FORT DODGE — Grand View Christian made history on July 22, becoming the first team to battle back from an opening-round loss in the Iowa high school state softball tournament to reach the championship game.
The Thunder did it with two comeback wins over Iowa City Regina on July 22.
GVC rallied from two deficits to take down the Regals to open the day by an 11-8 score and then came back from a 2-0 deficit in a winner-take-all game to claim a 4-2 victory. The two wins pushed GVC (30-4) to a spot in Thursday's state ***** le game in its first-ever trip to the state tournament.
The top-seeded Thunder took full advantage of the first year of the double-elimination format.
A 4-3 upset loss to No. 8 seed Cardinal in the opening round of the tournament would have ended their season in every previous year of the tournament. But thanks to the new format, they were able to rally their way back to the championship game after defeating Hinton (7-4) and winning a rematch with Cardinal (11-3) before sweeping Regina.
#tournament #back #iowa #cardinal
The Thunder did it with two comeback wins over Iowa City Regina on July 22.
GVC rallied from two deficits to take down the Regals to open the day by an 11-8 score and then came back from a 2-0 deficit in a winner-take-all game to claim a 4-2 victory. The two wins pushed GVC (30-4) to a spot in Thursday's state ***** le game in its first-ever trip to the state tournament.
The top-seeded Thunder took full advantage of the first year of the double-elimination format.
A 4-3 upset loss to No. 8 seed Cardinal in the opening round of the tournament would have ended their season in every previous year of the tournament. But thanks to the new format, they were able to rally their way back to the championship game after defeating Hinton (7-4) and winning a rematch with Cardinal (11-3) before sweeping Regina.
#tournament #back #iowa #cardinal
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