PREP SOFTBALL: Collins' walk-off home run lifts Columbia over Gainesville in extras

  • Columbia third baseman Alex Collins celebrates rounding third base after hitting a walk-off home run against Gainesville on Tuesday. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia third baseman Alex Collins celebrates rounding third base after hitting a walk-off home run against Gainesville on Tuesday. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

    Alex Collins sent a line drive zooming toward center field.

    She knew it had a chance.

    “I had a feeling once I hit it that it was going somewhere,” she said.

    Oh, it did. Right over the outfield wall.

    Colli…