By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE – While the football team is getting a good bit of attention for their success, and rightfully so, the Springville Tigers basketball team have opened the 2023/2024 season with a pair of home games. The first game was not what they Tigers would have hoped for as they lost
By Erik Harris, sports editor
OXFORD Springville came up a little short on Saturday evening with a Class 6A state softball championship on the line.
After going 3-0 on Friday in the opening rounds of the state tournament, the fourth-ranked Tigers dropped a pair of games to No. 6 Hazel Green 10-0 and 9-5 to finish as the 2021 runner-up in their first season competing in Class 6A.
Springville second baseman Emory Leopard fields a ground ball during the Class 6A state championship game on May 22, 2021.
Photo by Erik Harris
Head coach Brandon Easterwood’s team finishes the year at 39-12 with an Area 13 championship to go with an East Central Regional championship.
OXFORD Springville is one win away from its fifth state softball championship.
Three straight comeback wins on Friday in the first day of Class 6A state tournament action has put the fourth-ranked Tigers (39-10) in the championship series on Saturday at Choccolocco Park in Oxford. Their opponent will be either Helena, Mortimer Jordan or Hazel Green.
Springville senior Reagan Cornelius delivers a pitch during a state tournament win over Saraland on May 21, 2021.
Photo by Ron Burkett
Springville, following a championship run through the East Central Regional last week, started its state tournament climb with a 10-3 win over Saraland on Friday morning. Head coach Brandon Easterwood’s club then notched two winner’s bracket victories over top-ranked Athens and No. 6 Hazel Green.
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