No. 1 Lady Rockets win 5A state title
The Neshoba Central Lady Rockets won the 2021 Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A state fast-pitch softball championship with a sweep of East Central. They won game one 7-3 and game two 14-2.
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The Neshoba Central Lady Rockets have claimed their eighth straight Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A fast-pitch softball state championship.
The win also is the 10th in program history.
The Lady Rockets swept East Central in the championship series held at the University of Southern Mississippi softball field in Hattiesburg.
The Lady Rockets won game one 7-3 on Thursday and game two 14-2 Friday afternoon.
The Lady Rockets finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, according to the USA poll with a 32-0.
It was their eighth state championship in the last nine years. The 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.