Four softball teams will represent Baldwin County when the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s state tournament gets underway this weekend in Oxford.

Two of the local teams entered their brackets as regional champions, including Fairhope in Class 7A and Spanish Fort in Class 6A. Additionally, the Daphne Trojans finished as regional runners-up in Class 7A and Orange Beach did the same in Class 4A to earn a spot in the state tournament as well.

The Toros are scheduled to get things started with their first-round game set for Thursday at 9 a.m. The Pirates and Trojans are both set to open play Friday at 9 a.m. before the Makos are scheduled to throw their first pitch at 10:45 a.m.

Orange Beach will be searching for its third straight state title after two consecutive on the Class 2A circuit before joining the Class 4A stage this alignment. Spanish Fort will be searching for its first trip to the state finals in program history, Daphne has been to the finals twice (2008 and 2017) and Fairhope won the 2018 crown before finishing as runners-up in 2021.

In the regional rounds, Fairhope beat MGM (7-1) and Daphne (10-1) in the finals where the Trojans took down Baker 4-0 in the first round and 11-0 in the consolation round. Spanish Fort earned wins over Benjamin Russell (7-1), Saraland (5-2) and Baldwin County (5-3) to take the top seed from the south in Class 6A.

Despite a loss to the defending Class 3A champion Houston Academy in the Class 4A winner’s final, Orange Beach secured its spot at state with an 11-1 win over Satsuma in the consolation finals for its second win over the Gators.

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