Welcome to the final day of the FHSAA softball finals.
Pembroke Pines Charter, ranked first in the nation by The USA Today, goes for the Class 4A championship against Naples. Game time is 1 p.m.
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Audrey Broyles gets the start for the Jags, the designated home team. Lauren "Strikeout King" Sewell is at first. Sewell struck out 13 in five innings in Friday's semifinal.
Broyles retires first three batters. No score after the top of the first.
Pines goes down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning.
Done through two. No score. Both pitchers have no-hitters going, although both issued second-inning walks.
Uh oh. Broyles walked the lead off hitter, and Ashley Pinkerton reached on a bunt single (then stole second). Runners on second and third with one out.
Ryan Iamurri singles to right to score a run. Outfielder Alicia Sisco bobbles the ball, which allows a second run to score. Naples leads 2-0 heading into the bottom of the third.
After three, Pines Charter still behind 2-0. Sewell is now pitching. Broyles is at first.
Pines Charter finally gets its first hit - a Kandyce Redondo single to left - but still trails 2-0 after four.
Second hit for the Jags and it counts pretty big. Sewell smashes a shot over the left field fence and now trails 2-1. Cassie Sigler follows with a single to left. Shayla Jackson, who was 0-6 in Plant City, drove a shot to left-center to score Sigler from first. The score is now tied at 2 heading into the sixth.
After the longest half inning in the history of mankind, Naples takes a 5-2 lead. Ragan bell hit into a fielder's choice to drive in a run and Alexis Farnella singled to right to score two.
Pines Charter strands one in the sixth and still trails 5-2 heading into the seventh.
The Jags get their final chance here. Heading into the bottom of the seventh with a three-run deficit.
Britanie Block grounds out to second. One out. Pinch hitter. Gina Bondarenko at bat. Bondarenko grounds out to short. Cassie Sigler at bat. Strike out. Game over. Pines is 30-1 and state runner-up. Naples wins its 10th championship.
-- BOB EMANUEL JR.
