CWLL coach Mimi Johnson celebrates with daughter Stella. (Renae Mulholland photos)
Kylie Van Velkinburgh enjoys a post-game interview.
District 11 champs. (Photo courtesy Mimi Johnson)
They won when it mattered most.
After dropping a pair of one-run games to Orcas Island earlier in the season, the Central Whidbey Little League Juniors softball squad was hankering for some sweet revenge.
And they found it Saturday.
Playing at home in Coupeville, the Mayhem rallied for back-to-back wins, clinching the District 11 title and a trip to the state tourney.
The big dance kicks off June 27 in Monroe.
To punch its ticket, Central Whidbey erupted for five runs in the eighth inning to pull out a 10-5 win in the opener, then rallied for three in the bottom of the seventh to nab the nightcap 10-9.
The tying and winning runs came home on a two-run single off the bat of Jill Prince.
Central Whidbey’s lineup Saturday included eight players from its regular season roster — Coral Caveness, Audrianna Shaw, Melody Wilkie, Kylie Van Velkinburgh, Stella Johnson, Prince, Marenna Rebischke-Smith and Mollie Bailey — and three new additions.
That trio is Madelyn Tucker, McKenzie Hodges and Annabelle Thayer.
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