Even without head coach, No. 1 Homewood sweeps Fort Payne

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Homewood's Collin Crump warming up during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's George Brockwell celebrates a single to left field during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Levi Nickoli warming up during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Jack Bland bunts and gets on base to load the bases after a wild throw pulls the first baseman off the bag during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts pitching during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood coach Keith Depew talks it over with his team during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Fort Payne's Griffin Winn pitching during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts hits a 2 run homerun during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts hits a RBI single during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts pitching during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Fort Payne's Griffin Winn pitching during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Fort Payne's Cooper Jackson grounds out to 3rd base during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's John preston Mizerany gets caught in a run down between 3rd base and home plate during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Will Siegel singles to centerfield during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts celebrates a homerun with his team during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts with a strike out to leave the bases loaded during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Fort Payne's Blake Griggs catches a fly ball during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Homewood's Benjamin Roberts pitching during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Fort Payne coach Eric Varnadore rallies his team in between innings during the AHSAA 6A Round 2 baseball playoff game in Homewood, Ala., Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026. (Jason Homan | preps@al.com)

Class 6A top-ranked Homewood didn’t have head coach Lee Hall because of an AHSAA suspension, but the Patriots still earned a sweep of unranked Fort Payne during a Thursday double-header.

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