In state softball, two area squads wrapped up their seasons with a couple of consolation wins en route to finishing fifth in the state.

In Class 1A, Lynnville-Sully came out angry after dropping a heartbreaker to River Valley in the state quarterfinals on Tuesday. They thrashed both of their opponents to roll to fifth place in the state. In the first game, the Hawks dominated Marquette Catholic, 11-0. They then moved into the fifth place game and dismantled Newell-Fonda, 12-3. Head Coach Stacey Alberts and her team finish the season at 37-4, another outstanding year for the Hawks.

In Class 4A, Fairfield wrapped up a very nice run through the postseason with a couple of wins. The Trojans were ousted in a 12-inning thriller against Dallas Center-Grimes on Monday, but responded in a big way Wednesday with two tight wins. In the first game, Fairfield did a good job hanging on to a 2-0 lead to get the win against Fort Dodge, which was the #6 team in the state coming into the tournament and the second highest seed remaining.

The Trojans moved on from that to get a 4-3 win over a surprising Mount Pleasant team in the fifth place game. Fairfield finishes the season 31-11 after a great postseason run, including two upsets to qualify for state.

Tonight is a big night as the finalists will be determined in all five classes in Fort Dodge.

The lone area team in action is Pella, who has been on a miraculous run themselves. They’ll face conference foe Dallas Center-Grimes tonight in another tough challenge as they look to improbably make the state championship game after not even sniffing the top 15 all season long in the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union rankings.

That game will take place tonight at 7:30 pm. Pella split their pair of games with DCG this season in conference play, as both teams won on the road.