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By Erik Harris, sports editor TRUSSVILLE — It came to an end on Friday night at Phil English Field in Trussville, as the top-ranked Husky baseball team dropped both ends of a playoff doubleheader to Hoover.  The Bucs came back from early one-run deficits in both games, taking the opener 2-1 and the nightcap 3-1. Hoover now moves into the Class 7A semifinals against the winner of Florence-Sparkman.  Photo by Vickie Unlap Hewitt-Trussville ends its season with a record of 28-6. The Huskies opened up the postseason last Friday with a clean sweep of Grissom. The club also put together a 17-ga...

TRUSSVILLE — A third game won’t be necessary.  The No. 1-ranked Hewitt-Trussville baseball team opened up its postseason run at home on Friday with a two-game sweep of Grissom. The Huskies (28-4) followed a 3-2 win in the early session with a 6-3 series clincher in the nightcap to march into the Class 7A quarterfinals. The Area 6 champions will host Hoover next week in the second round after the Bucs swept sixth-ranked Bob Jones on Friday night. “We haven’t played them this year, but this is what you want in the playoffs,” said Hewitt-Trussville pitcher Skylar Jones. “You want to...

By Erik Harris, sports editor KIMBERLY — A nine-run second inning thrusted the Hewitt-Trussville baseball team to a 13-9 road win over Mortimer Jordan on Tuesday night.  “To me, this is a good win against a really solid team,” said Hewitt-Trussville head coach Jeff Mauldin.  The Huskies sent 14 batters to the plate during the top of the second, collecting four hits, including a Riley Quick grand slam, to claim a 9-0 advantage. Hudson Boren singled home the first run before a walk and hit-by-pitch sent the second run across. Mortimer Jordan starter Austin Morris proceeded to walk and p...

Several local baseball and softball teams were in play this weekend in non-area play. Among a mixed bag of results, the Hewitt-Trussville and Leeds boys remained unbeaten with Saturday sweeps. See complete game recaps below. BASEBALL Hewitt-Trussville 11, Hazel Green 1 They say defense travels, and it certainly did for the Hewitt-Trussville boys on Saturday, as they grabbed wins over Thompson, 4-1, and Hazel Green, 11-1. In the opener against host Thompson, Hewitt got five innings of work from Riley Quick, who finished with nine strikeouts to score the win. Benjamin Lamons checked in to score...