Pace softball earns sixth straight Final Four berth
Pace softball dominated Navarre 11-0 to reach its 6th straight Final 4, while Gulf Breeze boys volleyball fell in the state semifinals Friday night.
Friday featured two huge contests for area teams, including a clash between Pace and Navarre softball in the Region 1-6A final. Keep reading for a recap of all the action. Softball Region 1-6A final No.
1 Pace 11, No. 3 Navarre 0 (Five innings) Patriots senior Britten Kettler called it the biggest bat flip of her career, and there was good reason for it. Her three-run bomb to left field in the bottom of the fourth set a new Pace single season team record for home runs with 45.
More importantly, it put the game into mercy rule territory and put the Patriots on the verge of a sixth straight Final Four, with Kettler getting ready to head to her third. An accomplishment Pace doesn't take for granted, even if the rest of its region might at this point. The Patriots are bound for Boombah Soldiers Creek Park again, looking to avenge last year's state runner-up finish .
"It's kind of surreal," Kettler said. "Just knowing that three years and basically three different teams are able to do it... it's really cool to be able to.
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