See Jacksonville FHSAA second-round softball scores. Who's moving on?
The second-round softball playoffs came down to the last pitch for Baker County. Here's what happened, plus more from FHSAA second-round games.
Baker County's last high school softball home game of the spring was one to remember. Mallory Jackson delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning for the Wildcats, escaping a serious scare from Fort Walton Beach to survive 6-5 in their Florida High School Athletic Association Region 1-4A softball semifinal on May 13. Jackson, 3 for 4 on the day, lofted a fly to left to score ghost runner Sadye Harvey and keep Baker County (24-2) alive.
The Wildcats had recovered from an early deficit with a five-run fourth, keyed by a two-run double from Baleigh Shields. But Fort Walton Beach (15-13) struck back in the sixth, tying the game 5-5 on Anna Beyhl's home run. Also advancing was top seed Columbia, which scored six runs in the first and went on to down Panama City Beach Arnold 11-1 in five innings.
Josie Raulerson led the Tigers (26-3) at the plate, going 3 for 3 with a home run, a double and three RBI. Caydence Corbitt's RBI double in the first had given Arnold (17-11) a short-lived 1-0 lead. Columbia's Ryleigh Stone and Kinley King combined to limit the Marlins to five hits.
REGION 1-6A In a game that lasted two days, on two different playing surfaces, in two counties, Navarre ended Tocoi Creek's playoff run. The Raiders completed a two-day upset of second-seeded Tocoi Creek, 9-4, in the second part of a suspended game that began on the artificial turf of Fort Family Regional Park in Jacksonville and ended one day later at the Toros' home in St. Johns County.