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Long Ariton

Rebels

Purple Cats

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 4-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Alabama High School Baseball - Long held off by Ariton

April 16, 2026: Ariton, AL 36311

The Long Rebels baseball squad (Skipperville, AL), 4-2 in Thursday's league contest with the host Ariton Purple Cats (Ariton, AL)

With the triumph, Ariton moves its record to 23-5 on the season. The Purple Cats travel to T.R. Miller (Brewton, AL) to confront the Tigers in a non-league contest on Saturday, April 18. The Tigers come into the contest with a record of 10-13. T.R. Miller lost 8-0 in their recent non-league contest against UMS-Wright Prep (Mobile, AL)

The Rebels now possess a 17-8 record.

Long @ Ariton Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 16, 2026 @ 4:30p

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 4-2.

Rankings & Records

Long (25-26)

AL	Class
39	2

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
27-10	4-1	11-3	9-4	7-3	.730	.800	303	110

Ariton (25-26)

AL	Class
29	1

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
34-9	5-2	13-5	11-2	10-2	.791	.714	429	133

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	2.7	2.3	2.3	1.6	1.2	1.0	0	8.2	7.1	.7
Ariton	1.7	1.5	3.3	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.0	10.0	9.1	1.0

Head-to-Head

Long won on 4/14/2026

4/14 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ariton 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 - -
Long 3 1 0 0 3 0 - 7 - -

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 7-6.
Box score
Ariton won on 4/16/2026

4/16 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Long - - - - - - - 2 - -
Ariton - - - - - - - 4 - -

The Long (Skipperville, AL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Ariton (AL) by a score of 4-2.
Box score
Long won on 4/16/2026

4/16 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Long - - - - - - - 5 - -
Ariton - - - - - - - 3 - -

The Long (Skipperville, AL) varsity baseball team won Thursday's away conference game against Ariton (AL) by a score of 5-3.
Box score
Ariton won last month

5/15 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ariton - - - - - - - 11 - -
Long - - - - - - - 7 - -

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 11-7.
Box score
Ariton won last month

5/15 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ariton - - - - - - - 4 - -
Long - - - - - - - 2 - -

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral playoff game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 4-2.
Box score
Long won last month

5/15 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ariton - - - - - - - 2 - -
Long - - - - - - - 8 - -

The Ariton (AL) varsity baseball team lost Friday's neutral playoff game against Long (Skipperville, AL) by a score of 8-2.
Box score

4/14 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ariton	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	-	-
Long	3	1	0	0	3	0	-	7	-	-

4/16 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

5/15 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

5/15 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

5/15 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ariton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Long	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Long	8-3		Ariton	12-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/21/26	Geneva	Long	(W) 10-0	4/4/26	Geneva	Ariton	(W) 16-4
2/24/26	Long	Providence Christian	(L) 3-2	4/7/26	Providence Christian	Ariton	(W) 12-2
3/19/26	Providence Christian	Long	(W) 11-1
2/28/26	Houston Academy	Long	(W) 17-7	2/23/26	Houston Academy	Ariton	(W) 15-2
2/28/26	Houston Academy	Long	(W) 15-5
3/9/26	Long	Houston Academy	(L) 12-2
3/6/26	Mars Hill Bible	Long	(L) 1-0	3/7/26	Mars Hill Bible	Ariton	(L) 9-7
				5/18/26	Mars Hill Bible	Ariton	(L) 4-0
				5/19/26	Mars Hill Bible	Ariton	(W) 6-1
				5/19/26	Mars Hill Bible	Ariton	(W) 5-2
3/12/26	Long	Wicksburg	(W) 7-0	4/9/26	Ariton	Wicksburg	(W) 14-4
3/31/26	Abbeville	Long	(W) 15-0	3/19/26	Ariton	Abbeville	(W) 12-0
				3/19/26	Ariton	Abbeville	(W) 17-0
4/2/26	Eufaula	Long	(W) 3-1	2/27/26	Eufaula	Ariton	(W) 1-0
				3/20/26	Ariton	Eufaula	(W) 16-4
4/7/26	Houston County	Long	(W) 14-0	3/9/26	Ariton	Houston County	(W) 18-0
				3/9/26	Ariton	Houston County	(W) 11-0

Record Breakdown

Long (25-26)		Ariton (25-26)
27-10	Overall	34-9
4-1	League	5-2
16-7	Non-League	18-5
3-3	Head to Head	3-3
8-3	Common Opponent	12-2
11-3	Home	13-5
9-4	Away	11-2
7-3	Neutral	10-2
7-2	Playoff	10-2
27-10	In-State	34-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1