LADY DEVILS BEAT BROOKS

Friday, March 25

After several days at the beach and playing lots of softball in the Gulf Shores Classic, a fine-tuned Elkmont team blew past the Brooks Lady Lions, 12-2.
 

Bekah adds home run #6 to her season

The younger middle school Lady Devils started in where the older team left off.  Elkmont is on a red hot winning streak and collected another win by scorching Brooks, 16-4.

love the bow; power with style

LADY DEVILS ADVANCE TO FINALS

The Elkmont Lady Devils softball program have had a great season.  As the regular season leader in Area 15, they are hosting the Area tournament.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
BROOKS	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	1
ELKMONT	0	0	0	1	0	2		3	5	2

Yesterday, the Lady Devils played Brooks in the opening game.  After a bout of jitters, they pulled ahead for the win, 3-2. Gracen Clinard had 3 RBI, Brandi Bentley 2 hits, Calla Norman 1 hit, and Dakota McCurley got on base with a walk. Ruth Ann Bates was the winning pitcher with a complete game. She had 19 first pitch strikes with 4 strike outs.  Brooks' K. Sherrill took the loss with 18 first pitch strikes and 1 strike out. 

 
The second game paired West Limestone vs East Lawrence. 
The Lady Eagles shut out West, 8-0.

 
The last game of the night was the semi-finals.  Elkmont was able slide by East Lawrence, 7-6 to advance to the finals today @ 5 pm. Winning pitcher was Autumn Davis with 17 first pitch strikes and 7 strikes outs.  Lady Eagle, Autumn Cook took the loss with 15 first pitch strikes and 1 strike out.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
EAST LAWRENCE	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	6	8	4
ELKMONT	2	0	1	1	3	0		7	7	1

   
Today:
Brooks vs West Limestone @ 2 pm

Brooks/West Winner vs East Lawrence @ 3:30 pm

Finals @ 5 pm
Elkmont vs Winner of 3:30 game
* if Elkmont loses, a second game will be played to determine Area 15 champion.


Tournament photos provided by Down Home Portraits

ELKMONT BASEBALL VS BROOKS

GAME 1:
Elkmont fell 11-0 to Brooks on Monday, March 30. Brooks went up for good in the first, scoring three runs on an RBI single by Graham.  The Lions tacked on another five runs in the third. An error scored Garrett Brewer and Mathew Moore to get Brooks on the board in the fourth inning. 

INNINGS	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
ELKMONT	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
BROOKS	3	1	5	2		11	8	0

Tanner Graham recorded the win for Brooks. He tossed five innings of shutout ball. Graham struck out nine, walked two and gave up two hits.  Brooks was sparked by Riley Phillips and Jonathan Coleman, who teamed up for two hits and three RBIs.

Phillip Norman ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with the loss. He allowed nine runs in three innings, walked five and struck out two.

GAME 2

INNINGS	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
ELKMONT	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
BROOKS	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	1

 








Elkmont collected six hits, but Elkmont fell 10-0 to Brooks on Monday.  The game was never in doubt after the fifth, as Brooks scored 10 runs on a two-run error, a three-run home run by Garrett Brewer, and three singles.
 
Tucker Wilsdorf got the win for Brooks. He tossed one inning of shutout ball. Wilsdorf struck out one, walked none and gave up one hit.  Brooks was sparked by Tanner Graham and Jonathan Coleman, who teamed up for four hits and four RBIs.

Taylor Thomas took the loss for Elkmont. He allowed seven runs in 4 2/3 innings, walked five and struck out one.



MARCH 31

Brooks traveled to Elkmont for tonight's game.  Weather blew in and play was called due to lightning in the area.  The Lions took the win, 7-0 after 3 innings.


Elkmont Pitching
Braden Miller: 2 innings, 11 first pitch strikes,  1 strikeout
Travis Riggs: 1/3 inning, 2 first pitch strike

INNINGS	1	2	3	R	H	E
BROOKS	6	1	0	7	6	0
ELKMONT	0	0		0	1	4