Gainesville 4, Middleburg 0 – The Gainesville softball team has leaned on freshman pitcher Leanna Bourdage so far in 2024.
On Thursday night, she delivered once again, and this time brought the Hurricanes a district title.
Bourdage tossed a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts and Braylin Cook homered to lead No. 2 seed Gainesville to a 4-0 win at top-seed Middleburg in the District 2-5A championship game.
Against Middleburg (21-4), Bourdage did issue six walks but stayed out of trouble with strikeouts. She struck out the side in both the sixth and seventh innings to finish off the no-hitter.
Josie Kirwan walked with the bases loaded to put GHS up 1-0 in the top of the second. Cook followed with a two-run homer in the third for a 3-0 Hurricanes lead.
GHS added its final run in the fifth inning on a RBI groundout by Rihanna Williams, after Cook was intentionally walked to load the bases.
Gainesville (20-4) will play TBA in a Region1-5A quarterfinal next Thursday.
Santa Fe (Alachua) 5, Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 0 – Top-seed Santa Fe waited out a nearly two-hour weather delay and blanked Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 5-0 in Alachua to win the Class 3A-District 5 title.
The Raiders (21-4), who have won 11 of their last 12 games, advance to Wednesday’s FHSAA Class 3A regional quarterfinals.
Countryside Christian 11, Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) 10 – Top seed Countryside Christian, which edged St. Francis Catholic Academy, 12-11, in the district semifinals, scored six runs in the final two innings to rally past host Father Lopez (Daytona Beach), 11-10, for the district crown.
The Minutemen (9-4) got three hits and four RBI from freshman Riley Keith and three hits and three runs batted in by senior Brooke Davis in the come-from-behind win.
Trenton 10, Chiefland 0 – Freshman Addison Allaire tossed a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts and also was 3-for-4 with a team-high four RBI at the plate as top-seed Trenton (19-2) blanked Chiefland, 10-0, in six innings to win the Class 1A-District 7 title.
Chiefland (10-14) senior Emma Swain had the only hit for the Indians against Allaire, who did not walk a batter.
The Tigers also took advantage of six Chiefland errors.
Williston 16, Hawthorne 1 – Top-seed Williston pounded out 15 hits in only four innings and had a nine-run third inning as the host Red Devils (15-10) pounded third-seed Hawthorne 16-1 to win the Class 1A-District 8 title.
The Hornets (7-12) managed only two hits against Williston starting pitcher Aubrey Bertrand, and the Red Devils took advantage of five Hawthorne errors to roll to their second consecutive district title.
FHSAA Softball – District championship scores
Thursday, May 2
Class 1A-District 6 at Branford
2 Branford 3, 1 Fort White 1
Class 1A-District 7 at Trenton
1 Trenton 10, 2 Chiefland 0 (6)
Class 1A-District 8 at Williston
1 Williston 16, 3 Hawthorne 1 (4)
Class 2A-District 4 at Father Lopez (Daytona Beach)
1 Countryside Christian 11, 3 Father Lopez (Daytona Beach) 10
Class 3A-District 2 at Suwannee (Live Oak)
2 Suwannee (Live Oak) 4, 4 Florida High (Tallahassee) 1
Class 3A-District 3 at Palatka
2 Palatka 12, 1 Keystone Heights 7
Class 3A-District 5 at Santa Fe (Alachua)
1 Santa Fe (Alachua) 5, 2 Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 0
Class 5A-District 2 at Middleburg
2 Gainesville 4, 1 Middleburg 0