JEFFERSONTOWN – Allen County-Scottsvilles season ended with a 34-11 record one game prior to the championship game of the fast pitch softball state tournament at the hands of the DuPont Manual Lady Crimsons (36-2). The Lady Crimsons held the Lady Patriots to only three hits, shutting them out 4-0, advancing to the finals to take on the other team that defeated the Lady Patriots in the tournament, the North Laurel Lady Jaguars. Its really hard making it this far and just falling a little short, Lady Patriot Mandy Jeskie said. The two teams in the final are the only two teams here that beat us. While holding Allen County-Scottsville scoreless, DuPont Manual was able to score one run in the second through fifth innings for its balanced attack. Krista Nelson, Kim Thomas and Erika Rothbauer each had an RBI for the Lady Crimsons. Renee Hodge, Alana Towns, Taylor Saksefski and Jessica Hazelwood each scored a run for DuPont Manual on the way to the win. Hannah Roberts took the loss for the Lady Patriots with three strikeouts and no walks. Kim Thomas got the win for the Lady Crimsons with three strikeouts and no walks before being replaced on the mound by Heather Freudenberger on the mound. Freudenberger was credited with the save by getting one strikeout and no walks. Allen County-Scottsville 000 000 0 – 0 3 0DuPont Manual 011 110 x – 4 8 1Nobody seemed to be able to find their way home Saturday when the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots took on the South Oldham Lady Dragons. Finally, in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Lady Patriots were able to pull out a 1-0 win. The Lady Dragons were able to get on base, but they seemed to get left there. Nine Lady Dragons were stranded on base throughout the game. South Oldham even had the bases loaded with no outs in the fifth but no Lady Dragons found their way home. South Oldham 000 000 00 – 0 8 1Allen County-Scottsville 000 000 01 – 1 4 1It looked as if the Lady Patriots of Allen County-Scottsville (31-10) were going to be eliminated from the fast pitch softball state tournament Friday night after going down 3-0 in the first inning to the Daviess County Lady Panthers (28-9), but Allen County Scottsville came up with five runs in the bottom of the second to take the lead and never look back. Daviess County 300 200 0 – 5 13 3Allen County Scottsville 050 110 x – 7 9 4The win against Daviess County Friday advanced the Lady Patriots into Saturday action against the Lady Cardinals of George Rogers Clark and Miss Softball candidate Lori Bayless. The Lady Patriots went error free in a defensive game to shut out the Lady Cardinals and come away with a 1-0 win. The only run in the game came in the second inning when Lady Patriot Lori Wagoner hit an RBI double to score Erin Brown. Allen County-Scottsville 010 000 0 – 1 4 0George Rogers Clark 000 000 0 – 0 2 3With the win against George Rogers Clark, the Lady Patriots advanced to play the Meade County Lady Wave on Saturday afternoon in semifinal consolation bracket play. The bats were scorching for the Lady Patriots in the fifth inning. With bases loaded, Sandy Birge hit an RBI single to score Heather Monroe. Once again, bases were loaded as Emily Foster stepped up to the plate to score Hannah Roberts with an RBI single. Tracey Brown, Birge, Erin Brown and Casey Brown also scored runs in the fifth on RBI from Casey Brown, Lori Wagoner, Jami Marr and Monroe, going through the entire lineup rotation in the inning. Meade County 000 000 0 – 0 2 0Allen County-Scottsville 000 160 x – 7 11 1