2018 MIAA Softball State Championship

Taunton Softball 2018 MIAA State Champions with a 13-2 Win over Wachusett.

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​Tigers End Long Wait, Bring Home State Championship

WORCESTER, Mass. – In the bottom of the fourth inning, Wachusett started to hit the ball hard, scoring a run on back-to-back doubles and cutting into the Taunton lead. Although the Tigers still led by three runs, momentum appeared to be shifting to the Central champs and Taunton went to the plate looking for an instant response to take back control.

With one run home, the Tigers had the bases loaded with two outs and up stepped junior Alexa White. Wachusett starter Courtney Lanpher got two strikes on Taunton’s second baseman, but then White turned on a pitch, lifting it to deep left. The Taunton bench was almost holding its breath watching the ball sail towards the fence and almost exploded when the ball cleared it.


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White’s grand slam broke Saturday night’s Div. 1 state championship game wide open, lifting Taunton (26-2) to a convincing 13-2 win over the Mountaineers and ending an 11-year wait for the program’s fifth state title...................................
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​Taunton Seniors Cap Career With State Title

WORCESTER, Mass. – Quiet, inspirational, and crazy — the perfect combination.

That’s how Taunton head coach Dave Lewry described each of his three senior leaders — Liana Duarte, Kya Enos, and Mackenzie Handrahan.
All three of those Tigers played a vital role this season, and unsurprisingly, were a big part of Taunton winning the D1 State Championship with a 13-2 decision over previously unbeaten Wachusett.


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“They are the nucleus of the team,” Lewry said. “What a great combination of seniors. I never had to use the word ‘senioritis’ this season. Usually, we have to talk about it with them being out of school at the end of the season. But we never had to mention it all year and that’s a tremendous credit to those three...............................

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