by Molly Schecter ‘27

Senior captain Keira Schultz catches a pop fly in a 10-0 regional win.

Girls softball team has again astonished everyone with a regular season record of 15-0 before losing their first game in the county championship, falling to Northwest 10-9 in extra innings.

Undeterred, the Warriors re-focused and had a brilliant run in playoffs, making another appearance in the state championship on Friday, May 23. After a bye in the first round because the team secured the number one seed, Sherwood mercied Atholton and Reservoir in the first two rounds of playoffs. The mercy rule is enforced by the state, and ends the game if a team is leading by ten after the fifth inning. Therefore, both games ended with a score of 10-0.

After a quarterfinals victory over Wootton by a score of 15-0, the Warriors took on Dulaney in the 3A semifinals. They played great defense to support their struggling offense in a low scoring game for both teams resulting in a 2-0 win for the Warriors. The Warriors looked to win consecutive state titles in a game last Friday against second seed Chopticon, with a record of 15-1 and their only loss being against Leonardtown. Chopticon also breezed through the first couple rounds of the playoffs, beating the first two teams by the mercy rule with respective scores of 12-0 and 10-0. In the state semifinals, they beat 3 seeded Northeast in a high scoring affair 12-4. Both teams looked to keep their winning streaks alive in the finals. Because of being the top seeded teams, it was expected to be a great game, and it was just that.