A total of 24 Jefferson City-area players were selected to the 2023 Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association all-state softball team, which was released earlier this week.
If the Fatima Lady Comets have shown anything this season, it’s they are capable of finding power hitting anywhere in their lineup, Nos. 1-9. It was Kristen Robertson’s time to shine Tuesday night. The junior third baseman drove the first pitch she saw in the bottom of the fourth inning over the left-field fence for a three-run home run. That blast was the difference in a 4-1 victory against the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons in the Class 3 District 5 Tournament championship game at Southern Boone High School.
It wouldn’t be a softball postseason without the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons and the Fatima Lady Comets facing each other. But first, Blair Oaks had to get past the Southern Boone Lady Eagles, a team that knocked them off in the final week of the regular season. The Lady Falcons got their revenge. Blair Oaks scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning Monday night, holding off Southern Boone for a 6-4 victory in a state-ranked matchup in the Class 3 District 5 Tournament semifinals at Southern Boone High School.
The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons set the tone from the opening batter of Wednesday’s contest against the Jefferson City Lady Jays at Jefferson City High School. Baley Rackers led off the contest with a hustle double, a sign of things to come for the Lady Falcons. Kally Bruce drove in Rackers two batters later with a double to give Blair Oaks momentum it would never give back in a 7-0 victory against the Lady Jays.
The Fulton Lady Hornets have one of the most potent softball offenses in Mid-Missouri. The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons knew their best chance to compete Monday night with the Lady Hornets was to score early and often. And they did.