Softball: Pickerington Central falls to Watkins Memorial in regional final ThisWeek group The Pickerington Central softball team went toe-to-toe with second-ranked Watkins Memorial for 4 ½ innings in a Division I regional final May 29 using the aggressive approach that brought it to within a win of its first state tournament in 14 years. “We weren’t changing anything. What we’ve been doing has been working and we stuck with it,” Tigers coach Stephanie Peterson said. “I wasn’t trying to overthink it. Keeping it simple is how we’ve been successful all year.” Central benefited from a fielder’s choice, two errors and several hard-hit balls to forge a 3-all tie into the fifth, but four Warriors home runs — amid a stiff north wind and temperatures in the mid-40s at Olentangy Berlin — powered Watkins Memorial to a 13-3 win in six innings and the program’s first regional championship.