Next to last weekend for conference games in the ACCC:
GDW Analysis:
HANCEVILLE: Two weekends remain in the regular season for ACCC baseball and softball.
Wallace State is looking to remain in a position to get to the ACCC baseball tournament the week of May 6 in Oxford.
The same can be said for WSCC softball with the conference tournament that week at Veterans Park in Alabaster.
Going into this weekend in ACCC baseball, the Lions are 16 & 12 in the league, currently 6th out of 10 teams. The top six will make their
way to Choccolocco Park for postseason play.
Shelton leads the ACCC with 21 wins and 7 losses. Snead and Coastal South are a game back at 20 & 8 with Northwest Shoals 4th by a 19 & 9 record.
Southern Union follows NW Shoals in having 18 wins against 10 losses. They are 2 games ahead of Wallace State. In 7th place, 5 games back of the Lions are Chattahoochee Valley at 11 & 17.
Calhoun, Gadsden and Lawson have been eliminated for having less than 10 wins with 8 games to complete the 2024 schedule.
Wallace State plays Northwest Shoals at James C. Bailey Stadium for a doubleheader Thursday at 2:00 and 4:30. The series will finish out Saturday with a pair of games from the NW Shoals campus.
Shelton takes on CVCC, Coastal and Snead meet in 4 impact games, Southern Union is facing Gadsden and Calhoun plays Lawson in a 4 game weekend series.
Softball:
By a recent surge in conference play, Wallace State has jumped ahead of Coastal South entering play for the last weekend in April.
Wallace State stands at 12 & 4 in the league with Coastal 2 games back in 2nd, 10 wins & 6 losses.
Snead hangs in 3rd at 11 & 9, Northwest Shoals is 8 & 8, Shelton 9 & 11, Southern Union 8 & 12 and Calhoun in last place at 6 & 14.
Thursday, Wallace goes to Northwest Shoals for a pair of games starting at 2:00 p.m.
The Lady Lions and Lady Patriots play at Bobby McCracken Stadium on Saturday with the opener to be at 2:00 p.m.
Coastal South and Snead get together for 4, while Calhoun, Southern Union and Shelton are idle this weekend in conference play.
The Lady Lions are 25 & 11 overall in the first season under Lauren Stewart. Stewart took over before the start of the season when coach Carson Owens submitted his resignation.
Photo of Wallace State Lion Tucker Burns in a game vs. Shelton April 4 at James C. Bailey Stadium.
Photo courtesy of WSCC Media Relations.
