Coach Randy Belyeu and his assistant coach Chris Dixon stood amazed at the caliber of play the Wetumpka Lady Indians were facing over the weekend in Scottsboro.
“Pisgah is a college team disguised as a 3A high school,” Belyeu joked Monday afternoon. “They had a pitcher that could spin the ball around a flag pole and it fall in for a strike.”
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