Kelsie Schmidt prayed for calm in the bottom of the seventh inning. Then she delivered the biggest swing of her career.
With a state tournament berth on the line, the lone Chapelle senior faced a two-strike count when she took an outside pitch for ball two.
The next pitch went right where she wanted it, as Schmidt blasted the belt-high offering for a two-run home run that lifted No. 3 Chapelle over No. 6 St. Thomas More to a 6-5 victory in an LHSAA Division I select state quarterfinal Friday at Butch Duhe Playground…