Spring roundup
- Updated: March 11, 2026
Piedmont softball victorious in extra innings. Munford, Ranburne and Westbrook Christian win in baseball.
By East Alabama Sports Today
Going around the horn with Wednesday’s light schedule of area high school softball and baseball:
Softball
PIEDMONT 5, GLENCOE 4: Anna Hase’s sacrifice fly to score Kaelyn Greene in the top of the eighth inning stood up as the winning run, and Piedmont improved to 4-9-2.
Hase went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Piedmont got a single and RBI apiece from Nakia Bothwell and Callie Faulkner. Cadence Buttram doubled and scored a run.
Faulkner pitched all eight innings, spreading out seven hits, two earned runs and three walks with seven strikeouts.
Glencoe’s Victoria Romano had a double, a run and an RBI, and Andeemae Skinner had a double and a run. Evelyn Nowak and Anna Kate Alred each had a single and an RBI.
Baseball
MUNFORD 6, CLEBURNE COUNTY 1: Braydon Nichols struck out 11 batters and allowed two hits over five innings, and Munford improved to 3-5. Relievers Landon Gallahair (four) and B.J. Anderson (one) added another five strikeouts to give the Lions a combined 16.
Gallahair went 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run, and Christian Fisher went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Cleburne County (3-4) got a single apiece from Cade Shubert and Brayden Maduro.
RANBURNE 9, HANDLEY 5: Ranburne’s James Ward went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, and C Loren had a double and two RBIs.
The Bulldogs also got a single, a run and an RBI apiece from Asher Brown and Logan Carter, and Owen Henderson had a single and two runs.
Rance Merrill got the win, allowing five hits, four earned runs and four walks with two strikeouts over five innings.
Handley’s Cordan Patterson went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run, and Alex Busbin went 2-for-2 with a run.
WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN 9, ASHVILLE 2: Brodie Johnson went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and two RBIs, and Westbrook upped to 6-5.
Brady Ryan went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Brady Carden went 2-for-2 with a double, a run and an RBI. Jacob Maples went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and an RBI, and Bo Kilgo went 1-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI.
Johnson spread out eight hits and two walks over seven innings, struck out six batters and allowed two earned runs.
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