Teammates celebrate the double play that Stephanie George, center, made to close out an inning during GPS’s softball game against Father Ryan on Friday at GPS. GPS won the first of two games.
Staff Photo by Allison Carter/Chattanooga Times Free PressGPS’s Morgan Lane will have some explaining to do next week in Murfreesboro. People will be asking her why she has a pink streak in her hair.
The Bruisers earned a trip to the Division II-AA high school softball state tournament by defeating Father Ryan 12-2 in five innings and 10-5 in seven Friday in a best-of-three sub-state series at GPS.
The state tournament starts Tuesday. All Division II play will be held at Starplex No. 3.
Lane was challenged to dye a strand of hair pink should any of the Bruisers hit a home run Friday, and the junior first baseman accepted. She then went out and crushed a pitch over the fence for a three-run homer in the fifth inning of the second game.
“I really don’t like dying my hair,” Lane said. “I’m never going along with that again.”