Welcome Home Third Place EJHS Softball State Team

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Published on September 26 2016 7:45 am
Last Updated on September 26 2016 7:45 am
Written by Millie Lange

The Effingham Junior High School softball team was welcomed home from the Class AA State Tournament with a ceremony.

Coach Megan Tylka and the Mustangs competed in the State Tournament at Champion Fields in Normal during the weekend and captured third place with an 8-7 victory over Stanford Olympia. The Mustangs finished the season with an 18-4 record.

The Effingham squads displays its third place trophy.

The third place trophy.

Coach Megan Tylka talks with parents and fans after the welcome home ceremony.

The brightly decorated welcome home cake.

Effingham's Taylor Armstrong signs an autograph for an admirer.

The Mustangs line up for the welcome home with their hardware from the third place finish at state.