No. 5 Central Catholic mounted a huge rally in the latter innings and nearly forced extra innings with No. 1-ranked Vermilion Catholic in the Division IV semifinals Saturday at Frasch Park.
However, Vermilion Catholic got a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh to advance to Saturday evening’s final.
Trailing 8-2 after three innings, hope looked all but lost for Central Catholic.
However, the Lady Eagles got a big boost in the top of the fourth with a grand slam by Brooke Lipari to cut its deficit to 8-6.
While Vermilion Catholic added another run in the bottom of ...
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