Spain Park third baseman Conner Greb (3) gets a hit during a game between Spain Park and John Carroll on Tuesday March, 17th, 2026 at John Carroll High School. Photo by Richard Force.
The Spain Park High School baseball team ascended up the Alabama Sports Writers Association rankings this week, all the way up to No. 2 in Class 6A.
The Jags are on a hot streak, currently winners of their last 13 games. Spain Park also won all eight games over the last week and are currently 22-6 overall. The Jags wrapped up spring break week with wins over Plainview, Oak Lawn, Stanhope Elmore, Lauderdale County, Smiths Station and Farragut. On Saturday, they beat St. Clair County and blew past Chelsea 13-3 on Tuesday.
Briarwood is up to No. 4 in Class 5A as well, as the Lions lost to Springdale before beating Russellville and Sylacauga in dominant fashion over the last week. The Lions are now 14-7 on the year.
Chelsea and Oak Mountain are in the others nominated category in 6A and 7A, respectively.
On the softball side, Chelsea and Spain Park are both in the others nominated category in 6A.
Here are the full baseball and softball rankings in Class 5A, 6A and 7A:
CLASS 7A
1. Enterprise (19-2)
2. Vestavia Hills (18-8)
3. Hewitt-Trussville (17-4)
4. Prattville (21-5)
5. Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (17-8)
6. Tuscaloosa Co. (17-8)
7. Thompson (16-11)
8. Auburn (15-8)
9. Fairhope (15-7)
10. Hoover (20-8)
Others nominated: Austin (15-6), Bob Jones (15-12), Central-Phenix City (12-13), Florence (16-7), Grissom (12-12), Huntsville (14-12), James Clemens (12-13), Oak Mountain (16-9), Opelika (17-11), Sparkman (14-12).
CLASS 6A
1. Homewood (19-4)
2. Spain Park (22-6)
3. Cullman (14-3)
4. Hazel Green (24-5)
5. Oxford (17-8)
6. Northridge (18-3)
7. Mountain Brook (21-4-1)
8. Hartselle (13-11)
9. Pike Road (18-4)
10. Saraland (17-5)
Others nominated: Athens (13-8), Benjamin Russell (17-4), Chelsea (12-11), Fort Payne (14-8), Hueytown (13-13), McGill-Toolen (15-7), Mortimer Jordan (19-5), Pelham (14-6), Pell City (9-8), Rehobeth (16-6), Southside-Gadsden (11-9), Stanhope Elmore (12-10), Wetumpka (13-5).
CLASS 5A
1. St. Paul’s (13-3)
2. American Christian (21-8)
3. Faith Academy (11-6)
4. Briarwood (14-7)
5. UMS-Wright (15-6)
6. Madison Academy (16-7)
7. Shelby Co. (15-5)
8. Northside (15-4)
9. Moody (15-4)
10. Andalusia (13-3)
Others nominated: Boaz (15-7), Central-Clay Co. (9-6), Charles Henderson (14-7), Corner (11-7), Demopolis (15-4), East Limestone (13-7), Elmore Co. (10-13), Hayden (15-4), Headland (12-7), Holtville (7-10), Leeds (14-9), Mobile Christian (12-9), Sardis (13-3), Valley (11-5-1).
SOFTBALL
CLASS 7A
1. Thompson (25-0-2)
2. Daphne (22-6)
3. Vestavia Hills (23-3)
4. Hewitt-Trussville (25-5)
5. Auburn (13-4)
6. Fairhope (15-6)
7. Enterprise (19-5-1)
8. Huntsville (17-7)
9. Hoover (18-8)
10. Baker (20-9-1)
Others nominated: Austin (17-12), Central-Phenix City (12-10), Dothan (17-11), Grissom (16-15), Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (16-10), James Clemens (16-11-1), Prattville (18-9), Sparkman (8-6), Tuscaloosa Co. (13-12).
CLASS 6A
1. Hartselle (21-4-1)
2. Saraland (23-3-1)
3. Spanish Fort (25-5)
4. Wetumpka (25-3)
5. Helena (12-6)
6. Hazel Green (22-10-1)
7. Athens (15-8-1)
8. Gardendale (18-9)
9. Cullman (22-4)
10. McAdory (18-7-2)
Others nominated: Baldwin Co. (14-10), Brookwood (19-8-1), Chelsea (15-7-2), Chilton Co. (10-12-1), Fort Payne (7-6), Gulf Shores (15-10), Northridge (10-8-3), Oxford (12-7), Pell City (14-7-2), Rehobeth (12-12), Spain Park (14-11).
CLASS 5A
1. Houston Academy (14-5)
2. Boaz (17-4)
3. Northside (22-5-1)
4. Lawrence Co. (17-4-1)
5. Springville (12-4-1)
6. Corner (19-7)
7. Moody (9-10)
8. Lincoln (13-6)
9. Ardmore (13-11-1)
10. Andalusia (14-3-1)
Others nominated: Beauregard (16-11), Demopolis (11-6), East Limestone (13-8), Faith Academy (16-11), Hayden (15-11), Scottsboro (11-10), St. Clair Co. (12-13-1).
