Softball Game Preview: St. Clair County Fighting Saints vs. Springville Tigers

St. Clair County is 0-10 against Springville since April of 2022 but things could change on Thursday. The Fighting Saints are taking a road trip to square off against the Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Springville will be up against a hot St. Clair County team: the squad just extended their winning streak to five. The Fighting Saints blew past Clay-Chalkville 17-1 on Tuesday. The game marked the Fighting Saints' most dominant victory of the season.

Oaklie Rewis was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Rewis was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3. That's the most runs she has posted since back in February.

Demeria Dean

Stolen Base

04/15/25 @ Clay-Chalkville	1
04/10/25 @ Lincoln	1
04/08/25 vs Jacksonville	2

In other batting news, Tessa Parvin and Demeria Dean did most of the damage at the plate: Parvin scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Dean scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Dean has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Keili Nelson, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.

St. Clair County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .522. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .360 or higher in five consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Springville took on Hayden on Tuesday. The Tigers put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 14-2 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Tigers, who have now won three contests in a row.

St. Clair County's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-13-1. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Springville, their record now sits at 35-3-1.

St. Clair County couldn't quite get it done against Springville when the teams last played back in March as they fell 9-4. Can the Fighting Saints avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.