyn Murphy in the home runs club. Harvey finished with two hits, two RBIs and five runs scored and Cahalan added a pair of RBIs and three runs scored on Tuesday.
By Erik Harris, sports editor
Four local baseball/softball teams took the field on Monday, resulting in three wins for Tribune-area clubs. Each of those wins came from the softball field, as Springville extended its current winning streak, Leeds rolled by Carver-Birmingham and Pinson Valley rallied back from an 11-run deficit.
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That makes it nine in-a-row for the Springville softball team.
The fourth-ranked Tigers (26-8, 5-0) extended their winning streak on Monday evening with an 11-1 Class 6A, Area 13 victory over Southside-Gadsden in six innings. For Springville, Graci Black logged a 3-for-3 evening with two RBIs and Makalyn Kyser drove in three more with a fifth-inning home run to center field.
By Erik Harris, sports editor
It was a slow softball weekend in the Tribune-coverage area, but Leeds made up for it with its first tournament championship of the year.
See game recaps below.
Leeds wins Lincoln Softball Tournament
The Leeds softball team put together a couple wins last weekend on its way to a Lincoln Softball Tournament championship.
The Green Wave (7-16, 3-1) saw Maddie Anthony strike for a walk-off grand slam on Friday night in a 5-2 win over Lincoln. Leeds delivered another walk-off hit this one from Kinlee Gilley on Saturday in a 6-5 victory over Oxford.
For the Green Wave, Anthony finished with two hits and four RBIs in the wins to go with two hits and two RBIs from Gilley. Emma Machen pitched all 10 innings with seven runs allowed and nine strikeouts.