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Junior softball goes 1-2 in state tournament

The combined Mathews-Middlesex Junior softball team’s hopes of being crowned Virginia champions fell short this past weekend, with the squad going 1-2 in the state Little League tournament.

The tournament was hosted by District 15 and the Caroline County Little League. The Mathews-Middlesex team, winners of the District 15 tournament the previous week, faced another combined squad, District 11 champs Tazewell-Lebanon-Richlands, in Saturday’s opening round.

The local girls fell to Tazewell-Lebanon-Richlands, the eventual state tournament champions, by a 16-6 margin. The loss dropped the Mathews and Middlesex girls into the lower bracket, one loss away from elimination.

On Sunday morning, the girls took on Woodstock, crushing the Division 3 champs by a 13-1 margin. Immediately after that game, the girls were back on the diamond to face Madison County. In a close contest, Mathews-Middlesex led the entire way until Madison came back to pull it out in the seventh inning, 9-7....

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