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Auburn softball makes VHSL history with recent title win

Eagles captured their 4th consecutive state championship

BOTETOURT, Va. โ€“ The Auburn Eagles softball program has been dominant the past few years in the Class 1 division of the VHSL--so much so that Saturdayโ€™s championship win over Rye Cove at Botetourt Sports Complex proved to be an important one.

โ€œIโ€™ll tell you what. Iโ€™ve known about this for a long time--not that we would win the fourth one,โ€ said head coach Tim Smoot. โ€œBut I knew we were tied with two or three other teams with three consecutive state championships.โ€

Signs from the crowd during the Class 1 Softball Championship between Auburn and Rye Cove (WSLS)
Auburn celebrates after winning the VHSL Class 1 Softball Championship (WSLS)

So Saturdayโ€™s win put the Eagles in the history books as the only team in VHSL history to win four consecutive softball titles.

โ€œThis group is so composed and mature,โ€ Smoot added. โ€œWe had 7 seniors and they just work so hard all the time. The bar is set at a new high, itโ€™ll be a tough act to follow. But we have a lot of good ones coming young and weโ€™re going to get back to work and start again next season.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m so proud of us,โ€ said Eagles ace pitcher Kirsten Fleet. Sheโ€™s committed to play for James Madison University. โ€œAll of us seniors have been playing together since we were little playing together and I think it shows all the hard work we put in so Iโ€™m glad we ended it like this.โ€


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