It’s been said in sports conventional wisdom that it’s extremely difficult for a team to beat another three times in one season

Middleville Thornapple Kellogg’s softball squad, however, beat Wayland for the third time this spring, this time in the final round of the Division 2 district tournament at Hopkins, 11-5.

It’s been quite a season thus far for TK, which ended Wayland’s 14-year streak of winning or sharing the O-K Gold Conference and halting the Lady Wildcats’ string of 10 consecutive district titles.

The Trojans, now 28-4 on the season overall, went undefeated in league play after sweeping Wayland in a showdown doubleheader last month. They move on to the regionals this weekend at Edwardsburg.

Middleville defeated Hopkins 11-1 in the district semifinal round Saturday. Wayland blanked Allegan 10-0 earlier Monday afternoon in a semifinal postponed by the weekend storms.

The Lady Wildcats, who had only one senior on their roster, finished with a record of 17-19. Hopkins finished its campaign with a record of 21-9.