Carrollton St. John’s Lady Redbirds Regional Champs
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The Carrollton St. John Lady Redbirds are the 1A Regional Champs after narrowly defeating cross-town rival Carrollton Lady Hawks Saturday, 7-6, in the Regional final. The game was down to the wire and the Lady Hawks had a runner on third when Lady Redbird pitcher Kyleigh Schmidt struck out the last batter ending the game and giving the Lady Redbirds the win. On Thursday, the ladies played Greenfield-Northwestern in another close game, defeating the Wildcats, 7-5, to earn a berth in the Championship game. Front row: left to right: Addie Duba, Ava York, Millie Wolfley, Farrah Lamb, Chancey Schmidt, Bella Roth, Kyndal Randolph, Mabry Session and Harper Schutz. Back row: Coach Molly Session, Coach Hayden McMurtrie, Reese McMurtrie, Bailey Eilerman, Mandy Wolfley, Shyann Grafford, Rylee York, Kyleigh Schmidt and Head Coach Dana Grafford. (Submitted photo)
On their way to the Championship game of the 1A Regional, the St. John’s Lady Redbirds had to first defeat the Greenfield/Northwestern Lady Wildcats in the semi-finals. It was a close game, but the Lady Redbirds came out on top 7-5 to earn a chance to play in the championship game on Saturday. On Saturday they came up against crosstown rival the Carrollton Lady Hawks and it was an even closer game with the Lady Redbirds edging the Lady Hawks 7-6 to claim the Regional Title.
Reese McMurtrie slides safely into third base. (Carmen Ensinger/River County News)
Avery Pitchford gets a solid hit off this pitch for the Wildcats. (Carmen Ensinger/River County News)
Braleigh Winters tries to bunt a very high ball. (Carmen Ensinger/River County News)
Bailey Eilerman fouls one back. (Carmen Ensinger/River County News)
