For the sixth consecutive season, Fredonia High School will be competing for a Section VI softball title. The Lady Billies broke open a close game with four runs in the bottom of the 6th inning in defeating East Aurora by a 5-0 score in Tuesday's Class B-1 semifinal that aired on WDOE.
The win didn't come easy for Fredonia (19-0), as the star pitcher for East Aurora (13-3) matched Lady Billies star Jordan Lucas early on. Both hurlers had 10 strikeouts through the first four innings, but it was the hitting of Lucas that got Fredonia on the board. After freshman Bella Buckley worked a work to begin the bottom of the 3rd inning. Lucas knocked a double down the left field line to bring home Buckley for the game's first run. Fredonia got into a jam when East Aurora got a bunt single and a walk in the top of the 6th inning, but Lucas escaped by striking out the next two batters. In the bottom of the inning, Danielle Palisin led off with a double, and Lucas brought her home with an RBI single. Fredonia tacked on three more runs on a fielder's choice, a squeeze bunt and a wild pitch, and Lucas finished the game with two more strikeouts in the 7th inning.
Jordan Lucas surrendered just one hit and two walks and recorded 18 strikeouts in the win and also helped her cause with a 2-for-3 day at the plate. Danielle Palisin and Jenna Fryberger accounted for the Lady Billies' other two hits in the game. Fredonia moves on to face Depew in Thursday's Class B-1 championship game at Grand Island High School. Depew defeated Akron 15-3 in the other B-1 semifinal.
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Jordan Lucas breaks the deadlock with a two-out double to left field
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Jordan Lucas strikes out Colletta Giallella to get out of a jam in the 6th inning
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