Girls’ varsity softball defeats Pleasant Valley to win state title

Kathryn Ikeda, Head Editor-in-Chief

July 23, 2016

The girls’ varsity softball team defeated the Pleasant Valley Spartans 3-2 in the 5-A State Championship finals to win their third state title since 2009. The game took place in Fort Dodge Friday, July 22 at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex. This was their fourth consecutive state finals game.

Both teams kept scores at 0-0 until the sixth inning, when Dragons put up one run. Spartans responded with two runs during the seventh. Graduated senior Haley Pemble’s base hit put runners on first and second bases, which were then fully loaded after graduated senior Mercedes Worsfold bunted and made it to first base safely. With two outs, rising senior Brooke Wilmes was walked to first to tie the score 2-2. Graduated senior Brooke Sandstoe’s walk-off single secured another run and the 5-A State Champions title.

Rising seniors Ally Shaer and Brooke Wilmes were named to the All-Tournament Team alongside graduated senior Haylee Towers, who was also named as captain.

The girls’ varsity team advanced to the state finals last year but fell short to the Waukee Warriors 6-4.

Comments (0)

The Black & White encourages the student body to comment on the issues covered by the newspaper. The Black & White believes that user feedback is beneficial to maintain a balanced journalistic perspective. However, we encourage all comments to remain respectful and constructive to the issue. We also encourage students to restrain from using profanity and making inappropriate comments. The Black & White editors review all online comments before being posted. The Black & White reserves the right to refuse to publish individual comments, remove previously published comments and to suspend the comment function on a story.

All The Black & White Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest