Journalist in Mobile, Alabama. Winner of the Mel Allen Award from the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and named one of the 50 Legends of Sportswriter in Alabama.
Last chance for Auburn. Tigers trail Hewitt-Trussville 8-0 going to the bottom of the seventh. Huskies closing in on first baseball title in a decade. @BenThomasPreps
Auburn threatens again in third but nothing to show for it. Hewitt leads 7-0 going to the fourth. The Huskies are closing in on the 7A title. @BenThomasPreps
Minutes away from Game 2 in the Class 7A baseball championship series. Hewitt-Trussville one win away from adding to the Huskies’ softball title won earlier today. Auburn has to win to force a deciding third game. @BenThomasPreps
Freshman Lathan Boddie enters the game in relief with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth. He was perfect in relief last week to close out the semifinal win over Briarwood. Faith leads 8-2. @BenThomasPreps
Brodie Wilson hits one even further. Wilson follows up Braydon Wright’s home run with a 384-foot shot. The two-run homer increases the Faith lead to 8-2 in the fourth. @BenThomasPreps
There is the big blow. Faith senior Braydon Wright with a 360-foot blast to left field for a 3-run homer. The previous pitch he hit 337 feet but foul. Faith now leads ACA 6-2 and still batting in the bottom of the fourth. @BenThomasPreps
ACA cuts the lead in half with an unearned run (a shocker in a series that has featured spectacular defense on both sides). Faith Academy batting in the fourth leading 3-2. @BenThomasPreps