Roundup: MOT reaches Senior softball District I finals

MOT downed Camden-Wyoming, 12-8, on Wednesday night to reach the District I finals in Senior League softball.

The Middletown-area squad is 2-0 and will play again on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Camden-Wyoming with the state title on the line.

Camden-Wyoming (1-1) plays again on Friday at 7 p.m. when it faces either Smyrna-Clayton in the losers’ bracket finals.

The two-team state tournament starts on July 11 and is being hosted by New Castle County’s District II.

Camden-Wyoming 11, Smyrna-Clayton 4: Camden-Wyoming won its opener in the tourney to advance to the winners’ bracket finals.

C-W was leading 3-2 before scoring five runs in the fourth. Gabriela Figueroa (2-for-4, 3 RBI) had a two-run triple in the outburst,

Addison Ferger (3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Kadence McFetridge (3-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Madison Correll (2-for-3, 3 RBI) all paced Camden-Wyoming’s 15-hit attack.

Pitcher Amy Gaddis took the victory after throwing a three-hitter with eight strikeouts.