The Alabama Sports Writers Association softball polls have started the 2010 season much as they finished in 2009.

Mortimer Jordan continues to occupy the top spot in the Class 5A poll, just as they did all of last season and most of 2008. The Blue Devils sported an 11-0 record as the poll was compiled on Tuesday morning. They won their 12th game later that day over Tuscaloosa County, who themselves are ranked tenth in Class 6A.

The Devils’ state-record winning streak currently stands at 57 games, going into a game against unranked Oak Mountain Friday night in the Hoover Round Robin Tournament. (That game ended after press time.)

Meanwhile, Corner also starts off the year high in the polls, ranked third after finishing second at last year’s state tournament.

The Yellow Jackets have a 5-4 record going into the Wallace State Tournament in Cullman this weekend. Most of those losses are against larger schools, with an extra-inning defeat coming at the hands of Sumiton Christian, ranked second in Class 3A.

In baseball, no local teams are ranked.

The full poll:



SOFTBALL

Class 6A

1. Sparkman (14-2); 2. Huntsville (13-1-1); 3. Dothan (16-4); 4. Bob Jones (12-5); 5. Hueytown (9-4-1); 6. Enterprise (13-5); 7. Satsuma (11-6); 8. Hoover (6-4); 9. Clay-Chalkville (14-3); 10. Tuscaloosa County (10-4)

Class 5A

1. Mortimer Jordan (11-0); 2. Hartselle (6-6); 3. Rehobeth (14-6); 4. Springville (6-2); 5. St. Paul's (7-1); 6. Eufaula (10-6); 7. Scottsboro (11-4); 8. Walker (8-4); 9. Cullman (6-6-1); 10. Faith Academy (6-2)

Class 4A

1. Lawrence County (11-3); 2. Alabama Christian (8-4); 3. Corner (5-4); 4. Cherokee County (12-0); 5. Alexandria (9-4); 6. Ardmore (6-4); 7. Ashford (5-1); 8. Central-Florence (7-2); 9. Andalusia (3-0); 10. Bibb County (4-0)

Class 3A

1. Pisgah (8-2); 2. Sumiton Christian (10-4); 3. Headland (13-4-1); 4. New Hope (9-3); 5. Good Hope (14-1); 6. Straughn (2-2-1); 7. Madison Academy (11-3); 8. Elkmont (4-2); 9. Susan Moore (7-3); 10. Colbert Heights (5-1)

Class 2A

1. Excel (5-0); 2. American Christian (8-2); 3. Ider (3-5); 4. Oakman (6-3); 5. Mobile Christian (5-5); 6. Lexington (8-3); 7. Hatton (7-1); 8. Addison (7-5); 9. Falkville (7-5-1); 10. Fyffe (5-4)

Class 1A

1. Kinston (8-0); 2. Pleasant Home (3-0); 3. Spring Garden (3-3); 4. Ragland (6-2); 5. Lynn (4-1); 6. South Lamar (1-2); 7. Maplesville (5-1); 8. Ariton (4-1); 9. Decatur Heritage (4-0); 10. Woodville (3-2)



BASEBALL

Class 6A

1. Fairhope (11-2); 2. Vestavia Hills (13-1); 3. Alma Bryant (10-2); 4. Pelham (14-2); 5. Auburn (13-4); 6. Clay-Chalkville (11-2); 7. Grissom (13-5); 8. Wetumpka (10-4); 9. Enterprise (10-1); 10. Daphne (5-5)

Class 5A

1. Southside-Gadsden (10-3); 2. Cullman (10-5); 3. St. Paul’s (11-0); 4. Spanish Fort (6-5); 5. Charles Henderson (12-3); 6. Boaz (15-5); 7. Beauregard (11-4); 8. Muscle Shoals (10-3); 9. East Limestone (10-2); 10. Shelby County (10-1)

Class 4A

1. Jackson (12-2); 2. Bibb County (12-3); 3. Alabama Christian (7-7); 4. Cherokee County (10-0); 5. Cleburne County (11-2); 6. Jacksonville (9-1); 7. Brooks (11-2); 8. Holtville (11-5); 9. Haleyville (4-7); 10. Clarke County (7-3)

Class 3A

1. Madison Academy (9-4); 2. Leeds (9-4); 3. Straughn (8-0); 4. Piedmont (4-2); 5. Luverne (7-3); 6. T.R. Miller (4-1); 7. Trinity (6-2); 8. LAMP (7-4); 9. Slocomb (8-3); 10. Wicksburg (8-3)

Class 2A

1. Leroy (11-1); 2. American Christian (7-5); 3. Lexington (11-3); 4. Excel (8-4); 5. Houston Academy (6-1); 6. Ranburne (4-2); 7. Sulligent (6-2); 8. Fyffe (9-3); 9. Westbrook Christian (8-4); 10. Zion Chapel (6-2);

Class 1A

1. Ragland (9-3); 2. Athens Bible (6-2); 3. Sweet Water (4-6); 4. Hackleburg (5-2); 5. Brantley (4-5); 6. Victory Christian (6-2); 7. J.U. Blacksher (6-4); 8. Fayetteville (6-5); 9. Vina (5-3); 10. Cedar Bluff (4-7);