The Hudson softball team won it’s first state championship Saturday, defeating Elyria 4-0 in the Division I state championship game at Brookside Park in Ashland.

Varsity Letters Co-Players of the Game: Hudson senior Beth Cinadr and freshmen Mindy Meredith and Elizabeth Stokes.

Cinadr led off a four-run first inning with a line drive double and scored, Meredith pitched a five-hit shutout to earn the win and Stokes smashed a two-run double to cap the first inning.

“It’s something you only dream about,” Cinadr, the Explorers center fielder, said about winning the title. “We were dreaming about this since we were little kids. We are here. We are done. It’s the best last game I could ever ask for in high school.”

Five softball teams from the Beacon Journal’s five-county coverage area have won regional titles and advanced to the state final four in their respective divisions.

Here are the teams:

Division I—Hudson

Division II—Archbishop Hoban

Division III—Fairless and Hillsdale

Division IV—Dalton

Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal

The Western Reserve Conference held their track and field championship meet at Stow Thursday night and Solon won both the boys and girls team title.

Twinsburg and Hudson were second and third respectively on the boys and girls side.

Cuyahoga Falls junior Robert Jones had the best performance of area athletes in the meet. Jones won both hurdle events; the 110 in a time of 14.5 seconds and the 300 in a time of 38.4 seconds. Jones was also a member of the 400 relay which placed first in a time of 42.7. Juniors Mike Dugger and Jacob Hall and senior Christian Fossett were also on that relay.

The Black Tigers boys were sixth in the team standings.

The Twinsburg boys won the 1,600 relay and the 3,200 relay; and the Tigers girls won the 400 relay and 3,200 relay.