COMMENTARY: Fort White’s seniors bring perspective to the state of softball

  • Fort White’s Maddy Keen celebrates on first base after hitting a single against Jay during the Class 1A state championship game at Legends Way Ballfields on Wednesday in Clermont. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    Fort White’s Maddy Keen celebrates on first base after hitting a single against Jay during the Class 1A state championship game at Legends Way Ballfields on Wednesday in Clermont. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

    When Gracie Clemons hit the last pitch her team will see for the next several months, the scream of aluminum bashing cork ripped through the air in Clermont so loud the folks back home in Columbia Cou…