Cullman’s girls soccer team fell to Southside-Gadsden 3-0 in a first-round playoff match on Friday night.

The Class 6A No. 3 Lady Bearcats finished the spring with a 15-6-2 record, which is the second-best mark in program history.

Coach Jacob Brown’s squad also set a record with 90 goals — 46 of which came off the foot of Abby Branham (also a school record).

“Overall, we had a very successful season,” Brown said. “It’s disappointing it has to come to an end in the first round, but we exceeded expectations. Nobody thought a team this young could achieve so much. The future is very, very bright. I can’t wait to see what they do when they are the same age as their opponents.”

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Prep Softball

% Hayden 7, Cullman 6: The Lady Wildcats scored four runs late to eliminate the Lady Bearcats in the Pre-State Blowout at Heritage Park on Saturday.

Cullman (23-18-1), which netted 15 hits, plated three runs in the top of the sixth frame to grab a three-run advantage in the timed bout but couldn’t hang on for the victory.

Bailey Swann (three hits and three RBIs), Faith Guest (three hits), McKensi Burks (two hits and two RBIs), Tiffani Schwaiger (two hits), Sierra Easterwood (two hits), Hannah Morton (one hit and one RBI), Olivia Schwaiger (one hit) and Meredith McPherson (one hit) took their respective turns at the plate for the Black and Gold.

% Oak Mountain 5, Cullman 1: Bailey Swann (two hits), McKensi Burks (one hit and one RBI) and Hannah Morton (one hit) were the lone contributors for the Lady Bearcats in Friday’s pool play loss to the Lady Eagles.

% Cullman 6, Corner 4: Hannah Morton and Tiffani Schwaiger both hit home runs to lift the Black and Gold to a victory over the Lady Yellow Jackets on Friday.

Morton and McKensi Burks each swatted one hit and two RBIs, while Schwaiger’s shot accounted for her one RBI. Sierra Easterwood also had one hit.

Good Hope also competed at the annual showdown but lost all three of its games. Stats were unavailable.