GOOD HOPE, Ala. – With the Class 4A, Area 13 championship on the line, the Good Hope Lady Raiders faced off against Danville on Monday and after falling behind early, the Raiders erupted for 10 runs in the fourth inning and went on to defeat Danville 14-7 to claim the area title. Good Hope will advance to compete at the North Regional Tournament in Florence next week.
Danville scored on a two-out error in their opening at-bats to take a 1-0 lead. The Lady Hawks added three more runs in the top of the second to put them ahead 4-0. Good Hope responded in their half. They had runners on second and third with one out, and a suicide squeeze play by Maggie O’Neil brought home Natalie Miller to cut it to 4-1. On the first pitch, Addyson Burgess scored on a passed ball to make it a two-run game. Haley Lay led off the Lady Raider third with a double and later that inning, Miller hit the first pitch she saw into right field for an RBI double to cut it to 4-3.
A passed ball and a sacrifice fly by Danville gave them a 6-3 lead in the top of the fourth, but Good Hope’s offense exploded in their half. They loaded the bases to lead off the inning, then a sacrifice fly by Campbell Koch made it a 6-4 game. A walk loaded the bases once more, and Molly Benefield’s two-run double tied the game up at six. Two pitches later, Miller launched a three-run home run over the center field fence to give the Lady Raiders a 9-6 lead. For the third time in the inning, they loaded the bases, and Lizzy Steed hit a sacrifice fly to make it 10-6. Kylee Smith lined an RBI double to right field to stretch their lead to 11-6. Koch followed that up with a two-run double to put them ahead 13-6.
Brooklyn Lambert drove in a run on a ground ball in the fifth inning to make it 14-6. An RBI single by the Lady Hawks made it 14-7 game in the seventh, but Benefield got the next batter to line out on the first pitch, and that helped seal the 14-7 area championship win for Good Hope.
Miller went three-for-three with four RBIs, including a three-run home run, for the Lady Raiders. Koch added a hit and three RBIs. Benefield posted a hit and two RBIs, while Smith (two hits), Steed (one hit), Lambert and O’Neil all drove in a run in the win for Good Hope.
Cold Springs 11 – Winston County 5 (2A, Area 10)
Both teams traded runs to start out the game, but Cold Springs broke the tie in the top of the third. They loaded the bases with two outs, and Cloe Shelton cleared the bases with a double to give them a 4-1 lead. Shelton scored on an error to make it 5-1, but a three-run home run by Winston County in their half cut it to 5-4. The Lady Yellow Jackets tied it in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single. The Lady Eagles, though, took over after that, as they scored on a passed ball and a ground ball to take a 7-5 lead in the top of the sixth. Brooklyn Ingram scored on a passed ball in the seventh to make it 8-5, then Brooke Rowan hit an RBI double to give Cold Springs a 9-5 lead. They added two more runs later that inning to put the finishing touches on their 11-5 win over the Lady Yellow Jackets.
Shelton finished with a hit and three RBIs for the Lady Eagles, while Rowan (two hits) and Kotie Calvert each drove in a run in the win.
Sumiton Christian 9 – Cold Springs 6 (2A, Area 10)
Brooklyn Ingram scored on an error to give Cold Springs a 1-0 lead in their opening at-bats, but Sumiton Christan countered with three runs in their half to take a 3-1 lead. Cold Springs put a couple of runners on base in the top of the second, and Addie Kilgo’s two-run single to right field tied the game up at three. Later the inning, Aleah Addison hit an RBI single to center field to give Cold Springs a 4-3 lead.
Sumiton Christan tied the game up at four in their half, and they ended up scoring the next five runs to give them a 9-4 lead. Brooke Rowan hit an RBI double in the top of the sixth to trim the deficit to 9-5, and Ingram added an RBI single in the seventh to make it a 9-6 game. Cold Springs loaded the bases with one out, but a double play ended the game and they dropped the game to Sumiton Christian 9-6.
Kilgo led the way for Cold Springs with a hit and two RBIs, while Rowan (three hits), Ingram (two hits), and Addison (one hit) all collected an RBI in the loss.
Cold Springs 11 – Winston County 1 (2A, Area 10)
Winston County scored on a passed ball to give them a 1-0 lead in their opening at-bats, but Cold Springs got that run back and then some in their half. They put runners on first and second to lead off the inning, then with one out, Brooke Rowan’s ground ball plated Aleah Addison to tie the game up at one. On the next pitch, Kaydance Williams scored on a wild pitch to give the Lady Eagles a 2-1 lead. Cold Springs scored on an error and a ground ball by Williams in the second to make it 4-1.
They broke the game wide open in the third. Cloe Shelton hit an RBI single to left field to put them ahead 5-1, and later that inning, Kotie Calvert hit a two-run single to center field to make it 7-1. Addison added a two-run single of her own to stretch the Lady Eagle lead to 9-1. They ended things in the bottom of the fifth. Back-to-back RBI singles by Joci Williams and Addison put the finishing touches on Cold Springs’ 11-1 win over the Lady Yellow Jackets.
Addison finished with three hits and three RBIs for the Lady Eagles. Joci Williams (two hits) and Calvert (one hit) each drove in a pair of runs, while Shelton (two hits), Kaydance Williams (one hit), and Rowan (one hit) all collected an RBI of their own in the win.
