WOW what a game.

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There were 194 Division IV softball teams that had aspirations of visiting Akron?s Firestone Stadium the first week of June for the Ohio high school softball state championships.

For the second year in a row, the Mogadore Wildcats fell one game short of making that trip. In fact, the Wildcats came within one out of making their first-ever trip to the final four.

Columbiana sophomore pitcher Dakota DeAmicis stole the show Saturday in the regional title game, when she surprised everyone at Kent State University?s Diamond at Dix by stealing home in the bottom of the seventh for a thrilling 6-5 win over Mogadore.

Mogadore (19-7) tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth inning, took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth, and fell behind again 4-3 in the bottom of the inning.

The Wildcats once again tied the game in the sixth, then took a 5-4 lead in the top of the seventh. The Clipper rally in the bottom of the seventh came with two outs, and the winning run crossed the plate with two strikes on the Clipper batter.

Columbiana coach Bonnie Wilkinson admitted following the victory celebration that DeAmicis made the final play of the game on her own.

DeAmicis waited for Mogadore catcher Presley Destro to return the ball to pitcher Kelsey Craig, then broke for the plate. The throw by Craig back to Destro was on the plate, but DeAmicis slid under the tag

 

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Dakota D. is every coaches dream on the bases, the kid is freakishly good!!!

Lady Clips are having the time of their young lives lol They were happy as could be to win Districts this year for the first time in school history. So to now win Regionals and to be heading to states is just amazing!!! They are our cardiac kids!!! Came into tournaments as an underdog but they just keep fighting....and their respect and love for one another on the field and off is pretty cool to watch. Three starting Seniors, two starting Juniors and four starting Sophmores. If you ask any one of our underclassmen, they tell you. "We do it for our Seniors"!

 

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Oh boy!! Now my stomach is really in knots!!! ;& :lmao:

 

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Our girls are going to put us in an early grave Shelley!!! If my nails werent acrylic I would have chewed down to the knuckles friday lol

 

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Agreed this was a gutsy move by the runner. However, the umpire made the call from behind the play while still wearing his mask where his vision of the ball and the tag were clearly blocked. Photos taken by www.sportsink.com show the runner was clearly out. I think if an umpire has a questionable call in a championship game, he should at least ask for help. Umpires should never end a game like this one on a questionable call like he did... Congratulations to Columbiana. They are a well coached, hard playing team. Just wish it hadn't ended quite the way it had. I would've liked to have seen it go to the 8th and a team win without question.

 

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I can't even see home plate in that photo. My dd delay stole home against Mogadore to beat them in the bottom of the 7th earlier this season and I said they will never let that happen again. I guess I was wrong.

 

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Cant even see plate looks like catcher was set up behind plate cause plate must have been under Dakotas chest, because it was not behind catcher. Looks like she tagged shoulder after arm and hand already crossed plate.

 

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Wow!! I had a great view of that play and D looked quite safe, come to think of it Haley Goist looked safe under the tag prior to that play but that one didnt go in our girls favor....What a great game it was to watch. Hopefully our girls will see Mogadore in the future. I'm sure both teams will come to play!!!

 

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Photos taken by www.sportsink.com show the runner was clearly out.

That picture doesn't "clearly" show anything, other than a close play. One of the earlier posts was correct - the plate can't even be seen in the photo. What can be seen is the runner's right, gloved hand behind the catcher's body and the catcher's gloved hand at approximately the runner's shoulder. Stop it with the sour grapes and blaming it on the umpire. If the pitcher and catcher would have been paying attention to the runner like they should have been, this never would have happened. If you do feel the need to blame someone, why not try them?

 

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I've seen the " I've got it right here" scream from a parent here in our neck of the woods, whose hobby is photography. Actually screaming at the ump seconds after a close play " come look at it , come look at it" He came running to me to show his proof of a missed call in a game last month and sure enough you couldn't see the bag in his shots either. I've learned after that deceiving photo of the pitcher not dragging her foot but when zoomed in appeared to be touching that photography is tricky in proving things. MD

 

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Mogadore played hard! It was a dog fight to the end! They have absolutely nothing to hang their heads about. In games like these all you can ask a team is to leave their blood, sweat, and tears on the field. I believe that BOTH teams did just that!!

Congratulations to Columbiana, and Mogadore!! Hope they match up again, so we can see another quality game!!

 

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Tough loss for the Cats. Not crying about anything, but this photo says a lot about the call...

http://harwellphoto.com/p269934764/h13b9c36b#h102119d8

If the link doesn't work, go to www.harwellphoto.com and select the Mogadore vs Columbiana game and go to image # 200 or 217. It looks like the runner is out and the umpire is out of position (but in his defense it was a bang bang play).

Columbiana played well and hate to see any game end with a controversial call. Good Luck to Columbiana - hope you take the title!

 

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Still cant tell if she got glove on arm or if arm got by her and to plate before she tagged her head/chest. Oh well it is what it is always next year.

 

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Three double plays in one game I would say they played a little better then well! Both teams played a great game!! I needed stomach medicine after that one though hehehe Good luck to Mogadore next year! My dd played winter ball at the Spano last winter their pitcher, hopefully we'll see her again this coming winter.

 

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Anybody know the name of the Mogadore Coach in the Backround?