Wawasee Softball Loses To Lakeland In Sectional Final
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BENTON — In Thursday’s Class 3A Sectional 21 sectional championship at Fairfield High School, the Wawasee softball team came up just short. Squaring off with Lakeland in the title game, Wawasee outhit the Lakers 5-2, but couldn’t get the timely hits in a 2-0 loss. Wawasee senior pitcher Gabi Routson surrendered just two hits in the loss, but Lakeland made them count. For Lakeland, Ashlynn Grubb finished with 13 strikeouts and gave up five hits, two each from Madi Anderson and Sam Malik. The sectional title is Lakeland’s fifth overall and the Lakers move on to host Woodlan in regional action Tuesday. The loss ends Wawasee’s season at 16-14. LAKELAND 2, WAWASEE 0 (Sectional 21, C’ship) W 000 000 0 — 0 5 2 L 002 000 x — 2 2 0 Ashlynn Grubb (W, 7IP, 5H, 0R, 0BB, 13K) and Myers; Gabi Routson (L, 6IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 5K) and Paige Hlutke Wawasee Record: 16-14
