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鈥淎nd if we can hit like that, we can win any game. We really just bared down and we would not take no for an answer. That鈥檚 all we did.鈥
Aynor defeated Crescent 8-2 Friday night to win the 3A state softball championship.
Crescent tallied a run in the bottom of the first inning and made it stand up, beating the Aynor Blue Jackets 1-0 and forcing a third and decisive game for the title on Friday night at White Knoll High School.
On Monday, the latest dominant Blue Jackets鈥 performance came in Game 1 of the Class 3A state championship series facing off against the best softball program this country has ever seen. All Aynor did was jump on Crescent and win 7-1.
The Aynor Blue Jackets punched their ticket to their second consecutive state championship series and eighth in school history with a convincing 8-1 victory over rival Dillon at home Friday.
St. James fell to Chapin 3-2 in extra innings Wednesday night. The loss ends the season for the Sharks in the 5A lower state bracket.聽
Uncharacteristic errors and offensive struggles proved to be too much for the Loris Lions to overcome in a season-ending 6-2 loss to region rival Dillon.聽
The Aynor Blue Jackets defeated the Loris Lions 7-1 Friday to open the 3A lower state playoffs.
St. James聽lost 11-6 to visiting Chapin in the opening round of the Class 5A lower state tournament Friday after the Eagles hit two massive home runs in the top of the sixth inning to unknot what had been a tie game.
St. James' 8-1 victory means the Sharks will host Chapin Friday night in the lower state 5A playoffs.聽