The Fallon Force 12 and under softball team from front row, left to are are Karlee Hitchcock and Stacey Kalt. Middle row from left are Alliah Dixon, Shelbi Schultz, Aspen Mori and Lorynn Fagg. Back row from left are assistant coach Dean Schultz, Taylor Wilke, Rylee Buckmaster, Kiana Arvizo, Faith Cornmesser, Taylor Ingram, assistant coach Steve Cornmesser, Caitlyn Welch and head coach Karl Buckmaster.
The Fallon Force 12-and-under softball team placed second at the Incline Amateur Softball Association tournament last weekend.
On Saturday, the Force fell to the Nevada Lady Aces, 9-4, and then to the Nevada Lightning, 8-2.
Fallon, though, dropped the Stockton Mayhem Elite (Calif.), 6-1, in the third game. Fallon finished pool play as the fifth seed out of six teams going into Sunday’s tournament slate.
On Sunday, Fallon slipped past the Auburn Storm (Calif.), 9-8, and ran past the Nevada Comets, 9-4, in the second game.
In the championship game against the Nevada Lady Aces, the Force lost a heartbreaker 8-7. The Aces rallied from a 7-5 deficit in the final inning to claim the title.
“Our girls have improved 100 percent and are now competing at a very high level,” coach Karl Buckmaster said.
The Force take the field this weekend in Reno in another ASA tournament.