The high school softball season in Union County featured parity with all of the teams competing on similar levels. Only one school advanced to the state tournament - Smackover, which qualified in Class 3A.
Individually, several players managed to separate themselves from the pack and combine to form the News-Times All-Area Softball Team.
Junction City is scheduled to play Murfreesboro Thursday at 5:30 p.m., in the first round of the 2A South Regional Softball Tournament at Parkers Chapel.
JUNCTION CITY - Junction City senior De’Nyah Brown made contact when it counted Thursday, drilling a walk-off, grand slam home run in the bottom of the seventh to beat Parkers Chapel 13-11 in the 2A 8 District Tournament.
Junction City will host the 2A 8 District Softball Tournament beginning Tuesday with the No. 6 vs. No. 7 game between Ouachita and Fordyce, respectively, at 5 p.m.
YUCCA VALLEY — The Trojan baseball team emerged victorious from the first game with their rivals, the Twentynine Palms Wildcats, Tuesday, April 9. The varsity Yucca Valley boys won 17-4.