The Lady Eagles dropped their next game against Sumiton Christian 15-0 but will advance to next week’s North Regional tournament as the Area 10 runner ups.
Hanceville 4 – Vinemont 2 (3A, Area 12)
Vinemont got their offense going quickly in their opening at-bats. They put runners on the corners to lead off the bottom of the first inning, and an error allowed Arleigh Thomason to score to give the Lady Eagles a 1-0 lead. A walk loaded the bases, and Tori Vines hit an RBI single to left field to make it 2-0. It quickly turned into a pitcher’s duel after that, as Vinemont’s Vines and Hanceville’s Josi Jones kept the score at 2-0 for the next four innings. The Lady Bulldogs got something going in the top of the sixth.
They loaded the bases to lead off the inning, and Bella Spinks hit a two-run single up the middle to tie the game up at two. A few pitches later, Zoe Pitts drove in a run on a ground ball to give Hanceville a 3-2 lead. Later that inning, Laila Lewis hit an RBI single to right field to make it 4-2. Vinemont couldn’t get anything going after that, as the Lady Bulldogs would go on to knock off the Lady Eagles 4-2.
Spinks finished with a hit and two RBIs for Hanceville, while Lewis (one hit) and Pitts each drove in a run in the win. For Vinemont, Vines ended up with a pair of hits and an RBI. Thomason added a pair of hits, while Abby Kuykendall and Bryleigh Basinger each collected a hit of their own in the loss.
Vinemont 11 – Holly Pond 1 (3A, Area 12)
Vinemont got on the scoreboard first in their opening at-bats. A pair of singles put runners on first and second with one out. Later that inning, Tori Vines hit a two-run single to center field to give the Lady Eagles an early 2-0 lead. Holly Pond responded in their half. Maggie Nail hit a leadoff single and later scored on a ground ball by Libby Stallings to cut it to 2-1.
Vinemont quickly broke the game wide open in the top of the second. They loaded the bases to lead off the inning, and a sacrifice fly by Thomason made it 3-1. After they loaded the bases on a single, back-to-back walks, plus a passed ball, put the Lady Eagles ahead 6-1.
Vines added a two-run double to make it 8-1 and later hit an RBI single in the fourth to give them a 9-1 lead. A pair of RBI singles by Kylie Metzger and Bryleigh Basinger increased the Vinemont lead to 11-1 in the top of the fifth. Holly Pond loaded the bases in their half, but Thomason got Stallings to ground out to end the game, as Vinemont ended up defeating the Lady Broncos 11-1.
Vines and Basinger each went three-for-three with five and two RBIs, respectively, for the Lady Eagles. Haley Millwood, Thomason, and Metzger all drove in a run in the win. Thomason went the distance to collect the win for Vinemont, as she gave up just four hits and one earned run, walked two, and struck out eight. For Holly Pond, Stallings finished with an RBI. Nail added a pair of hits, while Olivia Smith and Jaycee Hankins each collected a hit of their own in the loss.
Locust Fork 5 – Hanceville 4 (3A, Area 12)
An RBI single from Josi Jones gave Hanceville a 1-0 lead in the top of the first and after Karrigan Pipkin scored on a fielder’s choice, another RBI single off the bat of Lakin McBee put the Bulldogs in front 3-0 going into the second. However, Locust Fork answered with five runs in the bottom of the second to pull ahead 5-3.
Bella Spinks blasted a solo home run in the top of the third to trim the lead to 1 but that was the final run Hanceville was able to push across the plate and the Hornets went on to win it 5-4.
McBee (one RBI) led the Bulldogs with three hits in the loss and Spinks (one RBI) added two hits.
Arab 7 – Fairview 1 (5A, Area 15)
Arab struck first in their opening at-bats, as an RBI single gave them a 1-0 lead. Fairview responded in the top of the third. Ayda Payne hit a leadoff double, and a ground ball moved her over to third. Jocelyn Barnett’s suicide squeeze play on the first pitch brought home Payne to tie the game up at one. It would be all Lady Knights after that, though, as they scored the final six runs of the game and ended up eliminating the Lady Aggies from the area tournament 7-1.
Barnett drove in a run for Fairview, while Ava Pruett, Payne, and Ralie Gaines all collected a hit in the loss.
Russellville 6 – West Point 4 (5A, Area 14)
West Point got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the first inning. The Lady Warriors put runners on first and second with one out, and Katie Beth Yovino stole third. Yovino scored on a ground ball by Macie Brown to give them a 1-0 lead. West Point added to their lead in their next at-bats. They put runners on first and second to lead off the bottom of the second inning, then later that inning, Yovino ripped a two-run triple to center field to stretch their lead to 3-0. Three pitches later, Lauren Windham hit an RBI double to right field to make it 4-0. Russellville trimmed the deficit to 4-2 in the top of the third.
The Lady Golden Tigers added a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. Russellville put up a run in the seventh to make it 6-4. Yovino hit a two-out single in the Lady Warrior half to put the tying run at the plate, but a strikeout ended the game and West Point’s season, as they ended up dropping their game to the Lady Golden Tigers 6-4.
Yovino went four-for-four with a pair of RBIs for the Lady Warriors, while Windham (one hit) and Brown each drove in a run in the game.
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