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Marion County Lady Warriors head home; Sale Creek continues ride at Spring Fling

Marion County's Erica O'Kane bats during their Class I-A state softball tournament game against Adamsville on Thursday, May 21, 2015, during the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Marion County's Erica O'Kane bats during their Class I-A state softball tournament game against Adamsville on Thursday, May 21, 2015, during the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tom Long brought a broken Marion County softball team together. He also took the Lady Warriors to the Class A state tournament for the first time since 2011.

They headed home Thursday afternoon after falling 3-2 to Adamsville in a losers-bracket game.

“We beat people’s expectations and did better than most people thought because the coaching change was so late,” junior Taylor Roberts said. “We made it to state. We know we can make it.

“The last few years we had no hope of making it because by the end of the year we didn’t like each other. We’re actually upset this year.”