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Culpeper connection brings Highland a title
Twenty-one innings.Two hundred and fifty-six pitches.
And, after several hours, another state title for the Highland softball team.
The sixth-seeded Hawks battled through an epic Saturday in Richmond — beating No. 1 Greenbrier (27-2 overall) 2-0 in 12 innings for the VIS Division II state championship, just shortly after a 4-3 9-inning semifinal victory over No. 2 Brunswick Academy.
Culpeper product Maire Shaughnessy was in the circle for all 21 innings.
"I was beginning to wonder how long it was going to go," Shaughnessy said. "I never take myself out of a game, so (coach Donald O'Meara) was going to have to pull me out."
She threw a whopping 256 pitches on the day, the last of which became a bunt attempt that Shaughnessy fielded and threw to Hannah Safren for the title game's final out, sending the exhausted Hawks into jubilation.
"That's the best pitching performance that I've ever been involved in," Highland coach Donald O'Meara said.
- Read more about Highland's state title victory in the Thursday, May 22 print version of The Culpeper Times.
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