Montgomery County softball is going to the Final Four for the first time in program history.
The Lady Wildcats entered the bottom of the seventh trailing 5-4. Reese Hill walked and Gracie Cobb reached on a bunt single to bring up Sam Turner.
It was the second time in the game Montgomery erased a deficit. Chaffee scored three runs on six hits over the first two innings. Hailey Myer drove in a run on a groundout in the bottom of the second and that 3-1 score held until the bottom of the fifth.
Kenley Wessel and Trinity Brown got on with one-out walks. Hill hit next.
Hill scored on a hard ground ball from Cobb to give Montgomery a 4-3 lead, but Chaffee responded with two runs in the sixth to take the lead right back.
Right before Topel’s walk-off homer, Chaffee’s defense turned a huge double play on a bunt attempt. The Lady Devils end their season at 25-4.
Topel was named Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. Hill pitched a complete game and struck out four. Montgomery County moves to 28-5 and will play South Harrison in the semifinals Friday morning at 11.
Montgomery County coach Audra Heimer Postgame:
Dylan Topel Postgame:
Reese Hill Postgame:
