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Softball season comes to an abrupt end

After blowing out Brooklyn Center 26-0 in the Section 5AA opener, the Glencoe-Silver Lake softball team’s season came to a sudden conclusion following a pair of upset losses in follow-up rounds of postseason play.
Playing its final game at home this season, the third-seeded Panthers were knocked out of the winner’s bracket after a 9-3 loss to No. 6 seed Maranatha on Tuesday, May 21.
GSL followed up that defeat with a stunning 5-3 loss to seventh-seeded Watertown-Mayer in an elimination game matchup on Thursday, May 23.
The Royals, who finished last the Wright County Conference West standings, were outscored 25-5 by the Panthers in two regular-season meetings before claiming the playoff win over the WCC West co-champions.
GSL was dropped into the elimination bracket following its first playoff loss to Maranatha.
The Panthers held an early 2-0 lead after a two-run homer by Sydney Lepel in the bottom of the second inning.
The Mustangs manufactured their first run in the top of the fourth before seizing a 5-2 lead with a four-run fifth.
Hannah Boesche drove home Jasmine Knick with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to cut Maranatha’s edge to 5-3. However, the Mustangs struck for four more runs in the top of the sixth to all-but put the game away.
GSL went scoreless in its final two turns at the plate, with Alison Kettner making it as far as third base in the bottom of the seventh before the Panthers succumbed to the six-run defeat.
Panthers pitcher Brianna Wraspir struck out 10 batters in the game with one hit batter, one walk and 10 hits allowed.
She was charged for nine earned runs. It was the second-most runs allowed by GSL this season, following a 16-3 loss to Rockford on April 26.
Kasidy Cacka was the lone Panther to record a multiple-hit game, going 2-for-3 with a double. Boesche and Lepel recorded their team’s other two hits in the contest.
GSL traveled to Rockford for the first game of elimination play two days later, again taking an early lead.
Miranda Litzau drove home Kaitlyn Uecker with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third to put the Panthers up 1-0.
Yet, the Royals struck back to take the lead for good with a four-run fifth inning to seize a 4-1 advantage.
Uecker was once again driven home by Litzau with one out in the bottom of the frame, but allowed Watertown-Mayer another run in the top of the sixth.
Trailing 5-1 into the bottom of the seventh, GSL loaded the bases with one out. However, the Royals quashed the rally, with the Panthers managing just one run as Kettner was hit by a pitch to force home Litzau with what became the final run of GSL’s season.
Uecker went 2-for-3 with two runs scored to lead the Panther offense. Wraspir allowed six hits, one walk and four earned runs while striking out four in her last time toeing the rubber for GSL. The senior struck out 211 batters this season.
The back-to-back losses ended the Panthers’ season with a 17-6 record.