The Class 6A Area 4 will be well represented at the AHSAA regional tournament with the Wetumpka and Stanhope Elmore softball teams in attendance.
The Indians served as the host of the area tournament, which meant the first round of action was between the Mustangs and Percy Julian. The Mustangs jumped out to a dominant lead and did not look back, finishing 20-2. They scored 18 runs in the second inning to end the game prematurely. They accumulated 13 hits on the day with Hayden Bush going a perfect three-for-three at the plate. Savannah Wyatt manned the circle, pitching a perfect game through two innings.
Stanhope Elmore advanced to duke it out against Wetumpka, where the inning pulled away with a 3-2 victory. Stanhope Elmore struck first with two runs from Anaijhai Russell and Taylor Burkett. However, Wetumpka put up a consistent effort scoring runs in the first, third and fourth frames to squeak away with a victory to advance to the area championship game. Wetumpka’s Ava Farmer accounted for two of the Indians’ runs while notching a single in the bottom of the third inning.
The Mustangs would find themselves going against Percy Julian for a second time, with the result being the same in a 16-1 victory. Although not as flashy as the 18 scored in the second inning of the first game, the Mustang put up a total of 15 runs through the first two frames. Russell and Alexis Kiddy each accounted for two hits while Bush accounted for a home run in her first at-bat.
Stanhope Elmore found itself in the area championship in another rematch against Wetumpka, but this time it was all Indians in the 12-0 win.
Wetumpka showed its prowess at the plate, finishing with 15 hits through six innings. Lily Davenport and Bailey Carlise each recorded a home run in the game, while also each finished with three hits on the day. Farmer scored most of the runs for Wetumpka with four under her belt.
The Mustangs finished with four hits on the day, two of which came from Bush while Wyatt and Jackson pitched in with one each.
Wetumpka walked away with another area championship under its belt and will head into the regional tournament with the top seed. Stanhope Elmore will face off against the winner of the area it paired up with. Both teams will begin regional play on Thursday in Montgomery.
