Article: PREPS PLUS WIAA DIVISION 1 SOFTBALL: STEVENS POINT 6, CHIPPEWA FALLS 0 Coach finds relief in decision Star pitcher nails down victory

By ART KABELOWSKY

Madison -- For Stevens Point softball coach Tom Drohner, it was a tough decision to make.

For Panthers senior pitcher Stacey Tuskowski, it was a tough decision to take.

Nine tension-packed innings later, Stevens Point was a champion yet again. And so was Tuskowski.

The Panthers erupted for six runs in the top of the ninth inning and rode three perfect innings of relief from Tuskowski to a 6-0 victory over Chippewa Falls in the WIAA Division 1 state championship game at Goodman Diamond.

Less than an hour before the game Saturday, Drohner told Tuskowski -- the 2008 state player of the year -- that she wouldn't be the starter in the state final. Drohner told her he had decided ...

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