Softball season ends for youthful Eagle squad

June 23, 2021

Cashton senior, Faith Butzler led the Eagles with 27 hits in her final season at Cashton.

The lady Eagles Softball team held off a seventh inning rally by the lady Mustangs of Melrose-Mindoro last Monday, June 14, to advance to the regional finals with a 14-11 win.

The Eagles rallied from an 8-0 deficit with a seven-run fourth inning to pull within a run of the visiting Mustangs. Mel-Min added a run in the fifth to make it a two-run game and still led 9-7.

Cashton finally took the lead with a five-hit, seven-run, sixth inning.

Grace Leis led off the inning with a single, follow...

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