West Plains Bandits tie for third at Spokane Crash Fall Invite

Led by the pitching of Taylor John and some clutch hitting, the U14 West Plains Bandits softball team finished tied for third in the Gold bracket at the Spokane Crash Fall Invite Sept. 21-22 at the Dwight Merkel Field complex in Spokane.

The Bandits dropped their first two games, 8-0 to the Crash 2000 and 11-0 to a travel team from Montana, Big Sky Blitz. West Plains had six hits against Crash 2000, with both Makayla Tamietti and Glori Cheevers going 2-for-3, but couldn’t break into the run column. Claire Dormaier took the loss on the mound, giving up seven earned runs on eight hits over five...