AURORA — You may not have known it by the tears falling from her face on the way out of Aurora Sports Park, but junior pitcher Gretta Wynja and her Lyons softball team put on a masterful display on the first day of the sport’s state tournament.

On Friday, the Lions, ranked 10th in the 3A classification, routed No. 7 Strasburg 16-0. A round later, they put three-time defending champ No. 2 Eaton on the ropes in an oh-so-close, oh-so-heartbreaking, 4-3 loss.

The ending was a lava pit before the flag. Up 3-1 in the sixth inning, the Reds scored three runs to take the lead as 3A’s top two home run hitters — Emma Anderson and Bria Foster — went deep off Wynja.

Lyons had one more chance, and made one last push for what would’ve easily been the biggest upset of the tournament. It put two runner

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