Chipley's Lady Tigers traveled to Santa Rosa to take on the South Walton Lady Seahawks in the 3A Regional Semifinals on Friday night.  Chipley won 3-0. 

Earlier in the season (February 14), Chipley defeated South Walton and the Lady Seahawks had not lost since, going 23-1 on the year. 

Chipley's Jessica Bush had one of her best outings at the right time.  Bush struck out 10 and allowed only four hits in seven innings while recording the shutout win.  Bush improved to 10-3 on the year. 

Chipley's bats were silent most of the game as South Walton's Shelby Watson held the Lady Tigers' bats at bay most of the night.  Heading into the top of the fourth inning both teams were scoreless, and with two outs Skylar Davis reached first on an error by the catcher and Rachael Fowler followed that with a two-run homerun to left center field to put Chipley up 2-0.  The homerun was Fowler's fourth of the year and second in the last two games. 

In the Tigers' half of the seventh inning Davis singled, Fowler doubled and Vanessa Hatcher singled to load the bases.  With two outs, Kassi Shackelford struck out, but the catcher couldn't handle the pitch and the ball traveled to the backstop, scoring Davis.  That capped Chipley's scoring for the evening. 

Chipley improved to 20-5 on the year and will host the Regional Finals next Tuesday, April 29, at 7 p.m.  Chipley will face Jacksonville Bishop Snyder (who also won 3-0 Friday night against Jacksonville Bolles).  Please come out and support our girls as they try to advance to the State Final Four in Plant City.