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Hartselle senior Hudson Harden knew that his last season to play tennis in high school was going to be a challenge.
When it comes to area high school baseball, there aren’t many teams that have been as dominant in recent years as Decatur Heritage.
Decatur Heritage coach Steve Meek says that several times last season he had to cull baseballs from the bucket after batting practice.
There must be something about visiting Decatur that brings out the best in Westbrook Christian.
Decatur Heritage’s Drew Schmidt quickly made an impact in the baseball playoffs.
Abby Lindsey threw a two-hitter with two walks and 11 strikeouts to lead West Morgan past West Limestone 4-1 on Wednesday in the Class 4A, Area 15 softball tournament.
When high school baseball teams have played more than 30 games and progressed through two rounds of the state playoffs, practice is usually focused on just staying sharp.
Each best-of-3 series begins, unless noted, with a doubleheader Friday and ends, if necessary, with a single game Saturday.
After just one day of play in high school softball area tournaments, the weather has forced schedule changes for at least nine tournaments involving area schools.
DANVILLE — Danville picked up a pair of shutout wins to open the Class 3A, Area 14 tournament on Monday, topping Vinemont 10-0 and East Lawrence 5-0 to advance to today’s championship round and secure a spot in next week’s Class 3A regional tournament.
The last two area teams still standing in the state baseball playoffs begin their quarterfinal series Thursday.
The Falkville Blue Devils’ season came to an unfortunate end Saturday in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series when Spring Garden came from behind to win 10-9.
Decatur Heritage advanced to the third round of the Class 2A playoffs by sweeping Southeastern, winning Game 1, 12-4, and the second game, 7-2, on Friday.
Glavine and Maddux are still taking the field — just not the Glavine and Maddux most people think of.
One tried and true way to win a high school baseball playoff series is to have a dominant pitcher who is practically impossible to beat.
Each best-of-3 series starts, unless noted, with a doubleheader Friday and, if necessary, ends with a single game Saturday.
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