MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The grit that got Red Bank’s softball team to the Spring Fling was again on full display Thursday.
The Lady Lions held off Greenbrier 5-4 for their second win in as many days before succumbing to Gibbs 5-1, eliminating them from the Class AA state tournament.
“We have preached all season about never quitting, and the kids totally bought into that mentality,” Red Bank coach Mandi Munn said. “Just to get here we had to overcome a lot of obstacles, then to win a couple of games and battle to the end, you have to be proud.
“I think the way we played spoke volumes about the character of these kids.”
At one point in the postseason, Red Bank had only nine players available for its games due to two being quarantined and another starter being lost to injury. Despite that, the Lady Lions advanced to state for the first time since 2005.