Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe was six outs from earning an improbable trip to Columbus as one of the final eight teams in the GHSA Class AA fastpitch softball state tournament.
The hosts, however, had different plans Wednesday at Morgan County.
The Lady Bulldogs (25-5), a perennial state power, rallied for a run in the bottom of the inning and six more in the sixth for an 8-4 win in the deciding game of a best-of-three series in the second round of the playoffs.
LFO ends its season at 14-15 under first-year head coach Morgan Crawford.
The Lady Warriors, who split Tuesday’s doubleheader — winning 3-2 before losing 9-1 — jumped out to a 3-0 lead Wednesday on a two-out RBI single from Kayleigh Johnson and Mylee Howard’s two-run single.