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Staff Report
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Leroy battled through the loser’s bracket to reach the Class 1A state softball finals Wednesday night but fell to Brantley 6-2.
It was the sixth state title for Bulldogs (33-13), all since 2014, while the Bears (35-18) were denied their first Blue Map.
The championship game was delayed six hours due to bad weather and moved from Oxford’s Choccolocco Park to Jacksonville State’s campus.
Brantley pitcher and tournament MVP Kaylee Navarre gave up back-to-back hits to start the game but pitched out of the jam, allowing seven hits and striking out nine to earn the win. She also had two hits and two RBIs.
The Bulldogs had battered Leroy 13-0 in Tuesday night’s winner’s bracket final and the Bears stayed alive by outlasting Skyline 7-4 in a 2½-hour elimination bracket final.
Leroy had to beat Brantley twice to win the title but was held scoreless until the seventh inning as Gracie Mitchell and Campbell Newell had RBIs.
The Bulldogs steamrolled through the state tournament, winning its four games by a combined 28-4.
Leroy 7, Skyline 4
Kaylee Guy pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless, three-hit relief to get the win. Starter Mckenzie Smith gave up three hits and four runs in three innings.
Newell had three hits, including an RBI double in the first.
