Mayo softball hosted both Watertown-Mayer and St. Charles for their annual Special Olympics fundraising event benefiting the Rochester Flyers on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won the game against Mayo 8-6 after eight innings.
Mayo players huddle up while facing St. Charles during their annual Special Olympics fundraiser game on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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St. Charles’ Tessa Ryan (1) slides safely into third while Mayo’s third baseman Ani Shank (22) attempts to tag her out during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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St. Charles’ Willow Lange (11) pitches during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s Lauren Chan (4) bats during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game against St. Charles on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s Amber Condon (33) pitches during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game against St. Charles on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s shortstop Chelsea Putzier (6) attempts to tag out St. Charles’ Lauryn Stevens (21) and Ava Butson (28) on third during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. Only Butson (28) was determined out at home base. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s first baseman Santanna Heise (18) watches the play while St. Charles’ Braelyn Gust (5) leads off first during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s Santanna Heise (18) slides safely into home base during the bottom of the seventh to tie up the game 6-6 while St. Charles’ pitcher Willow Lange (11) attempts to tag her out during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s Bella Elsinger (23) cheers for Santanna Heise (18) as she makes it home safely and ties up the game against St. Charles 6-6 after seven innings during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo players cheer for Santanna Heise (18) as she makes it home safely and ties up the game against St. Charles 6-6 after seven innings during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Mayo’s Lauren Chan (4) runs past third and towards home during the seventh inning of Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser game against St. Charles on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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St. Charles’ outfielder Braelyn Gust (5) makes the final catch of the game during Mayo softball’s annual Special Olympics fundraiser on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at Mayo High School in Rochester. St. Charles won 8-6 after eight innings.
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Maya Giron joined the Post Bulletin staff in 2023. She grew up in the Berkshires area of Western Massachusetts and, in the spring of 2023, obtained a BFA in photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, N.Y. While at RIT, she interned at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Rapid City Journal in Rapid City, S.D., before moving to Minnesota.
