West Plains team rallies after opening game loss to collect Bronze Bracket championship
Contributed photo by Byron Pavao The Hot August Nights Bronze Bracket winning West Plains Bandits (Back row L to R): Laurie Jones, Bailey Cavanagh, Leslie Jones, Glori Cheevers, Sarah Mayer, Taylor Pavao and Lexi Jo Johnson. (Front row L to R): Lexi Gonzalez, Claire Dormaier and Macey Finch.
The West Plains Bandits 16U fastpitch softball team had one more tournament in them this summer - last weekend's Hot August Nights played Aug. 14 – 16 at Selah's Carlon Park sports complex. The unique aspect of the competition for the 19 teams from Washington, Oregon and Idaho is that all games began in the evening under the lights and wrapped up in the early morning hours.
With some new players on the squad the Bandits did well, losing their first game Friday night but proceeding to win the next four to capture first place in the Bronze Bracket.
The Bandits dropped their opener 6-1 to Washing...
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