There will be a new champion at the Dothan Diamond Classic and a few familiar teams are poised to seize this year’s title.
Geneva, last year’s tournament runner-up, G.W. Long, the 2021 champion, Wicksburg, the 2019 runner-up, and Enterprise, a fourth-place finisher last year, all reached Saturday’s tournament semifinals following play Friday night at James Oates Park.
People are also reading… Enterprise defeated Headland 12-2 and Pike Road 11-3, while G.W. Long beat Houston Academy 6-4 and Dale County 14-4, Wicksburg beat Providence Christian 12-2 and stormed back to beat Rehobeth 12-11 Maddie Williams was 3-for-4 with a homer and four runs batted in and Addy Kirkland was 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI to lead Rehobeth. Kryslin Lane was 2-for-3, while Shelby Davis had a hit and two RBI and Mattox Richards a hit and RBI.
Graycn Snell was the winning pitcher, working five innings. She struck out four and allowed six hits and three runs. Frey pitched two shutout innings in relief, striking out two and giving up one hit.G.W. Long 14, Dale County 4: G.W. Long scored in every inning and earned 11 hits in the win. Geneva 6, Brantley 4: Erin Curry drove in three runs, highlighted by a two-run homer, as Geneva built a 6-1 lead and held on for the win.Katlyn Conner was the winning pitcher, striking out seven over seven innings.
Cochran was the winning pitcher, working five innings and allowing four hits and two runs. She had no strikeouts and walked three.Enterprise 12, Headland 2: Three Enterprise hitters – Taylor Danford, Skyler Frey and Jamie Jackson – had three hits each to lead an 18-hit attack. All nine batters had a hit for EHS.
For Dothan, Jada Newman was 3-for-4, Jadyn Hutchins was 2-for-3 with a run batted in and Savanna Kendrick hit a two-run homer. Ashlynn Sasser added a RBI single. Defense and pitching dominated the next few innings before the Rebels surged ahead with four fifth-inning runs, fueled by two errors. Houston Academy cut the margin to 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth on a run-scoring single by AJ Harrison that plated Claire Kelly, who singled to open the inning.
However, Phillips, G.W. Long’s pitcher, got a soft fly out to the second baseman and a ground out to first to end the game.Houston Academy’s Magrino was the lone player with multiple hits in the game Campbell Hawthorne had two hits and two RBI, Kaylee Navaree had two hits and one RBI and Hope Richardson had two hits to lead Brantley.Pike Road 15, Slocomb 3: The Patriots scored eight runs in the first inning to take control.
For NMA, Kolbi Hall had two hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs and Marah Stuckey had two hits and two RBI. Alyssa Turner added a hit and RBI.Providence Christian 10, Geneva County 0: Natalie Cole and Ella Houston combined on a five-inning no-hitter with seven strikeouts.
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