Softball team loses championship game while celebrating too early

Life is full of hard lessons. The softball team at Wylie High School in Texas learned one on Friday, when they lost the district championship because of their own premature excitement.

Wylie was playing McKinney North High School, and they were up by two runs in the final inning of the game. There were two outs, but the bases were loaded with McKinney North players, so it was still a precarious situation. A McKinney North player hit the ball to short, and a Wylie player picked it up and fed it to her teammate at second.

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Everyone on the Wylie team thought it was a forceout, and so they began throwing gloves and hats and running in to celebrate their championship victory. But what they didn't see was the umpire calling the runner safe at second, meaning they hadn't actually won.

McKinney North players knew what was up, and they kept running the bases despite the other team acting like they'd won. One Wylie player realized what was happening and ran from the celebration to pick up the ball and throw home, but the ball never left her hand because there was no one at home plate to catch the ball.

Wylie players rushed to pick up the gloves they'd thrown and get back in the game, but by that point it was too late. Three runs scored and McKinney North won the game 7-6.

That is a tough way to lose any game, let alone a district championship. It's hard not to feel for the poor Wylie High School softball team. It's a good bet none of them will ever celebrate a win again until they've decisively earned it.

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Liz Roscher is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email her at lizroscher@yahoo.com or follow her on twitter! Follow @lizroscher