PREP SOFTBALL: Gainesville tops Columbia behind 4 HRs in District 2-5A semifinals

  • Columbia pitcher Harleigh Price gets some encouragement from teammate Alex Collins (14) as Gainesville’s Braylin Cook makes her way around the bases after a home run during Tuesday’s District 2-5A semifinal. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia pitcher Harleigh Price gets some encouragement from teammate Alex Collins (14) as Gainesville’s Braylin Cook makes her way around the bases after a home run during Tuesday’s District 2-5A semifinal. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

    GAINESVILLE — The fence in dead-center field at Gainesville High School is 224 feet from home plate.

    GHS catcher Braylin Cook made the case Tuesday to potentially extend that out further.

    Cook blasted t…