RANDLEMAN – Randleman’s softball team made it to the Class 2A West Region finals before hitting glitches against top-seeded West Wilkes.
So the season ended Thursday night for the Tigers.
West Wilkes topped the 15th-seeded Tigers 6-5 at home and 8-0 on the road to sweep the best-of-3 West Region finals.
West Wilkes (25-3) takes on North Lenoir (20-3), which will be in the finals for the first time in 20 years, in the best-of-3 state finals.
Randleman (20-7) won six consecutive games before encountering the Blackhawks. For the season, the Tigers had their most victories since winning 18 times in 2012.
In the clinching game, West Wilkes scored two first-inning runs. Randleman stranded eight runners. Losing pitcher Kinzie Ivey posted three hits.
The first game in Millers Creek came with much more drama. Randleman led 5-4 before two sixth-inning runs for West Wilkes. Ivey and Addyson Dees shared the pitching for the Tigers. Dees, who drove in two runs, and Kadie Green, who scored two runs, each had three hits.
