Houston Academy, Wicksburg and Rehobeth finished unbeaten in pool play at the Dothan Diamond Classic.
Staff Reports Three teams finished unbeaten in pool play at the Dothan Diamond Classic following play Thursday night at James Oates Park, earning three of the four No. 1 seeds for bracket play that starts Friday.
At 6 p.m., Slocomb faces the Headland-Carroll winner, Rehobeth battles the Ariton-Cottonwood winner, Wicksburg plays the Geneva County-Ashford winner and Houston Academy plays the Geneva-Houston County winner. Ariton’s Sydney Adams allowed only four hits and two runs, both unearned, over four innings, striking out two and walking one.Houston Academy 18, Dale County 2: Jaydn Rausch was 3-for-5 with a grand-slam homer and five runs batted in, Braya Hodges had two hits with one RBI and both Ansleigh Smith and Emily Maddox had a hit and drove in three runs to lead HA.
Anslie Ellenburg had two hits and three runs batted in, highlighted by a two-run homer. Anleigh Wood also had a two-run homer. Lana Carpenter and Ella Grace Kelley both had two hits with one RBI and both Emalee Mathis and Dahlia Ganz had a hit and RBI each. Rehobeth 21, Houston County 0: Preslie Taylor pitched a three-inning perfect game with six strikeouts out of nine batters and Jessa Buker drove in five runs off two hits to lead Rehobeth.
Jaci Hall was the winning pitcher, going three of the five innings. Nichols pitched the last two innings. McCarthy was the winning pitcher, going all five innings and allowing seven hits and five runs with two strikeouts. G.W. Long pitcher Kaylie Joseph pitched a five-inning one-hitter with one run allowed and seven strikeouts.Watson had two of Long’s five hits. Kiersten Lewis had a second-inning single for the Geneva hit.
Carroll 5, Dale County 5 : Carroll rallied with two runs in the third and fifth innings and one in the fourth to forge a 5-5 tie.Shayleigh Whitman hit a grand-slam homer for Dale County. Ella Brooke Barefield earned two hits.Ella Little had a three-run homer and a run-scoring single for a two-hit, four RBI game, while Skylar Frey belted a two-run homer for EHS. Five others had two hits each – Madeline Tindol, Emma Barrette, Kinley Hutto, Addy Whaley and Lilla Faulk.
Marah Stuckey added a hit and three runs batted in and Mackenzie Kirkland had one hit and two RBI. Amelia Ivey added a single and an RBI.For Geneva County, Aubrey Andereasen had a double and Raine Dunn a single.
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