Plenty of familiar names are among the top teams in the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s first softball rankings of the year.

With the high school softball season in full swing, the first set of rankings for the state of Alabama are officially out. After a phenomenal season last year, Orange Beach comes in at top-ranked club followed closely by Thompson and Curry.

SEC softball has lived up to the hype through two weeks of conference action. There have been back-and-forth battles and upsets. The top teams are beginning to establish themselves from the rest of the conference just two weeks into conference play.