Savannah tops Odessa, advances to Class 3 State semifinals

Savannah tops Odessa, advances to Class 3 State semifinals

Peak late-october weather for high school softball..

Cold and misting at heritage park today... class 3 quarterfinals..

Savannah hosting odessa...=== top 1... leadoff hitter for odessa..

Brittany affolter takes this one deep... and gone off kenzie schopfer..

Odessa strikes first leads 1-0...=== but after that..

Schopfer settles in..

Strikes out the next six batter she faces...=== the senior finding her rhythm...=== her and this pitching staff allowing just 1.4 runs per game average...=== let's go to the bottom of the first..

Two down..

Emma tipton hit the winning saturday..

And she gets savannah going with a two-out single..=== two batters later... maddie graves..

Knocks one passed the diving shortstop..

Tipton comes around to score from second..

Ella bruner comes in to score after a throwing error to third... 2-0 savannah...=== still in the first... all this with two out..

Sophomore haley noland with a runner on..

Smacks this one to left... and all the left-fielder can do is watch it go... 4-0 savannah in the first..

They add a few insurance runs later... and savannah's heading to the class 3 semifinals on saturday..

Defeating odessa 6-4...