Hopedale Girls Varsity Softball team won the Central Mass Division 3 District Title by beating top-ranked Blackstone Valley Tech 2-1. This is the 2nd district title won the by the Hopedale Softball program and head coach Shanna Lathrop in the last 3 years.
The extra innings game was played at Worcester State where the Girls Softball team had beaten Uxbridge three days earlier in the semi-final round. Entering the tournament as the sixth-ranked team, the Hopedale Softball team beat Maynard in the first round by scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning for a walk-off win. The team then proceeded to outscore their opponents 23-1 in their next three games to capture the district title.
In addition to the district title, the team also had Senior Captain Katie Koller and Sophomore Taylor Goldstein selected as Dual Valley Conference 1st Team All-Stars, and Senior Captain Julie Alberto named to the 2nd All-Stars team.
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August, 2017
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