ELKVIEW — Monday’s Class AAA Region 3 championship series opener between Independence and Herbert Hoover needed an extra four innings to decide the outcome.
The Patriots had tied the game at two, after trailing by two, in the top half of the seventh inning after a two-run RBI double by Acasia Cook. Cook’s double scored Bella Lilly and Zoey Bragg.
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