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Land O'Lakes HS Lady Gators Come Back in the Bottom of the Sixth, Scoring Three Runs to Win State Championship Over Seven Time Champs American Heritage High School

Land O'Lakes wants to make it a habit to end their season in Historic Dodgertown for the state softball championships.

And they'd like to end it with a state championship. Make that more state championships.

The Gators came from behind in the bottom of the sixth, scoring three runs , to win the Class 6A State Championship, the first in school history. They did so in dramatic fashion, upsetting defending champs American Heritage, the team that knocked them out of the state semis last year, for the title.

A pair of American Heritage errors in the sixth led to Land O'Lakes claiming the lead 2-1. Tia Williams added the another run with an RBI single.

On the mound, Gators' pitcher Callie Turner, a University of Tennessee commit, gave up just one run off five hits and struck out eight.

Early on, Land O'Lakes had plenty of […]

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