Buford softball clawed its way out of the loser’s bracket, but could not quite get all the way to the finish line.
After a wild 18-15 loss Thursday to Northgate put the Wolves in a position where they would have to win five games in two days to defend their state championship, Buford won the first three of those to survive the loser’s bracket and make it back into the state championship series.
But eventually they ran out of gas, losing 15-0 to Harrison on Saturday afternoon in Columbus to cap off a 30-5 season and a state runner-up finish in Class AAAAAAA…