The Chillicothe Lady Hornets softball team picked up a state quarterfinal win last night at Holden 11 to 0. Chillicothe had 14 hits including 2 home runs from Kirsten Dunn and one each from Hope Helton, Sophia Luetticke and Bre Pithan. Holden was held to just one hit in the game.
Chillicothe will play the 29th at 2:00pm in Springfield against Perryville, which beat St Charles West 10 to 4 to improve to 16 and 13 on the season.
Other area schools picking up softball playoff wins were Pattonsburg over Princeton 15-8. Pattonsburg will play Maysville Saturday. Braymer lost to Atlanta 2-0, Marceline beat Clark County 3-1 and will face New Bloomfield on the 29th in Springfield.