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.
By Erik Harris, sports editor
The fourth-ranked Springville softball team rolled to its second win of the week on Thursday night, while Clay-Chalkville, Pinson Valley and Leeds fell.
See game recaps below.
Springville 6, Chelsea 0
No. 4-ranked Springville bumped its win streak to eight games on Thursday night with a 6-0 finial over Chelsea.
Senior Reagan Cornelius whiffed eight in a complete-game shutout as her offense chipped away throughout. The Tiger offense provided Cornelius with single runs in the first, fourth, fifth and sixth innings to go with a two-spot in the second. All nine batters in the Springville (25-8, 4-0) order provided at least one hit on Thursday.
OREM Morgan Honsvick remembers starting the season with Maple Mountain s girls wrestling program with just five girls practicing and preparing for the first season of the newly sanctioned sport by the Utah High School Activities Association.
By the end of the season, four Golden Eagles were wrestling each other to finish off the final two weight classes of the 5A state tournament.
Honsvick clinched the 245-pound state title, and teammates Ashley Camacho and Abigail Archibald each added a title to help Maple Mountain roll to the first-ever 5A state title Wednesday night at Mountain View. Honestly, I was surprised, said Honsvick, who pinned teammate Auriella Ramos in 2:30 to clinch her title. Nobody expected us to be where we are at today, and we just got there.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., continuing a tradition that began in 1977. The 44
th annual celebration begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The online remembrance will feature an assortment of musical performances as well as scholarship presentations and student speeches honoring the civil rights leader.
Visit www.tri-c.edu/MLK2021 to register for the free event.
The Tri-C celebration is the longest-running MLK event hosted in Cleveland. The tradition began in 1977, six years before the federal government designated a day to honor King. “Cuyahoga Community College understood early on the importance of honoring Dr. King’s dream of civil rights and racial