West Morgan Softball Preview

Coming off a 22-20-1 record a season ago, the West Morgan varsity softball team will look to improve on that mark with a plethora of young talent during the 2018 season. Head coach Kendra Bradford will potentially send out five players who all will be in either seventh or eighth grade to help contribute to a team who has expectations of capturing an area title this season.

“We will be very young in key places on the field,” Bradford said. “Our pitching staff will consist of a ninth grader, eighth grader and an 11th grader that did not pitch at all last year. I have one returning senior – Shelby McCulloch – and some key juniors in Emari Hutto, Aaliyah Wallace and Hannah Cottingham.”

Bradford’s team fell short in the area tournament last season. The Lady Rebels suffered losses in their opening two games of the four-team tournament to end their season, something that Bradford says should motivate her team this year.

“(The area tournament) did not go as well as I had hoped,” Bradford said. “We lost the first two games of the area tournament and that was an upset for us. We had previously beat Elkmont in both games and split with East Lawrence and Clements. I feel like this year, our area is very competitive and any team has the potential to win. It will depend on who plays their best game that day.”

West Morgan Softball Schedule

Feb. 19-20        Hatton TBA*

Feb. 27               @Priceville 4:30 p.m.

Mar. 1                FALKVILLE 4:30 p.m.

Mar. 2-3            Decatur TBA**

Mar. 5                @Falkville 4:30 p.m.

Mar. 6                @East Lawrence 4:30 p.m.&

Mar. 13              ELKMONT 4:30 p.m.&

Mar. 15              CLEMENTS 4:30 p.m.&

Mar. 27              DANVILLE 4:30 p.m.

Mar. 29              EAST LAWRENCE 4:30 p.m.&

Mar. 30-31       Tournament TBA

Apr. 2                 @Decatur 4:30 p.m.

Apr. 3                 @Elkmont 4:30 p.m.&

Apr. 5             @Brewer 2 p.m.

Apr. 6-7             Tournament TBA

Apr. 9                 @East Limestone 4:30 p.m.

Apr. 10               @Danville 2 p.m.

Apr. 12-14         @Morgan County Tournament TBA**

Apr. 16               PRICEVILLE 4:30 p.m.

Apr. 17               @Clements 4 p.m.&

Apr. 20-21         WEST MORGAN TOURNAMENT TBA***

Apr. 23               @Lexington 4:30 p.m.

Apr. 24               BREWER 2 p.m.

Apr. 26               DECATUR 4:30 p.m.

Apr. 30               MUSCLE SHOALS 5 p.m.

Games in CAPITAL LETTERS represent home games

*Game to be played at Moulton Park

**Game to be played at Wilson Morgan Park

***Games to be played at Trinity Park

& Denotes an area game

West Morgan Softball Roster

25        Shelby McCulloch

13        Avery Morris

14        Aaliyah Wallace

3          Emari Hutto

5          Hannah Cottingham

22        Skylar Renshaw

1          Annabelle Pace

2          Marteena Elliott

20        Jennifer Gable

44        Hannah Mattingly

32        Abby Book

30        Kyleigh Batts

10        Cailey Barbee

00        Kaleigh Powers

21        Brylynn Bolan

18        Adaja Wiggins

12        Shanea Beighey

28        Adriana Phillips

8          Jada Gray

42        Clair Reeves

4          Courtney Bean

11        Maggie Smith

6          Karly Terry

9          Hannah Johnson

7          Allison Morris

15        Maggie Johnson