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🌱 How a Fairhope standout helped power Pearl River into the title game
Fairhope, Alabama Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Fairhope! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Fairhope standout helped power Pearl River into the title game
- How a new chaplain will shape student life at St. Michael
- See which Fairhope student just joined UA’s top SGA leadership
Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 73.
- Monday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Wildcats punch ticket to NJCAA title game for second year in a row (wdam.com) — Fairhope’s own Gatlin Pitts, a Bayside Academy alum, helped Pearl River Community College baseball power into the NJCAA Division II national title game with key at-bats and baserunning in a 14–4 rout of Iowa Central. The Wildcats blasted four home runs and 14 hits in Enid, Oklahoma, and now await their championship opponent, with full streaming and radio details already set for fans. 
2. St. Michael Catholic High School names first dedicated chaplain (gulfcoastmedia.com) — St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope is getting its first dedicated chaplain this summer, with Father Connor Plessala officially starting June 26. Already active on campus, he’ll now live nearby, teach theology, and offer expanded spiritual guidance, retreats, and mentorship, which school leaders say will significantly strengthen the school’s Catholic identity and student support.
3. Tuscaloosa Area Natives Among UA SGA Leaders Sworn In For 2026-27 (patch.com) — Fairhope is represented in student leadership at the University of Alabama, with Marykate Foster serving as vice president for belonging and wellness in the newly sworn-in SGA administration. The article lists the full executive council and dozens of senators from across Alabama and beyond who will serve through spring 2027, highlighting how Tuscaloosa-area and other in-state students are shaping campus governance.
4. ROAR, Fairhope Brewing team up for Mobile shelter dog adoption and sponsorship drive (mynbc15.com) — Fairhope residents connected to Fairhope Brewing may want to know the brewery’s downtown Mobile taproom is hosting a May 31 adoption and sponsorship drive for Mobile Animal Shelter dogs. The family-friendly afternoon will feature on-site adoptions, live music, prize drawings, and easy ways to donate or sponsor animals still waiting for homes.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Big hands ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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