The Reset: Eagles baseball wins 4
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BASEBALL
The Oak Mountain baseball team began last week with a 7-3 win over Brookwood on Monday.
On Thursday, Oak Mountain took down Briarwood 6-0. Taylor Bush led the Eagles offense by going 3-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs. Matthew Heiberger and Conner Moore each tallied 2 hits and an RBI. Maddox Macrory drove in a run as well. Davis Gillespie was strong on the mound for the Eagles, allowing just 1 hit in 6 scoreless innings, adding 11 strikeouts. For Briarwood, Drake Meeks threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings, while Samuel Burr allowed a run in 2 innings.
Chelsea fell to Calera 6-2 on Thursday.
Oak Mountain swept a doubleheader against Stanhope Elmore on Friday, winning both games by a 2-1 score. In one of the wins, Andrew Hunt and Grant Rakers drove in the runs to support Macrory, who threw 7 innings and struck out 12 batters. In the other win, Gillespie hit a solo home run and Hunt drove in the other run. Garrison Kahn got the start and allowed a run over 4 innings of work, striking out 9 batters. Kevin Jasinski threw the last 3 innings in hitless fashion.
SOFTBALL
The Briarwood softball team began play last week with a 14-7 loss to Oak Grove. The Lions had some bright spots in the game, especially Meredith Kellum, who launched a pair of home runs and finished with 4 runs batted in. She also scored 3 runs. Cameron Fountain was 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run of her own. Camille Jarvis also knocked in a run.
Oak Mountain suffered an area loss to Hewitt-Trussville on Thursday, falling 15-2. Anna Dubose knocked in both runs for the Eagles.
SOCCER
The Chelsea boys soccer team began play last week with a 2-0 win over Stanhope Elmore. Eighth grader Luke Miller scored both goals for the Hornets, getting one in the first half off a cross from Brock Marlow and scoring another in the second half from Alejandro Hernandez.
Both Chelsea teams took losses Thursday, with the boys falling 4-1 to Homewood in an area matchup and the girls losing to Northridge 2-1.
The Oak Mountain teams were victorious on Friday, with the boys beating Wetumpka 3-0 and the girls taking down Dothan 5-0. Briarwood’s boys finished in a 0-0 draw with Spain Park.
The Oak Mountain boys fell to Mountain Brook 1-0 on Saturday.
GOLF
The Briarwood boys golf team finished third in the West Alabama Tournament last week at Ol Colony Club in Tuscaloosa. Sam Burns led the Lions with a round of 75.
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