Ace Austin's 57 points in AHSAA Final Four for Spring Garden lead Gadsden area top performers
Here are the Gadsden Times area top performers for the Week ending March 1 for high school basketball Final Four and baseball, softball, soccer and golf.
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Baseball
Thursday, Feb. 29
Boaz's Elijah Kelley had two RBIs and scored twice in a 8-4 win over Arab.
Gaston's Zeke Voytek went 4 of 5 from the plate and had an RBI in a 10-5 win over West End.
Gaston's Luke Hollingsworth went 2 of 3 with two RBIs.
Sardis's Landon Carroll had six RBIs on two hits, including a homerun and a triple, and two runs scored in a 20-0 win over Glencoe.
Sardis's Trey Thornton brought in four RBIs on two hits, including a homerun, while scoring three times.
Sardis's Carson Gillilan brought in three runs on two hits and scored twice.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Boaz's Brooks Gentry brought in four RBIs and had a homerun in a 11-4 win over Arab.
Monday, Feb. 26
Sardis's Derek Tarvin had three RBIs on one hit in a 17-0 win over Gaston.
Sardis's Levi Martin hit a homerun and drove in two runners.
Sardis's Blaze Gerhart scored twice and tallied two RBIs in a 11-1 win over Hokes Bluff while striking out 12 batters and only allowing three hits in five innings of work on the mound.
Sardis's Landon Carroll scored once on three hits.
Saturday, Feb. 24
Boaz's Elijah Kelley pitched seven shutout innings in a 8-0 win over Westbrook Christian.
Susan Moore's Kade Justice went 4 of 5 with two doubles and two RBIs with three stolen bases while pitching for innings, allowing one hit.
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Boys basketball
Wednesday, Feb. 28
Guntersville's Jackson Porch scored 26 points with four steals in a 75-70 loss to Vigor.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Geraldine's Jaxon Colvin scored 15 points with eight rebounds in a 62-49 loss to Hillcrest-Evergreen.
Geraldine's Connor Johnson scored 13 points.
Boys golf
Monday, Feb. 26
Southside's Justin Lovoy placed second after shooting a 70 in the Madison County Invitational.
Boys soccer
Thursday, Feb. 29
Gadsden City's Brandon Cervantes scored twice in a 5-2 area win over Oxford.
Saturday, Feb. 24
Southside's Camren Thompson scored two goals with an assist in a 8-1 win over Coosa Christian.
Southside's Camren Thompson scored three goals in a 4-1 win over Westbrook Christian.
Southside's Camren Thompson scored three goals with an assist in a 4-1 win over Gadsden City.
Southside's Hayes Cosby had 10 saves across two wins.
Girls basketball
Friday, March 1
Plainview's Gracie Howell scored 19 points in a 48-40 loss to Trinity.
Thursday, Feb. 29
Spring Garden's Ace Austin scored 35 points with 12 rebounds, four steals and four assists in a 60-31 win over Marion County.
Spring Garden's Chloe Rule scored 10 points with eight rebounds.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Plainview's Sawyer Kate Hulgan had 28 points in a 81-24 win over Cottage Hill.
Plainview's Lauren Jimmerson scored 17 points with eight rebounds.
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Monday, Feb 26
Spring Garden's Ace Austin scored 22 points to go with 10 rebounds, seven assists and five steals in a 62-16 win over Elba.
Spring Garden's Libby Brown scored 14 points with five assists and four steals.
Spring Garden's Chloe Rule scored 14 points to go with five rebounds.
Girls golf
Southside's Mallory Brooks placed fourth after shooting a 79 in the Madison County Invitational.
Girls soccer
Thursday, Feb. 28
Gadsden City's Miriam Rasool had two goals in a 3-0 win over Oneonta.
Saturday, Feb. 24
Gadsden City's Avery Parker had a goal in a 2-1 win over Westbrook Christian.
Gadsden City's Fiyinfoluwa Oguntuyo scored a goal and had an assist.
Gadsden City's Avery Parker had a goal in a 3-1 win over Glencoe.
Gadsden City's Anna Klaire Ashley had a goal with three steals.
Gadsden City's Ella Jennings had 14 saves in a 2-1 loss to Southside in PKs.
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Softball
Thursday, Feb. 29
Ashville's Jayda Burgess scored four times with four hits in a 13-4 win over Saks.
Cherokee County's Grayson Tucker hit a two-run homerun in a 7-6 loss to Southside and added three walks.
Gaston's Brylie McCarver picked up the win while allowing only two hits in a 6-2 win over Asbury.
Glencoe's Aubrey Maxwell went 3-for-3 with two doubles and six RBIs in a 17-0 win over Gadsden City.
Glencoe's Sadie Waldrop went 2 of 2 with a triple and four RBIs.
Piedmont's Savannah Smith pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits with nine strikeouts. She added a run scored and an RBI.
Southside's Ava Ramsey hit a three-run home run in a 7-6 win over Cherokee County.
Southside's Kadey Barbe hit a solo homerun.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Ashville's Analynn Williamson had seven RBIs on four hits, including a home run in a 23-8 win over Talladega.
Fyffe's Brindlee Walston had two hits with two RBIs and scored twice vs. Sylvania.
Fyffe's Elli Stone had three hits with two RBIs.
Southside's Ava Ramsey had four hits, including a three-run homerun in a 13-3 win vs. Oxford.
Monday, Feb. 26
Ashville's Ansley Brashier scored twice on two hits with four RBIs in a 11-5 win over Weaver.
Ashville's Analynn Williamson had two RBIs and a hit while scoring a run.
Ashville's Alexis St. John pitched seven innings with 10 strikeouts while allowing only five runs on five hits.
Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports and Jacksonville State athletics for the Gadsden Times. Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him at MDonaldson@gannett.com.
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