Bevill State Community College opened conference play last week by splitting four games against the number one ranked team in Alabama Community College baseball, Wallace State of Hanceville. The two teams played a doubleheader on the road Thursday, March 10, as Wallace State captured an 11-1 victory in the first game and Bevill won the second game by the score of 4-0.
Lots of rain forced the postponement or cancellation of several games for local high school baseball and softball teams last week. The Berry Invitational Softball Tournament was cancelled last week, with the Lady Wildcats participating in the Lynn Invitational Tournament.
The Bevill State Bears hosted Mineral Area College of Park Hill, Mo. for three games on Feb. 19-20. The Bears lost a pitchers’ duel in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader by the score of 3-1.
Fayette opened its 2022 baseball season at home, playing Bibb County in the first game of a doubleheader and facing cross-county rival Hubbertville in the second game of the twin-bill.
Fayette defeated Hubbertville in the second game by a score of 14-0. Cooper Sanford started the game on the mound for the Tigers, and Brodie Porter was the starting pitcher for Hubbertville.
The Bevill State Bears played its second week of baseball and won two-out-of-five games for the week. The Bears traveled to Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss. to challenge the 17th ranked community college team in the nation on Feb. 8. Bevill gave a good accounting of its program by splitting games of a doubleheader by identical scores of 7-4.
Bevill State Community College in Fayette opened its 2022 baseball season this past weekend with a 2-2 split against Frontier Community College of Fairfield, Ill. The teams played a doubleheader on Saturday, with Frontier winning the first game by a score of 5-0. Blake Burgess was the starting pitcher for Bevill and suffered the loss. He pitched five innings, surrendering four hits, one earned run and struck out four opposing batters.
The Berry Wildcats baseball team fell behind early and could never recover as they lost the first game of the second-round playoffs to Brantley by the score of 12-1. Brantley scored five runs in the first two innings to force the Wildcats to play catch-up the remainder of the game. Berry managed only four hits and one run in the seven-inning game, while timely hitting by the Bulldogs allowed Brantley to score 12 runs on 10 hits.
The Berry Wildcats hosted Verbena in the first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s baseball playoffs, winning both of the Friday games to advance into the next round. Berry had to fight and claw for the win in the first game of the doubleheader, coming from behind to win 9-6. Verbena scored two runs in the top of the first inning as they sent seven batters to the plate. The Wildcats fought back with a run of its own in the home-half of the inning.
The Fayette Tigers traveled to Oneonta for the first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association playoffs and lost two games on Friday to finish its season. The Tigers gave a gallant effort in the first game, losing to the host team by a score of 5-4. The Tigers led 4-3 entering the bottom of the sixth inning before Oneonta’s Brodie Devaney singled in two runs to give his team the winning runs.
The Fayette Tigers entered its three game series last week against Hamilton knowing that the series would determine the Area 12 Champion. Unfortunately, Fayette lost two-of-three games and will have to travel to Oneonta this week as the area runner-up. On Tuesday, Fayette traveled to Hamilton and was defeated by the Aggies by a score of 9-4. Hamilton scored a run in the bottom of the first, but Fayette tied the game quickly at one in the top of the second.
