County softball
- Updated: April 6, 2026
Top four seeds Oxford, Alexandria, White Plains and Ohatchee advance in winners’ bracket, will face off Tuesday.
Calhoun County softball tournament
MONDAY, April 6
At Calhoun County Sports Complex
No. 7 Piedmont 12, No. 10 Wellborn 2
No. 6 Jacksonville 14, No. 11 Anniston 4
No. 4 Ohatchee 18, No. 13 Faith Christian 1
No. 5 Pleasant Valley 8, No. 12 Saks 1
No. 9 Jacksonville Christian 6, No. 8 Weaver 0
No. 2 Alexandria 14, Piedmont 1
No. 3 White Plains vs. Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.
Ohatchee 3, Pleasant Valley 0
No. 1 Oxford vs. Jacksonville Christian, 6:30 p.m.
Losers’ bracket
Saks 13, Faith Christian 0
TUESDAY, April 7
At Calhoun County Sports Complex
Losers’ bracket
Piedmont vs. Saks, 5 p.m.
Weaver vs. Jacksonville, 5 p.m.
Wellborn vs. Pleasant Valley, 5 p.m.
Jacksonville Christian vs. Anniston, 5 p.m.
Losers’ bracket
TBD, 6:30 p.m.
TBD, 6:30 p.m.
Winners’ bracket
Alexandria vs. White Plains, 6:30 p.m.
Oxford vs. Ohatchee, 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, April 9
At Calhoun County Sports Complex
Winners’ bracket final, 5 p.m.
Losers’ bracket semifinals, 5 p.m.
Losers’ bracket final, 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, April 10
At Jacksonville State
Elimination game, 5 p.m.
Finals, 6:30 p.m.
If necessary, 8 p.m.
By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today
A rundown of Monday’s action in the opening day of the Calhoun County softball tournament at Calhoun County Sports Complex:
Winners’ bracket
OXFORD 10, JACKSONVILLE 3: Jayla Jackson and Madison Murphy homered, and top seed Oxford (13-7) will play No. 4 Ohatchee in Tuesday’s winners’ bracket action.
JCA (8-1) will play Anniston in an elimination bracket game.
Murphy went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Jackson went 1-for-1 with three RBIs and two runs.
Charleigh Trotter went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and Haleigh Pruitt went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Kylee Stephens had a single, a run and an RBI.
“We were a little slow, sluggish, but in the second inning, we started hitting the ball,” Oxford coach Wendy McKibbin said. “I liked how we finished.”
JCA’s Audrina Williams had a double, an RBI and a run, and Cali Sexton singled and drove in a run. Addy Lee had a single and a run.
ALEXANDRIA 14, PIEDMONT 1: Baylee Elston and Ryan Lumpkin homered, and No. 2 Alexandria (20-8) will play No. White Plains in Tuesday’s winners bracket action.
Piedmont will play Saks in the elimination bracket.
Elston went 3-for-3 with five RBIs and two runs, and Lumpkin hit a solo homer.
Jaycee Brooks went 2-for-2 with a double, three runs and two RBIs, and Cali Hess went 1-for-2 with a double, two runs and two RBIs.
Khloe England allowed five hits, no walks and no earned runs with a strikeout in five innings.
Piedmont’s Kaelyn Greene had a double and an RBI.
Alexandria is coming off of a 4-1 finish in a tournament at Albertville, falling 16-1 to Central-Phoenix City in the final.
“After the way we finished last weekend’s tournament, I was hoping we wouldn’t have a lull,” Alexandria coach Brian Hess said. “I put Khloe back on the mound to see if she had a little bit of bounce back.
“We were nervous early just because of the cheering section. We’re not used to having the guys here. Everyone was kind of tight, but as the game went on, they loosened up. I was proud of the way we played.”
WHITE PLAINS 6, JACKSONVILLE 0: Carli Fritts pitched a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts, and No. 3 White Plains (19-13) will play No. 2 Alexandria in Tuesday’s winners’ bracket action.
Jacksonville will play Weaver in the elimination bracket.
The Wildcats’ Rylee Smith and Ansley Prichard each went 2-for-2, and Sara Kate Adams had a double, a run and an RBI.
Karli Otwell and Jaylie Holt each went 1-for-1 with a run and an RBI.
White Plains coach Anna Burgess offered special praise to Ella Ponder, who played a role despite sustaining a season-ending knee injury in December.
“They had a mentality that no job was too little,” Burgess said. “I’m proud of the dugout. I gave Ella Ponder the job of, ‘You bring energy, and I need runs.’
“She’s out. She’s had surgery on her ACL, but man, just her energy and just all of them doing their job, no matter what the job is. No matter how big or how small it may seem, they just did it.”
OHATCHEE 3, PLEASANT VALLEY 0: Annie Cox spread out five hits with no walks, no earned runs allowed, and No. 4 Ohatchee will play top seed Oxford in Tuesday’s winners’ bracket action.
Pleasant Valley will play Wellborn in the elimination bracket.
Ohatchee’s Madison Mize had a double, two RBIs and a run, and Asia Keith had a single and an RBI.
“It was a total team win,” Ohatchee coach Kendall Poe said. “We won that one inning. Annie pitched well. We played defense well and just got the timely hits.”
First round
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN 6, WEAVER 0: Sophie Williams pitched a no-hitter with nine strikeouts, and the ninth seeded Thunder advanced to play top seed Oxford.
Audrina Williams went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run. Sophie Williams and Carlie Chesson each had a single and an RBI.
PIEDMONT 12, WELLBORN 2: Nakia Bothwell went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and two RBIs, and No. 7 Piedmont will play No. 2 Alexandria.
Kaelyn Greene had a double, two RBIs and a run, and Keagan Rogers tripled with two RBIs and a run.
Brindlee Masters had a single, a run and an RBI.
Rogers allowed three hits, two earned runs and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings.
Wellborn’s Cassidy Gray and Ansley Greene each had a double and an RBI.
JACKSONVILLE 14, ANNISTON 4: Raybon Pridgen went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run, and No. 6 Jacksonville will play No. 3 White Plains.
Jaylen Huntley went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, and Harper Atchley went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Ana Strain went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI, and Avery Allen went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs.
Sadie Pate-Whitfield had a single, two RBIs and a run.
Ava Snead allowed three hits, one earned run and no walks with four strikeouts in four innings.
Anniston’s Lyric Williams had a single, a run and an RBI. Aubree Thomas had a double and two runs, and Alicia Berry had a double.
OHATCHEE 14, FAITH CHRISTIAN 1: Alanah Fitch went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs and two RBIs, and No. 4 Ohatchee will play Pleasant Valley.
Reese Steward went 2-for-2 with a triple and two runs. Annie Cox went 1-for-3 with a double, three runs and an RBI, and Mollee Barnes had a double, a run and an RBI.
Briley Wyatt and Jordyn Faulkner combined to allow one hit with five strikeouts in three innings.
PLEASANT VALLEY 8, SAKS 1: Lilly Robinson went 1-for-3 with two RBIs, and No. 5 Pleasant Valley will play No. 4 Ohatchee. Elise Wheeler had a single and an RBI, and Hanna Henry went 2-for-2 with a run. Ellie Patterson got the win, allowing two hits with nine strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.
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