After a close loss to Jamestown in the regional championship game last Thursday, the Gloucester High School varsity softball team rallied to defeat Dinwiddie in the VHSL Class 4 State quarterfinals on Tuesday evening. This win has secured the Lady Dukes’ spot in the state semifinals on Friday. Dinwiddie Gloucester earned a 3-0 shutout win over the Dinwiddie Generals Tuesday evening on the road. Autumn Cookson picked up the win as she threw a no-hitter at the Generals, striking out six batters and issuing only one walk. Offensively, Gloucester put together nine hits. In the third inning, Cookson hit a single to right field. She promptly stole second base and later scored on a two-out single by Cameron Palas for a 1-0 lead. Gloucester stretched the lead to 3-0 during the sixth inning as Hannah Horsley singled and then stole second base. She advanced to third base on a Winnie Carlton single. Carlton stole second and later scored with Horsley on a single hit by Addison Keister. Keister hit...