For the first time since 2013, the Grand Junction High School softball team will return to the state tournament.

The upstart Tigers finished second in their home regional last weekend to earn their first trip to the big dance in more than a decade.

It’s an unprecedented turnaround for Grand Junction program in its first year under new head coach Scott Else. Only four seasons ago, the Tigers finished 4-17 won only one Southwestern League game.

“Obviously, we haven’t made it to state in, what, almost 15 years? Especially going from getting run-ruled by all the teams in our league out freshman year to building up to this place, and with our new coaches, we’re changing the culture here, and that’s super amazing,” Tigers senior outfielder Gabriella Noble said. “I’m so excited to be a part of

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