The Marshall County eight-year old All-Stars advanced to the championship round of the Little League District 3 softball tournament by crushing the Giles County White team 12-1 in four innings on Saturday night at Richland Park.

Aided by a pair of five-run innings, Marshall County cranked out 11 hits to go along with five Giles County errors. Addison Bunty and Sarah King both tallied two hits to lead Marshall County's offensive attack, while Abi Bailey, Taylor Pickle, Maddi Yeager, Brianna Brown, Reese Worthington, Kaniyah Taylor, and Haylee Hobby added one hit apiece.

Giles County, conversely, mustered just five hits overall. Marshall County also played a sound game defensively and committed only one error in the contest.

Hadley Frazier notched two hits to pace Giles County at the plate, while Olivia Harris, Kinsley McMasters, and Chloe Shelton each had one hit.

Marshall County pounced on Giles County early by pushing across five runs in the bottom of the first inning with the help of two errors and singles from Bunty, Yeager, Brown, and King to take a 5-0 lead.

Giles County then left two runners in scoring position in the top of the second before Marshall County crossed home plate five more times in the bottom half of the frame on the strength of two errors and singles from Taylor, Hobby, Bunty, Bailey, and Pickle to forge a 10-0 advantage.

After Giles County stranded a runner at second in the top of the third, Marshall County tacked on two more runs in the bottom half of the inning thanks to an error and a pair of singles from Worthington and King to open up a 12-0 cushion.

In the top fourth, Giles County plated a run with the aid of a Marshall County throwing error to trim the deficit to 12-1 before putting runners on second and third with two outs thanks to hits from Harris and Frazier. Marshall County then retired the next Giles County batter on a groundout to keep the mercy rule in effect.