Whitehall’s season came to an end Saturday with an 8-5 district semifinal defeat against Fruitport. The Vikings’ final record was 18-17-1.
The Trojans, who fell to Oakridge in the finals later Saturday, grabbed a 5-0 lead by scoring once in the second inning and four times in the third. Fruitport recorded three doubles in the pivotal third-inning outburst.
Whitehall did not go quietly, scoring three times in the fourth inning on a two-run single by Harper Leon and a run-scoring groundout by Lianne Fagan. However, the Trojans’ Madyson Prout hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to give her team some breathing room, and the Vikings could not get any closer.
Taylor Ottinger led the Whitehall offense with three hits, and Annabel Kevwitch and Janie Fagan had two each. Kevwitch and Leon each drove in two runs.
