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'All-around team effort': Teamwork boosts Baker County for FHSAA softball semifinals
Maybe Baker County doesn't have a favorite for the Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Softball award, or a lineup packed with blue-chip power-conference senior recruits. Maybe, for these Wildcats, they can win it all anyway. "There's no single player that's going to win it for us," Baker County coach Kylee Canaday said. "It's just an...
Montverde scores walkoff win in FHSAA softball state semis
Montverde Academy will play for an FHSAA softball state championship for the first time since its runner-up season in 2016 after escaping a Class 3A semifinal Tuesday afternoon. Senior Jenna Meder scored the winning run on a throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the top-seeded Eagles (27-4) a wild 8-7 win vs. No. 4 Miami Somerset Academy (22-7-1). It was a rematch of last ...
Building a dynasty: Parrish Community High softball team ready to defend Class 5A state title
The Parrish Community High softball team has become one of the best in Florida since its inception four years ago and it will have a chance to add to its already-impressive trophy case this week. After winning its first state championship last season, Parrish returns to the 5A state tournament...
Wildcats roar: Baker County routs American Heritage, advances to FHSAA softball final
With one around-the-bases sprint, Baleigh Shields applied the icing to the cake. Shields' inside-the-park home run activated the mercy rule and launched Baker County into the state final, 10-0 over American Heritage in Wednesday's Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A softball semifinal in Clermont. The Wildcats (21-5), winners of 11 consecutive games, advance...
All roads lead to Clermont: Pace softball returns to state final four after special sendoff
The more things change, the more things stay the same. Over the past four years, players have come and gone from the Pace softball team. But there’s been one consistent thing to the program: a trip to the state final four in Clermont. Some of this year’s seniors – Jayden Heavener, Shelby McKenzie and Mallory Baker – have been to the city just outside of Orlando all four years.
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