Shades of gray

No.2 Alexandria comes out swinging, wins a Calhoun County softball championship in new gray jerseys.

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today

JACKSONVILLE — Charlee Parris’ two-run home highlighted Alexandria’s six-run second inning, and the No. 2 seeded Valley Cubs beat top seed Oxford 11-8 in Friday’s Calhoun County softball finals.

Alexandria (23-8) won its third county title in a row, 14th in 25 years and seventh in nine years. That span includes 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic nixed the county tournament.

Oxford (15-9), which beat Alexandria 8-7 on March 2, carried the tournament’s top seed but lost both tourney games against the Valley Cubs, including a 7-2 loss in Thursday’s winners’ bracket final. 

Alexandria wore new smokeout gray jerseys Friday as a reward for reaching the finals through the winners bracket. They wore white pants because gray baseball pants came with the jerseys. 

Gray softball pants are expected to arrive next week.

Parris, a senior Gadsden State Community College signee, designed the new uniforms, which were supposed to be a reward for making last year’s state tournament. The uniforms arrived earlier this week, after a time held up in customs, Alexandria coach Brian Hess said.

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