From The Tribune staff reports
IRONDALE — Shades Cally’s Ariana Rice drove in six runs and the Mounties walked all over Fultondale on Thursday, April 14. The win marks the Mounties’ fourth in a row, with road games against Pinson Valley and Clay-Chalkville next week.
Shades Valley softball practices earlier in the 2022 season. (Photo by Bobby Mathews)
Shades Valley answered a one-run lead from Fultondale by piling on six runs in the first and second innings, then added two more in the third before mercy-ruling the visitors with five more runs in the bottom of the fourth.
Haley Knight, Mayah Tarver, Trinity Collier, Jenna Paxton and Rice blew the game wide open in the second, and Shades Valley never looked back. Paxton got the win in the circle, throwing three innings, allowing four runs on three hits — only one earned — and striking out six.
Bethany Moran pitched the fourth, hurling a perfect inning for the Mounties.
