By Abby Painovich
The 2018 girls varsity softball team finished the regular season last Thursday with a win over McGregor in extra innings a regular season record of 6-6. With this momentum, the girls headed into Monday, May 21st, ready to take on the East Central Eagles. The Lady Jags were seeded number three in their section while the Eagles stood at a lower seed. Regardless of the fact, they took the field ready play, scoring 5 runs in the first inning to which the Eagles responded with 2 of their own. The Lady Jags proved to be too much when they started swinging and hit in 5 more runs making the score 10-2. The Eagles fought back, but to which the Jags allowed merely 2 runs. With fourth inning underway and the Jaguars up by 8 runs, both teams knew the game was far from over. Not long into the 4th, the Eagles were desperate to get back into the game. They scored 3 more runs to which the Jaguars countered with an adequate 7. The game came to a close in the fifth inning with the Jaguars walking away with a win 17-7 over the East Central Eagles. This, however, was only the beginning of their playoff run. Next stop: Isle. The very next day, the Lady Jags loaded the bus and headed up to Isle for the second round of playoffs. Although ranked number 3, whilst Isle was ranked number 2, the Jaguars’ efforts were not impede upon. The game soon began as a battle between the two pitchers. By the third inning each team had only allowed one run. Then, by the fifth inning, the Jaguars had scored no runs but allowed 3 more, making the score 1-4. The Jags were unable to answer. It was the bottom of 7th inning, when the Jags decided it was time to take the gameback. The Jaguars went up 5-4, to which the Huskies responded with a run of their own. They went into extra innings. The 8th inning was scoreless, however, the 9th inning made up for the lack of action. To shorten things up, the Jaguars scored a run and not long after, Jezzalyn hit a two run homerun over the center field fence to turn the score 8-5 in favor the Lady Jags. The huskies did their best to return the favor but were held to one run in the 9th, resulting the Jaguars’ second playoff win and further advancement. They would play the next Thursday in Mora versus McGregor, whom they had beaten in the regular season in extra innings. The varsity team came out strong in their battle for the sub-section championship on the 90 degree afternoon. Throughout the game, they allowed the McGregor Merks two earned runs out of the total four runs that were scored. The Jaguars came into the 7th inning, the score 1-4, down by three runs. They were batting well and were able to sneak two runs past the Merks’ defense but with a pop fly to the infield on two outs and a catch by the opposing defense, the Jaguars fell to the Merks, 3-4. Their playoff run was not ended however. Their chance at subsection runner up was still present and all they had to do was a beat the number one seed, the Braham Bombers, a team to whom they had lost to earlier in the season 4-14. The varsity girls team left their past game behind them and came out ready to play. The game remained tied 1-1 up until the fourth inning when the Jags started hitting off of the Bombers’ pitcher. They scored six runs in the top of the fourth and kept on pushing, scoring a couple runs here and there. After solid defense and good at bats, the Jaguars kept their season alive, winning 11-6. With this win, they also received a plaque and the title of subsection runner-up. The Jaguars will play in Brainerd next Tuesday, May 29th, at 3:00 against Pine River-Backus. This is the furthest the lady jaguar softball team has been in playoffs since 2001, over 15 years ago. Congratulations to the ladies on their hard work and determination throughout the season and good luck!
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