CAMDEN — The Camden softball team’s season came to an unceremonious end Thursday evening in the 2A NCHSAA fourth round.
Accustomed to being the team that forces the 10-run rule on many of their opponents for many years now, the No. 1 Lady Bruins were on the wrong end of the mercy rule at home with a 12-0 loss to No. 4 Midway in five innings.
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