The home of the Crimson Tide Softball team will see the return of one of its greatest players this weekend, as Rhoads Stadium is hosting the Bandits and Talons for

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The Athletes Unlimited Softball League holds its inaugural championship series this weekend. Here's what to know about the Talons vs. the Bandits.

Montana Fouts’ return wasn’t just an Alabama softball homecoming. For every little girl in glittered eye black and bubble braids, they saw the future.

Fouts was elite in Sunday's championship game, recording seven strikeouts and pitching a complete game shutout in the 1-0 win. Rhoads Stadium was packed, with essentially everybody in attendance rooting for Fouts and the Talons. Alabama coach Patrick Murphy was there for the game.

Before Tuesday night, the last time fans in Tuscaloosa had seen Montana Fouts toe the rubber at Rhoads Stadium was on May 28, 2023. Seventeen days after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Fouts worked 3.

When she returned to Tuscaloosa for a week of Athletes Unlimited Softball League games, Montana Fouts was a rock star.