BRIEF: 1A Softball: Hoquiam Ends Warriors’ Season in Consolation Semifinals

May 27--Rochester's season came to an end on Saturday with a 5-2 loss in the District 4 1A Softball Tournament consolation semifinals to SWW 1A League Evergreen Division runner-up Hoquiam at Fort Borst Park.

The Warriors committed five errors while being held to four hits against a Grizzlies team that lost just two games in league play this season.

Hoquiam got a home run in the first inning by Kayla Hilliard and an RBI by Ashlynn Wakefield in the second to go up 2-0 early. Katelynn Paladin notched a 2-run homer in the fourth inning before Rochester finally got on the board with a run in the top of the fifth.

The Grizzlies added another insurance run in the bottom of the fifth before Rochester'sJoni Lancaster tried to spark a rally in the sixth inning with an RBI but it wasn't enough. Hoquiam finished with six hits against Warrior pitcher Jessica Glacken, who struck out five and went 1 for 3 at the plate with a double.

Madison Justice was 2 for 4 while Courtney Baird also had a hit in the game.

Rochester finished the season with a 14-11 record after taking third in the Evergreen Division Standings.

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