The Blair Oaks softball team advanced to the Missouri Class 3 state championship by downing DeSoto 10-1 today.
The Lady Falcons will meet Centralia in that noon contest on Saturday at the Killian Softball Complex in Springfield.
News Tribune sports writer Tony Hawley covered today's semifinal game. Below are his tweets during the contest with DeSoto, presented in reverse chronological order with the newest tweet on top and the start of the game at the bottom.
Read his followup game story in Saturday's News Tribune newspaper and online.
See also: Class 3 softball bracket and results at MSHSAA
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