Silverdale’s Loren Hilton is out at second as Grace’s Kaitlyn Eldridge has the ball in the game Thursday at Grace Baptist Academy.
Tina Walker, Grace Academy coachGrace Academy has won the last six District 5-A regular-season high school softball championships and had five district-tournament titles to go with them coming into Thursday’s game against Silverdale Baptist Academy.
Once again the Lady Golden Eagles followed through with what they had done in the regular season. They made it six consecutive tournament titles by defeating the Lady Seahawks 9-2 at Grace Academy.
“It’s every bit as thrilling as the first time,” Grace coach Tina Walker said. “These seniors mean a lot to me.”
Grace (24-7) is scheduled to host Whitwell at 7 p.m. Monday in a Region 3 semifinal. Marion County will host Silverdale (16-13) in the other at a time to be determined.
The Lady Golden Eagles, who had beaten them 1-0 in Monday’s winners-bracket final, didn’t put the Lady Seahawks away Thursday until their last two at-bats, despite taking a 2-0 lead after the first inning. Loren Hilton’s homer down the left-field line off in the top of the next inning evened it right back.