GRANGER — The Columbus High School Lady Cards softball team was the State Semi-Finalist in the UIL State Conference 3A Division 1 after losing to Grandview High School in a three game series.
Their first game against Grandview was played May 20 at Concordia University in Austin in which they lost by a final score of 9-3.
Grandview hit the ball solidly throughout the entire game and didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning. Grandview had a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning, then made it 6-0 in the same inning on a home run
over the centerfield wall, a double to left-centerfield, a base hit, and a botched ball. Grandview scored two more runs in their next at bat on an infield hit, a stolen base, and a base hit, then
scored their final run in the bottom of the fifth inning
on a double and a base hit to left field to take a 9-0 ad vantage.
Columbus didn’t score until their last at bat on an infield hit to shortstop by Emma Beauchamp, a base
hit to centerfield from Allie Cranek, two stolen bases,
and a botched ball to put the score at 9-2.
Grandview was able to close out the game on a strikeout, a fielder's choice out that scored Columbus’ final run, and a strikeout to win it 9-3. The second game followed, which Columbus won by a final score of 4-2, taking the series to a third game which was played May 23 in Granger.
The Lady Cards lost the third game with a final
score of 8-0, earning them the semi-finalist title.
Lady Cardinals pitcher Peyton Drozd, 14, winds up and throws a pitch from the circle. Banner Press photo by Brian Pierson
