5 Pensacola area softball teams advance in state playoffs
5 Pensacola area high school softball teams are moving on in the state playoffs, while state boys weightlifting and track and field began Wednesday.
Wednesday was another jam packed day of Pensacola area sports action, with the softball state playoffs kicking into high gear and state boys weightlifting and state track and field beginning. Softball Region 1-6A quarterfinals No. 1 Pace 9, No.
8 Nease 0 Gracie Ueberroth scored when Britten Kettler reached first base on a dropped third strike in the bottom of the first inning before the Patriots pulled away for good with eight runs in the bottom of the fourth. Pace (23-4) struggled to solve Sydney Davis in the first three innings, as the Nease )11-13) junior struck out eight. But after three straight singles to start the bottom of the fourth, Kennedy Franz smacked a bases-clearing triple, then scored on a Kylie Reed single.
Ueberroth hit a three-run home run to extend the lead to 8-0 and Ainsley Pickard scored on a passed ball for the Patriots final run. Auburn commit Hannah DeMarcus dominated in the circle for Pace, pitching six no-hit innings, allowing only three walks and striking out 14. Pace will host district foe No.
4 Crestview in the Region 1-6A semifinals on May 12 at 7 p. m. The Patriots beat the Bulldogs 9-0 on March 10.
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