The Daily Sentinel

The Scottsboro Wildcats softball team closed the regular season on a winning note Tuesday night.

Class 5A No. 9-ranked Scottsboro went on the road and defeated Class 6A Buckhorn 5-2, avenging an earlier 9-4 loss to the Bucks this season.

Scottsboro coach Cindy Patterson lauded her team's effort in the win.

"We finally played as a team for a full seven innings," Patterson said. "I am very pleased with the things I saw (Tuesday). We have been challenging the girls to step up mentally and they finally responded. We got a good win against a solid team and some definite momentum heading into Friday."

Scottsboro (28-20-3) opens play Friday in the Class 5A Area 14 Tournament at SHS. The top-seeded Wildcats play fourth-seeded Fort Payne at 3 p.m. The championship round begins Saturday at noon.

Brittany McConnell doubled and drove in two runs for Scottsboro, while Carly Bryant finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Chasity McCrary was 2-for-2 while Hilary Mavromat, Tyris Branford, Jennifer Gilliam and Haley Maxwell all singled.

Mavromat came on in relief and got the win. She struck out two while allowing two hits in one inning. She was hit by a comebacker and taken out of the game, but Patterson said that was a precautionary move and that Mavromat was not injured.

McConnell, who started and pitched the first three innings, went back to the circle and eventually earned the save. She pitched the final three innings and finished the eight strikeouts and six hits allowed in six innings pitched.

Woodville's season ends in area tournament — At Athens, the Woodville Panthers' softball season ended Monday in the Class 1A Area 14 Tournament at Athens Bible School.

The Panthers went 1-2 in the tournament, falling to Skyline in the opening round 2-1.

Emily Huston finished 4-for-4 with a triple. Amber Guthrie was 3-for-4 with an RBI while Gabby Phillips was 3-for-4. Phillips also struck out six in the circle.

Woodville followed the loss with a 15-0 win over Paint Rock Valley in the elimination bracket.

Phillips went 4-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs. Houston closed 3-for-3 with a home run and an RBI, while Shellby Abel and Krislon Thompson went 3-for-3 and Chelsea Cline 2-for-3. Thompson finished with four strikeouts in the circle.

The Panthers were eliminated from the tournament after suffering a 9-6 loss to Valley Head in an elimination bracket semifinal.

Cline went 3-4 with and RBI, while Guthrie and Thompson both went 2-4 with an RBI. Phillips had five strikeouts in the circle.

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