Bailey named Southern Conference pitcher of the week
Brianna Bailey, a pitcher for East Tennessee State University, has been named the Southern Conference’s pitcher of the week for Division 1 softball.
Bailey was raised in Wewahitchka and attended Wewahitchka High School in 2018.
In game one of the doubleheader on Saturday against Mercer University, Bailey made her 23rd start of the season, throwing over 220 pitches in a 12-inning 4-3 win. Allowing only five hits, she recorded eight strikeouts over 12.0 innings en route to her 11th win for the Bucs, ultimately earning her the pitcher of the week title.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.