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• Washington led the way for Lebanon

  Whenever he is asked who will be pitching for the Lebanon Greyhounds next season now that Paige Washington has graduated, coach Hank Feldt just smiles and says, ''Washington."

• Appleknockers find way to leash Greyhounds

  By the sixth inning, the Lebanon Greyhounds started unlocking the mystery of Cobden pitcher Taylor Orsburn.

• Belleville West's hot hitters can't solve Moline pitcher

  In their last game for Belleville West, coach Bob Yagge and his five seniors went down fighting. Moline strung together four straight hits during a three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning, beating Belleville West 3-1.

• Rain puts Lebanon on hold

  The wet weather that has played havoc on metro-east teams throughout the spring followed the Lebanon Greyhounds to the Class 1A Softball Tournament.

• Midgets move into sectional title game

  The Freeburg Midgets version of small ball turned out to be the difference Thursday in a 5-3 win over Marion in the semifinals of the Class 3A Centralia Softball Sectional.

• Greyhounds have just one thing in mind — state championship

  His team is guaranteed a trophy, but Lebanon coach Hank Feldt has his heart set on bringing home one special piece of hardware from the Class 1A State Softball Tournament.

• Tigers make Moline stretch for win

  Heading into the bottom of the seventh, all Edwardsville coach Lori Blade asked was for her team to give itself a chance to win.

• Maroons send defending champs packing

  Belleville West's will has enabled the Maroons to keep finding a way to win.

• Lebanon gets past Virginia

  Soft-spoken Lebanon senior Paige Washington hushed the booming bats of the Virginia Lady Redbirds with a no-hitter on Wednesday at the Class 1A Carrollton Softball Super-Sectional.

• Midgets hope to continue surprising run

  Two teams that won regionals by pulling off major comebacks -- the Freeburg Midgets and the Marion Wildcats -- will meet in the Class 3A Centralia Softball Sectional.

• State champions are up next for West softball team

  Belleville West coach Bob Yagge thinks the underdog role suits his team just fine.

• Lebanon hopes to avoid last year's derailment

  The Lebanon Greyhounds are rolling along in the Class 1A softball playoffs, but coach Hank Feldt knows how quickly the wheels can come flying off that bandwagon because it happened last season.

• Freeburg ends Althoff's softball season in extra innings

  Freeburg's Sara Mohr drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Midgets edged the Althoff Crusaders 2-1 Saturday in the championship game of the Class 3A Mascoutah Girls Softball Regional.

• Wesclin posts upset of state power Casey-Westfield

  -- NEWTON -- The Wesclin Warriors scored four runs in both the third and fourth innings to take an 8-2 lead and then held on for an 8-7 upset of Casey-Westfield on Thursday in the Class 2A Newton Softball Sectional.

• Lebanon coach asks players to step up

  Lebanon coach Hank Feldt's message to his team after winning the Class 1A Marissa Softball Regional wasn't congratulatory.

• Crusaders pitcher strikes out 15 in regional win

  Althoff pitcher Amy Gaertner struck out 15 batters en route to a four-hit shutout as the Crusaders blanked the Waterloo Bulldogs 2-0 Wednesday in the Mascoutah Class 3A Softball Regional.

• Fast start helps lift West past O'Fallon

  In softball, games are often decided by bunts and errors, but there was nothing cheap about the way the Belleville West Maroons beat the O'Fallon Panthers 5-1 Wednesday in the Class 4A O'Fallon Regional.

• Midgets get past Indians to move into title game

  Amanda Neff allowed one run in four innings of relief work as the Freeburg Midgets beat the Mascoutah Indians 10-5 Tuesday in the Class 3A Mascoutah Softball Regional.

• Panthers relish role as 'X Factor'

  Call them the wild card or the X Factor, but it's hard know to what to expect from the O'Fallon Panthers heading into the Class 4A softball playoffs.

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