West Plains Bandits finish second at Fall Classic in Spokane

The West Plains Bandits softball team brought home a second-place finish at the Spokane ASA Fall Classic Tournament in games played Sept. 6-7 at Franklin Park in Spokane.

The Bandits went 3-0 in Saturday play with wins over the Spokane Mudhens, Spokane Diamonds and the Washington Spirit, going to 4-0 with a Sunday win over the Diamonds before falling in the title game to the Mudhens, 10-7.

West Plains rallied in its last at bat in game one against the Mudhens, getting a one-out walk to Lexi Gonzalez and a single by Alex Steinmetz. With two outs, Hailey Hostetter hit a ball to third that the Mu...