By Cort Reynolds

SHELBY__The Ada High School softball team led Colonel Crawford 11-8 in a seesaw Div. VI Northwest district semifinal showdown on Friday, May 22, when play was stopped by rain.

The game was postponed in the bottom of the sixth inning with Ada ahead 11-8. But the Eagles had the bases loaded with nobody out when play was paused.

UPDATE The game is rescheduled for Monday (5/25) at 11:00 a.m.

Ada fell behind 3-0 after one inning. But the Bulldogs rallied with eight runs in the second inning behind home runs from Reese Jordan and Tea Griffith.

CC inched within 8-6 before the Bulldogs scored three big runs in the fifth. The Eagles had tallied two in the home sixth when play was stopped.

The winner advances to the Region 23 semifinals in Bellefontaine on May 27.