By Will Tuell

Machias Little League’s 10U softball team went into the state tournament with high hopes last week but found out early on that they would have to, once again, dig themselves out of a hole. Unfortunately for coaches Shannon Currier, Emily Fitzsimmons, and Rebecca Hunter, things didn’t quite work out, though the girls, led by hurler Audrey Currier, didn’t exit the double-elimination tourney without a fight or, to some degree, without controversy.