Lions Baseball Looks To Make Some Noise At The ACCC Tournament Championship

HANCEVILLE, AL | The Wallace State Lions' baseball team heads to Oxford on Thursday to compete in the 2025 ACCC Division I Baseball Championship. They finished the regular season with a 33-21 record overall and 21-15 in conference play. The Lions are the fifth seed and will open play against Northwest-Shoals on Thursday at 11:00 am.

Shelton State  (27-9 in conference play) is the top seed, followed by Gadsden State, Coastal Alabama - South, Northwest-Shoals, Wallace State, and Chattahoochee Valley. The Lions finished 9-11 against this year's tournament field.

Colten Payton leads the team at the plate with 10 home runs and 12 doubles. He is second on the team with 35 runs scored, 54 hits, 39 RBIs and third on the team with a .331 batting average and 25 walks. Andrew Lawrence leads the team with a .354 batting average, 57 hits, and 49 runs scored. He is second on the team with eight home runs and third with 32 RBIs. Austin Nix leads the team with 43 RBIs and is tied with Payton with 10 home runs and 12 doubles. He is third with 32 runs scored.

Luke Fernandez leads the team with an 8-2 record, 127 strikeouts, a 1.34 ERA, six complete games and 80.2 innings pitched. He leads the conference in wins, ERA and strikeouts. He has a 14.2 K/9 to lead the conference.

Cole Molina is second on the team and conference with a 3.12 ERA. He is second on the team and third in the conference with 58 strikeouts. He has a 5-2 record with three complete games.

Tournament Information

The 2025 Division I ACCC Baseball Tournament is set to begin May 8 and will continue through May 11 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, AL.

Games are as follows (game times are subject to change without notice). All times are CT.

Thursday, May 8

11:00 am - Game One - Wallace State vs. Northwest Shoals

2:00 pm - Game Two - Chattahoochee Valley vs. Coastal Alabama-South

Friday, May 9

10:00 am - Game Three - Winner Game One vs. Shelton State

1:00 pm - Game Four - Winner Game Two vs. Gadsden State

4:00 pm - Game Five - Loser Game Two vs. Loser Game Three

7:00 pm - Game Six - Loser Game One vs. Loser Game Four

Saturday, May 10

11:00 am - Game Seven - Winner Game Three vs. Winner Game Four

2:00 pm - Game Eight - Winner Game Five vs. Winner Game Six

5:00 pm - Game Nine - Winner Game Eight vs. Loser Game Seven

Sunday, May 11

12:00 pm - Game 10 - Winner Game Nine vs. Winner Game Seven

3:00 pm - Game 11 - "If Necessary"

General Admission - $15.00 per day; $50.00 Tournament Pass

Children under six, scouts/four-year coaches with ID, ACCC member with ID: Free

Daily parking is $5.00 (City of Oxford policy).

All games will be webstreamed on the ACCC Sports Network at www.jockjive.com 

Please follow https://twitter.com/acccathletics and www.acccathletics.com for game scores and updates.

Please visit for Choccolocco Park information and policies. https://choccoloccopark.com/ 

Choccolocco Park

954 Leon Smith Parkway

Oxford, AL 36203