Tigers won four-versus-five matchup in Class 3 District 4 to get there
The Tigers’ softball team picked up a victory in postseason play before its season came to an end in the District semifinals. The Tigers finish the season with a 14-10 record.
On Thursday, the Tigers defeated Hallsville, 4-2, in Moberly’s Class 3 District 4 tournament to keep the season alive in a meeting between the four seed and five seed (Kirksville was five).
Kirksville came into the top of the seventh inning in a tie ball game before the Tigers rallied to score two and shut the book on the opening round of District play.
“This is a great team win,” Kirksville head coach Sydney Snyder said after her team got out of the opening round. “I love this team, and we’ll let it all hang out on Saturday.”
Two nights later, top-seeded Chillicothe (29-2) kept the Kirksville offense pinned down and got the best of the Tigers, 5-0, in a game where Kirksville was never out of striking distance – or at least was close enough to make the seventh-ranked team, across all classes, in the state nervous.
There are no moral victories for the Tigers, but according to MaxPreps’ most recent evaluation, Chillicothe is ranked 56 in the nation.
Chillicothe earned a date with second-seeded Centralia (27-6), which will have happened by the time of this publication, in a meeting that many believe could determine an eventual State medalist.
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