Baseball playoffs
- Updated: April 30, 2026
Piedmont, Westbrook Christian sweep into quarterfinals. Pleasant Valley, Lincoln take second-round series to decisive Game 3.
Baseball playoffs
NOTE: Best-of-3 series.
AISA
Monday
Game 1: Hope Christian 2, Hooper Academy 0
Game 2: Hope Christian 6, Hooper Academy 0
Hope Christian advances.
CLASS 1A
Game 1: Hubbertville 8, Spring Garden 5
Game 2: Hubbertville 7, Spring Garden 3
Spring Garden finishes 18-3
CLASS 2A
Game 1: Pleasant Valley 8, North Sand Mountain 2
Game 2: North Sand Mountain 9, Pleasant Valley 2
Game 3: North Sand Mountain 13, Pleasant Valley 5
Pleasant Valley finishes 20-10
Game 1: Ariton 13, Ranburne 3
Game 2: Ariton 7, Ranburne 3
Ranburne finishes 24-13-1
CLASS 3A
Game 1: Piedmont 11, Lauderdale County 1
Game 2: Piedmont 4, Lauderdale County 2
Piedmont advances
Game 1: Gordo 7, Glencoe 0
Game 2: Gordo 6, Glencoe 5
Glencoe finishes 14-22
CLASS 4A
Game 1: Alexandria 7, Fayette County 0
Game 2: Alexandria 9, Fayette County 6
Alexandria advances
Game 1: Houston Academy 4, Munford 2
Game 2: Houston Academy 4, Munford 1
Munford finishes 14-12
Game 1: Westbrook Christian 1, Madison County 0
Game 2: Westbrook Christian 3, Madison County 0
Westbrook Christian advances
CLASS 5A
Game 1: East Limestone 4, Lincoln 3
Game 2: Lincoln 3, East Limestone 2
Game 3: East Limestone 4, Lincoln 0
Lincoln finishes 22-12
CLASS 6A
Game 1: Hazel Green 5, Oxford 4 (8 innings)
Game 2: Hazel Green 7, Oxford 3
Oxford finishes 26-13
By East Alabama Sports Today
Going around the horn with Thursday’s baseball playoff series involving area teams:
Class 3A
PIEDMONT 11-4, LAUDERDALE 1-2: Second-ranked Piedmont (29-7) swept its way through the second round and will play host to the Oakman-Phil Campbell winner in the quarterfinals on dates and times to be determined.
Cole Austin got the Game 1 win Thursday, allowing no hits or walks and one unearned run with two strikeouts in four innings. Crawford Mallett pitched a perfect inning of relief.
Carson Sanders went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs, and Jaxson Howard went 1-for-2 with two RBIs. Brenan Hurst went 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI.
Eli Johnson and Alex Bass each went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and Ethan Tidwell had a single and an RBI.
Austin, Mallett and Charlie Sparks combined to hold Lauderdale County to four hits in the second game, and Hurst went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Johnson went 1-for-2 with a run and two RBIs.
Bass went 2-for-3 and Carson Cleveland 2-for-4.
Class 4A
WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN 1-3, MADISON COUNTY 0-0: Fifth-ranked Westbrook Christian (22-9) held second-ranked Madison County scoreless in their second-round playoff series Thursday and will play host to the Cordova-Deshler winner in the quarterfinals at dates and times to be determined.
Westbrook’s Emmett Daniel pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts in Thursday’s first game, and Brodie Johnson pitched a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts in Game 2.
Daniel went 2-for-3 in Game 1, and Johnson doubled and scored the game’s only run.
Wil Chadwick had a single and an RBI in the second game. Daniel and Bo Kilgo each had an RBI, and Brody Blevins went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Class 2A
PLEASANT VALLEY 8-2, NORTH SAND MOUNTAIN 2-9: No. 9 Pleasant Valley (20-9) split with No. 4 North Sand Mountain (22-8). They will play the decisive Game 3 on Friday.
Dixon Duncan went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a run in Game 1, and Jackson Acker went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Dallas Roper and Landon Beason each went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Nic Acker went 2-for-4 with a run, and Brody Barnwell went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs.
Roper pitched a two-hitter with seven strikeouts.
Nic Acker and Peyton Mann each had a single and an RBI in Game 2. Duncan went 2-for-3 with a run.
Roper went 2-for-3, and Wes Wheeler went 2-for-4.
Class 5A
LINCOLN 3-3, EAST LIMESTONE 4-2: Lincoln (22-11) split the first two games of its Class 5A playoff series with East Limestone. Game 3 is Friday.
Lincoln’s Aiden Trammell pitched a solid outing in Game 1, allowing four hits, three walks and two earned runs with six strikeouts in six innings. Charlie Ramsey went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Mark Darby went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
Brayden Palmore added an RBI.
Darby went 2-for-3 with an RBI in Game 2. Palmore went 1-for-3 with an RBI, and Christian Bean had an RBI.
Brayden Shisler pitched a three-hitter with six strikeouts.
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