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State softball: White Plains can't get past Saks; turns focus to next season
by Brandon Miller
bmiller@annistonstar.com
May 18, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Although White Plains was able to overcome its mental mistakes against second-ranked Good Hope to pick up a win over Straughn on Friday afternoon in the first round of the elimination bracket of the Class 3A state tournament, it was unable to overcome similar mistakes against seventh-ranked Saks on Saturday morning, falling 7-2.
State softball: Saks can’t overcome errors, bows out of state tourney after eliminating rival
by Joe Medley
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May 18, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Taylor West’s last pitch for Saks High School didn’t close out another state championship. It didn’t even happen on a softball diamond. It came minutes after seventh-ranked Saks committed nine errors in losing 6-0 to No. 5 Winfield in a state-tournament elimination game Saturday at Lagoon Park. This time, she spoke with her voice and not her right arm. After making her way to the team huddle, with her left shoe on and right shoe off, she threw her team a riser. “You all need to keep your heads up,” the senior told her now former teammates, piercing an awkward silence. “Nobody expected us to even be here.”
State softball: Saks eliminates White Plains from 3A bracket
by Joe Medley
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May 18, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Saks came out swinging the bats early and put pressure on White Plains, and three early errors helped Saks eliminate the Wildcats 7-2 in Saturday’s early action in the state softball tournament. Seventh-ranked Saks (33-15-1), the defending Class 3A champion, will play Winfield in a noon elimination game on Lagoon Park’s Field 5. No. 6 White Plains finished its season 33-15.
Wehunt, Indians knock off Pleasant Valley
by Chris Brown
May 18, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The second time playing in the Calhoun County Gridiron Showcase was much more forgiving for Ohatchee head coach Nathan Wehunt. Last year, he took the head coaching job days before the spring game. This year, his Ohatchee Indians were able to pull out a 20-7 win over the Pleasant Valley Raiders before the scoreboard was wiped clean for the junior varsity in the fourth quarter. At the sound of the final buzzer, the Ohatchee junior varsity team was up 8-0 over Pleasant Valley’s junior varsity team.
State softball: Saks falls to Pisgah in 2nd round, will face White Plains again
by Brandon Miller
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May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Mental errors on the base paths and a physical error in the field cost Saks its second round game against top-ranked Pisgah, 1-0.
State softball: White Plains' bats awaken
by Joe Medley
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May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Sixth-ranked White Plains came out aggressive at the plate after struggling in their Class 3A state tournament opener Friday and stayed alive with a 7-1 victory over Straughn. The victory followed a 2-0 loss to No. 2 Good Hope earlier in the day.
Jacksonville's Lyons wins NAIA scholar honor
by Star staff
May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Jacksonville High grad Jake Lyons, a senior tennis player at Spring Hill, has received one of the top NAIA academic honors for the second straight year. Lyons received a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete award. He is one of 94 men's tennis players nationally to receive the honor.
State softball: Ragland offense goes cold in loss to Kinston
by Brandon Miller
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May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Ragland’s bats turned cold as morning went to afternoon, resulting in a 2-0 loss to top-ranked Kinston 2-0 in a winners' bracket game in the Class 1A state tournament.
State softball: Saks edges Winfield in 3A opener
by Brandon Miller
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May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s what was written in the scorebook as “unearned” that earned seventh-ranked Saks its 2-1 win over fourth-ranked Winfield in the Class 3A state tournament Friday afternoon.
State softball: White Plains' attack falls short against Good Hope
by Joe Medley
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May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Sixth-ranked White Plains pitcher Anna Snider threw a complete-game two-hitter, but the Wildcats managed just three hits in a 2-0 loss to No. 2 Good Hope in their Class 3A state tourney opener Friday.
State softball: Ragland wins 1A opener
by Brandon Miller
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May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Fourth-ranked Ragland put together rallies in the sixth and seventh innings Friday morning to get past third-ranked Sumiton Christian 6-5 in the first round of the Class 1A state tournament.
Saks bests Weaver in Gridiron Showcase
by Chris Brown
May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
In the Calhoun County Gridiron Showcase, Saks used a strong running game to rush past Weaver.
Joe Medley: Reason to smile? Wellborn's Butcher got her turn at bat
by Joe Medley
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May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The best thing in Thursday’s opening day of the state softball tournament happened with little fanfare. It’s recorded wrong in AHSAA.com’s official pitch-by-pitch account. “Now batting: (8) #21 Tymeria Mackey,” the entry says of Wellborn’s leadoff hitter in the top of the fifth inning against Lexington. Two entries later, “Mackey hits a single.” The batter was actually a pinch-hitter named Megan Butcher. Those who know her story are no doubt delighted the little-used senior in her first year of softball got her moment on the state’s biggest stage, as Wellborn was making its first state-tourney appearance in softball since 2001.
State softball: Cherokee County out of 4A tournament
by Brandon Miller
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May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Cherokee County’s offensive slump continued Thursday, as the Warriors were unable to get anything going against Alabama Christian in a 3-0 loss. The defeat eliminated Cherokee County from the Class 4A state softball tournament.
State softball: Cherokee County drops into elimination bracket
by Brandon Miller
bmiller@annistonstar.com
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
It fell apart for Cherokee County in the top of the sixth when Haleyville’s offense exploded, going on to win a rematch of the 2012 championship game 4-0 in second round of the Class 4A state tournament Thursday.
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