The Centralia and Macon softball teams won their Class 3, District 4 semifinals Saturday, with top-seeded Centralia beating North Callaway 3-0, and the 6th-seeded Tigerettes beating the second seed, Hallsville 2-1. In the first game, Jaylynn Brown pitched a one hitter, striking out 19, and walking only two. Centralia’s Tllly Fox open the scoring with an RBI single in the second, scoring Blakely Van Dyke. Ealynne Bostick doubled the lead in the next inning.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. Kassena Ridgel added an insurance run in the sixth with an RBI single to score Cora King. Centralia is now 26-3. North Callaway’s season ends at 19-12.
In the late game, Payton Weimer struck out 10 Lady Indians, only allowing four hits and two walks. Reece Barnett opened the scoring in the top of the first.
She eventually scored Blythe Howell’s sacrifice fly. Hallsville’s Brianne Wildenhain knocked in the Lady Indians’ only run in the bottom of the first with a sacrifice fly, and neither team scored the rest of the way. Macon is 22-8. Hallsville’s season ends at 20-6.
Brown and Weimer were named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Players of the Game..
We’ll have Monday’s district championship, with the pregame at 5:45 and first pitch at 5.
Find our postgame interview with Macon Coach LeaAnn Hamlin below, and you can find both games on our archive page.
Macon Coach LeaAnn Hamlin:
