THURSDAY PREPS: Trinity, Prattville baseball wrap up Area titles
COMBINED REPORTS
BASEBALL
Trinity 14, Prattville Christian 2
Coleman Stanley came within an out of a complete game and Grayson Ashe drove in four runs as Trinity clinched the 3A Area 6 championship with a 14-2 win over Prattville Christian Academy on Thursday at Whittle-Armstrong Field.
The Wildcats (22-3) improved to 5-0 in area play, while Prattville Christian fell to 3-2. The two teams will resume the series with a doubleheader at PCA on Friday at 4 p.m., but only the first game counts in the area standings. Because PCA won the tiebreaker game with Catholic a week ago, the Panthers will finish as the area runner-up regardless of the outcome of Friday’s game.
As a result, Trinity will play host to Providence Christian in the first round of the 3A state playoffs next weekend, while Prattville Christian will travel to Dothan to play Houston Academy.
Stanley allowed just three hits and two runs in 4.2 innings while walking one and striking out three. Walker McClinton secured the game’s final out.
Ashe went 2 for 3 and drove in four runs, while David Michael Lieux went 3 for 4 with a double, scoring a run and driving in two more. Ben Easterling went 1 for 3, scored a run and drove in two more, Wesley Stallings went 1 for 1 and drove in a pair of runs and Simmons Byrd had a pair of RBIs.
Taylor Lowe had two of PCA’s three hits and drove in both runs.
Alabama Christian Academy 17-11, Booker T. Washington 0-1
Isaac Warrick pitched his second no hitter in as many weeks and struck out nine batters to raise his season total to 100 as the Eagles swept a 4A Area 3 doubleheader from Booker T. Washington at the AUM Baseball Complex on Thursday.
ACA (19-11) improved to 7-1 in area play and will travel to Area 6 champion Gordo in the first round of the 3A state playoffs next week.
Warrick went 2 for 2 and drove in a pair of runs in the first game to lead ACA to a 17-0 win in a game limited to five innings by the mercy rule. Preston Hicks went 1 for 2 with three RBIs, Hayes Hunt went 1 for 1 and drove in a pair of runs and Thomas Stovall went 1 for 2 with a double and a pair of RBIs.
In the second game, Hunter Barfoot allowed three hits and a run while striking out eight over four innings in an 11-1 win. Landon Nelson pitched the final inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced.
Barfoot also went 2 for 3 with an RBI at the plate. Mac Moorer went 1 for 2 with a double and drove in four runs, Kellen Kendrick went 1 for 2 with a double and two RBIs and Ari Bowman went 1 for 2 with an RBI.
Prattville 4-7, Enterprise 1-2
PRATTVILLE -- The Lions clinched the 7A Area 3 championship on Thursday with a doubleheader sweep of the Wildcats, winning the first game 4-1 and taking the tiebreaker 7-2 at Roger Lambert Field.
The Lions finished 5-1 in area play and will host either Central-Phenix City or Smiths Station in the first round of the 7A state playoffs on April 29.
Drew Jolley (6-0) threw a complete game, scattering six hits over seven innings while allowing one run, no walks and six strikeouts.
The Lions took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Andy Hall drove in Ryley DuBose with a groundout. Enterprise tied the game in the fourth, but the Lions regained the lead an inning later on a sacrifice fly by Braxton Piper to score DuBose. In the bottom of the sixth, Campbell Seamon drove Slade Wood before Hall drew a bases-loaded walk for a three-run lead.
In the second game, Travis Stauter hit a grand slam to dead center to open the scoring in the bottom of the first after being hit by pitch three times in the first game (four total HBP in the DH).
It was his fourth home run of the season.
The Lions added two more runs in the first on back-to-back doubles by Hall and Jolley and an RBI single by Wood. In the bottom of the second, Seamon singled and scored on an error to extend the lead to 7-1.
DuBose (3-0) started the second game and picked up the win, going four innings and allowing one run on four hits and two walks while striking out one. Landen Rigdon added a hitless inning of relief and Grant Williams closed out the last two innings of one-hit relief to seal the victory.
The Lions travel to Smiths Station on Saturday to face the Panthers and Russell County Warriors in a combined doubleheader.
SOFTBALL
Prattville 10, Jeff Davis 0
PRATTVILLE -- Freshman right-hander Kaytie Chandler threw a perfect game, striking out 11 batters in five innings to lead the Lions to a 7A Area 3 win over Jeff Davis on Thursday.
Kaylee Robles went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles, a home run and four RBIs to lead the Prattville offense, Pyper Castro went 1 for 3 with a pair of RBIs, Jessica Cord went 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI and Chandler went 1 for 3 with an RBI.
Prattville (16-12) improved to 3-2 in area play and will travel to Dothan for an area game on Monday at 5 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Trinity 3, Houston Academy 0
Kip Brown scored two goals and Josh Hixon added another as the Wildcats won the 1A-3A Area 2 championship with a 3-0 win over Houston Academy at Ragsdale-Boykin Field on Thursday.
Jackson Champion had a pair of assists and Bo Stewart had an assist.
Joe Handey led the defense with six saves in the goal with help from defenders Browder Gulledge, Chase Letner, SJ Han, Grayden Flowers and Harrison Johnson.
Trinity (14-2) travels to Houston Academy on Tuesday and Enterprise on Thursday.
Stanhope Elmore 3, Prattville Christian 0
MILLBROOK -- PCA was shut out by the 6A Mustangs in a game at 17 Springs and fell to 4-6-1 on the season. The Panthers will play host to Autaugaville on Tuesday.
In the junior varsity game, PCA (3-5-2) was shut out 6-0 by Stanhope Elmore and will travel to Pike Road on Monday.
Brew Tech 7, Greenville 0
Kyle Stoudmire scored three goals to lead the Rams to a 7-0 win over Greenville on Senior Night at the Emory Folmar Soccer Complex on Thursday night.
Connor Longpre, Axel Gonzalez, Leo Tamayo and Kameron Davis each added a goal for the Rams.
Montgomery Academy 5, St. James 0
Alex Kohn scored the game’s only goal in the first half and added another in the second half as the Eagles defeated St. James 5-0 in a 4A-5A Area 4 game at McLemore Field on Tuesday.
Both of Kohn’s goals came on assists by Lukas Yi.
Win Berry scored the first two goals of the second half, the first on an assist by Clisby Berry, the second on an assist by Yi, before Kohn scored again to make it 4-0. Ruston Basset scored the game’s final goal with an assist from Brewer Welch.
Montgomery Academy (18-0-2) will travel to Brew Tech on Thursday to close out the regular season.
In the junior varsity game, the Eagles traveled to Prattville and defeated the Lions 3-2. The game was tied at 2-2 until Holt Speir’s goal in the final minute secured a win for the Eagles. Will Veale and Andrew Phenix scored the first two goals.
GIRLS SOCCER
Houston Academy 3, Trinity 2
Trinity got goals from Ella Wiswall and Katherine Warren, but couldn’t come up with another goal in regulation or overtime and fell in a shootout to Houston Academy at Ragsdale-Boykin Field on Thursday.
Hastings Avant and Ella Hale each had an assist for the Wildcats.
Prattville Christian 3, Stanhope Elmore 1
MILLBROOK -- CoCo Thomas, Ella Pegg and Emily Branch each had a goal to lead the Panthers to a 3-1 victory over the 6A Mustangs at 17 Springs on Thursday.
Avery Rogers had an assist.
PCA (5-3-1) will travel to play Pike Road on Monday.