The Jasper Vikings and the Curry Yellow Jackets recovered from loses in the North Region Tournament to secure runner-up bids on Friday to the state tournament next week in Oxford for their classification.
Jasper defeated top-ranked Springville in a rematch orginally played in the Championship Bracket, this time in the Class 5A Runner-up Bracket and the Vikings on top, 3-1. It was Jasper third consecutive win of the day, with the Vikings starting Friday beating Hayden 4-0, then Lawrence Co., 8-1.
Curry suffered a loss to No. 6 Brooks in the Class 4A Championship Game, 2-0, but rebounded with a 9-3 win over West Limestone, to clinch the Runner-up spot for the return to Oxford, where Curry won its most recent state championship last season.
Jasper and Curry join Sumiton Christian making trip to Oxford next week.
North Region Tournament
Class 5A :
Runner-up Final
Jasper 3, Springville 1
Missy Odom pitched seven innings in the victory for the Vikings, giving up five hits, one earned run, a walk with three strikeouts. At the plate, Odom went 2 for 3 including a triple and a run scored, Emma Franks hit a double with an RBI, Brinlee Clark drove-in a run on a hit and Lilly Banks recorded an RBI.
Runner-up 3rd Round
Jasper 8, Lawrence Co. 1
Odom pitched six inning for the win, giving up two hits, no earned runs with 10 strikeouts. Banks pitched an inning giving up two hits. Offensively, Odom went 2 for 4 including a triple with two RBIs, Ashlyn Tucker had a three-run triple and Banks had a hit with two runs scored.
Runner-up 2nd Round
Jasper 4, Hayden 0
Odom gave up three hits in the seven-inning shutout, with a walk and eight strikeouts. At the plate, Odoms hit a one-run triple with a run scored, Abrams had a triple with a run scored, Banks drove-in a run on a hit and scored a run and Clark had a hit with an RBI.
Class 4A:
Runner-up Final
Curry 9, West Limestone 3
Alena Howse pitched seven shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out six batters in the win. Offensively, Ambrey Taylor went 3 for 4 including two triples, three runs scored and an RBI, Jenna Madison was 2 for 4 including a homerun, two runs scored and two RBIs, Kaydence Hutchison went 2 for 3 with an RBI, Shileigh Williams was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored, Ansley Brown went 2 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI and Ivee Kelley recorded a hit with an RBI.
Championship Final
Brooks 2, Curry 0
Skiely Perry pitched nine inning, giving up five hits, two earned runs, three walks and seven strikeouts. At the plate, Taylor hit a triple, and Brown, Hutchison and Lackey had a hit each.
