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 Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director Jadyn Foster was once in Emma Hill’s shoes. Foster was thrust into a starting pitcher role on the varsity team at Sand Rock as a seventh grader. Five years later, she leaves as one of its most decorated and record-breaking softball players, capping her career with a 31-5 record
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director ALBERTVILLE – Spring Garden sophomore catcher Maggie Jarrett and her dad Greg work on game-winning softball scenarios constantly in the batting cage on their own outside of the Lady Panthers’ practices. Games like Thursday afternoon’s against rival Cedar Bluff in the East Softball Regional at Sand Mountain Park are
Staff Reports ALBERTVILLE – Class 1A, No. 4 Cedar Bluff got off to a strong start in the Class 1A East Softball Regional on Tuesday with a 19-4 victory in its tournament opener against Victory Christian, but then fell to the losers bracket after losing to top-ranked Skyline 12-1. Cedar Bluff will face Appalachian in
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SPRING GARDEN – The Cedar Bluff Lady Tigers started the softball season out at 0-5, but head coach Garrett Crane knew the type of schedule they were playing would pay dividends come postseason. It already has. In the Class 1A, Area 11 tournament championship game on Thursday, the Lady
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 SAND ROCK – Sand Rock senior pitcher Jadyn Foster admitted she was a little nervous in the circle on Monday afternoon against Cedar Bluff. She was well aware she just three strikeouts away from reaching 1,000 Ks for her career. Foster got the milestone she’s wanted since she first
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SPRING GARDEN – There were pink bows lining the fences, along with a sign of appreciation in left field for Spring Garden softball coach Ann Welsh on Thursday. Her breast cancer chemo treatments concluded this week. She said she still has some radiation to go, but to use her
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CEDAR BLUFF – The Sand Rock softball team has gotten off to a good start to the 2023 season. Over the weekend, they finished runner-up in a tournament at Glencoe. Their only two losses came against Class 6A Wetumpka, including a 1-0 decision in the championship game. They also
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CEDAR BLUFF – One of Cedar Bluff’s strengths the past couple of softball seasons has been its depth at pitching. It’s helped them earn two straight Class 1A state softball tournament berths, and it should be one of their strengths once again with seniors Reece Patterson and Natalie Baty