Centerville avenged two regular-season losses to Fairmont: 10-9 in eight innings on April 3; and 9-5 on April 21.
Elks sophomore Natalie Carr homered and sophomore Lillie Hopf added an RBI single in the bottom of the third inning to give Centerville a 2-0 lead. The Elks added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to make it 4-0. Fairmont scored two in the top of the sixth inning, but wouldn’t get any closer.
Centerville will play No. 9 Massillon Jackson (21-7-1) in the state semifinals at 3 p.m. on June 7 at Firestone Stadium in Akron. Jackson beat No. 2 Perrysburg (27-1) 7-4 on Friday.
The other semifinal will pit Lancaster against Lebanon. Lancaster beat Gahanna Lincoln 5-2 on Saturday, and Lebanon beat Grove City 5-3.
Lebanon will make it second state appearance in a row and its sixth since 2012. It finished second in 2012, 2015 and 2017.
They did it!!! Your Elks are going to state!!!! Let’s GO!!! 💛🖤 pic.twitter.com/WzzTOXafiE
— Centerville Softball (@CvilleVSoftball) May 31, 2025
Selfie time. Going to State Championships next week !!!!! pic.twitter.com/d2fsfaIiKu
— Centerville Athletics (@chselksad) May 31, 2025
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