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Jasper wins Class 5A softball championship
OXFORD – Jasper High School arrived at Choccolocco Park on Thursday needing four straight victories, including two in a row over Moody, to win the Class 5A state softball championship. That’s exactly what the Vikings did. Emma Lou Frank’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning...
Sumiton Christian wins Class 1A baseball state title
OXFORD – Sumiton Christian rebounded from Wednesday’s Game 2 loss to Sweet Water by ripping 16 hits in the deciding Game 3 and the Eagles rolled to the Class 1A Baseball state championship with a 14-3 win in the finals. The two teams played game two Wednesday morning...
Corner Baseball, Jasper Softball win state titles
The parade of champions continues in Oxford and Jacksonville. The Corner Yellow Jackets claimed their first ever state title Thursday night, beating ACA 13-0 to claim the 4A crown.. UAB signee Brendan Conner pitched a complete-game, two-hitter. He also was 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBIs and two triples.
Softball Game Recap: Jasper Comes Up Short
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Jasper can now relate to. They fell just short of the Gulf Shores Dolphins by a score of 5-4 on Wednesday. Jasper's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak. For Gulf Shores' part, Anna Leigh Price...
This week in HS Sports: For Sumiton Christian’s Yancey Young, the setback won’t be as great as the comeback
This is an opinion piece. Sumiton Christian coach Ricky Bowen credits senior Yancey Young with the saying that inspired his team’s run to this year’s Class 1A state baseball championship. “I think it was Yancey who said a setback is never as great as a comeback,” Bowen said....
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