Sussex Hamilton softball is one win away from making history.
The Chargers defeated Sun Prairie East 3-2 in nine innings in the state semifinal and will play for the school's first-ever state championship Saturday night.
Sussex-Hamilton trailed 2-0 in the fifth inning before Maddie Palicka hit an RBI double that scored Abby McCauley to make it 2-1. Ava Serembiczky followed with an RBI that tied the game at 2.
Sussex-Hamilton softball one win away from first state championship in school history
The game remained tied through regulation and into extra innings. In the bottom of the ninth, Serembiczky hit a walk-off single to win it for the Chargers.
Bitsy Palicka pitched a complete game with 11 strikeouts.
Sussex-Hamilton will face Muskego in the state final.
Serembiczky reflected on the walk-off hit.
"I thought it was over the fence. It did not go over the fence, but I off the bat I was like, yep, that was good, right? So, and then I saw us go home, I saw everybody cheering, and it's just such an exciting feeling," Serembiczky said.
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