COTTLEVILLE — On a normal Wednesday at around 1 p.m., Francis Howell High junior infielder Avery DeJohn would be in a writing and history class on the Weldon Spring campus.

Instead, DeJohn made history of her own on the softball diamond.

DeJohn pounded a first-pitch leadoff homer to propel the Vikings to a 4-1 win over Liberty in a Class 5 District 3 quarterfinal game at Francis Howell Central.

The drive over the left-field wall was the first of three successive homers to start the game for the winners. Junior Adelle Metz and senior Elia Cabo followed with round-trippers to give ace righthander Harper Lohse all the necessary support.

Francis Howell (14-11), which won for the third time in four games, advanced to face Fort Zumwalt West (28-5) in a semifinal at 3 p.m. Thursday. The winne

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