3-run sixth, great defense lifts Byron to first ever state tournament victory in quarterfinal thriller

3-run sixth, great defense lifts Byron to first ever state tournament victory in quarterfinal thriller

NORTH MANKATO — The Byron High School softball team was a little surprised when Cretin-Derham Hall decided to intentionally walk Tallie Behrens with one out and nobody on, while clinging to a one-run lead in the top of the sixth inning. It was a bit of a puzzling decision, but an understandable one. Behrens hit a leadoff home run to open up the scoring in the top of the first, and up until the sixth had accounted for two of Byron's three baserun…