Champion wins Division III softball championship


By TOM WILLIAMS

williams@vindy.com

AKRON

Here’s another description for Champion — perfect.

Saturday’s 11-2 victory over Liberty Union in the Division III softball tournament earned the Flashes (27-0) their fourth state crown in school history.

Thanks to a 10-run outburst in the fifth inning at Firestone Stadium, Champion ran the 2011 table to finish as the only unbeaten team in Ohio.

Read the story in Sunday’s Vindicator and vindy.com.