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By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director Jadyn Foster has her mother Jennifer to thank for getting her to think about pitching when she was in fifth grade. Up until that point Foster had played mostly as an infielder, mainly at shortstop. But one conversation with her mother got her to thinking, and the rest is

By Joe Medley, East Alabama Sports Today OXFORD — In a bottom-line sense, Piedmont’s softball team made its third consecutive state-tournament appearance and got no farther this time. Progress shows up more in the details. Class 3A’s fourth-ranked team in the final Alabama Sports Writers Association poll of the season, the Bulldogs won 39 games.

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CEDAR BLUFF – Cedar Bluff senior pitcher Reece Patterson and freshman third baseman Ciana Smith are best friends. Smith said their friendship began when she was a seventh grader, and Patterson has been picking her up ever since she started playing softball. On Tuesday against Class 3A, No. 4

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Piedmont softball coach Rachel Smith had a busy Monday. Smith was part of the Bulldog baseball team’s senior day festivities at home against Ohatchee for her son Sloan. Then, she took off north on Highway 9 to Centre to coach her team against rival Cherokee County. She