PREP SOFTBALL: Fort White run-rules Branford to win program's first district title

  • Fort White’s softball team poses with the District 6-1A trophy after defeating Branford 11-0 on Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    Fort White’s softball team poses with the District 6-1A trophy after defeating Branford 11-0 on Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

    BELL — Chad Padgett had a simple message for his team in the middle of the fifth inning.

    “Five runs.”

    That’s all Fort White would need to end Thursday’s District 6-1A softball championship. Really, they…