Describe The Softball Team

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Ladies softball team picked up their first win of the season, 4-2, in game one of the doubleheader, but five errors led to four unearned runs by the Wildcats in a 5-1 loss in game two between Centenary (1-5) and Louisiana College (3-1) Tuesday night, February 7.

Freshman Wendy Gillet appeared on the Second Team as a First Baseman, while classmate Nichole Aldridge (pitcher), sophomore Michelle Tasin (second base) and senior Emily Sexton (outfielder) were named Honorable Mention.

On October 9 the Lady Bulldog's softball team played against the Lady Bearcats from Cairo. Although they fell short with the close score of 3-2, their classmates cheered them on from the bleachers. Along with many of the student body, Abigail Parton, 12, participates in the chants that filled the night sky. Parton states that her favorite part about pep squad is,"getting dressed up , but also supporting and encouraging the

Isabelle was moved up to softball and Addison was still in lob ball. Addison started out amazingly and continued throughout the season to get progressively better. Isabelle started out great and slowly went downhill, even though the coach she had was far superior to Addison’s coach. The team Isabelle was on was filled with kids that were on traveling teams and had been playing for years; this was only her second year. All the kids on her team were outstanding and Isabelle couldn’t keep up.

The Lady Mustang volleyball team has the expectation bar set pretty high this year. Having only graduated one senior, the volleyball team consists of a lot of returning players from last year, whose hopes for this season are even higher than last. When asked what this season has in store for the lady mustangs, senior Bay Brunson commented, “I’m looking forward the making lots of memories for my senior year. I want to enjoy every minute of this season! I love being a role model to the younger girls and enjoy developing relationships with each of my teammates on and

Coming into their two fall games Sunday , September 18th the ETSU softball team is coming off an 20-22 record season. At 1:00 pm they faced off against Montreat College. Last season Montreat college finished their season 7-41. For the Bucs their offense was solid scoring 12 runs. The Bucs defense wasn’t at it’s best but, kept them ahead allowing five runs. “ Defense has ways to go we made some throws we should’ve held on to,” said Head coach Irvin. Which allowed the offense to establish a nice rhythm and kept up the intensity. The Bucs certainly had players that put on a good showing freshman Nikki Grupp (Jacksonville,FL) went 3-4 with two homeruns and a double a nice start for her freshman start. Junior Kelsey Smith (Tucson,AZ) went 2-4

I have been honored to lead my team this year as I have helped several of the girls on an individual basis with skills they lacked confidence in--both scholastically and athletically. I always have the team’s best interest at heart, and I want each of the girls and our team as a whole to reach their highest potential. Although I am of course dedicated to my team, I am also dedicated to the sport of softball in itself. I have been playing softball since I was five years old, and I am so grateful that my efforts have bloomed into being selected for the Indiana North v. South Invitational for two years now. I love that I am able to represent Morgan Township on a state level. When representing a team or a school, there is a lot of responsibility

Each and every week I would head out to the baseball park, not because the experience would always leave me with joy, but because of the joy and satisfaction that the players had when they came and left the field. Many of the player’s parents told my fellow buddies and I, that the players would start counting down the days until the next Sunday, as soon as they’d get into the car! Throughout the entire Challenger season, I was reminded of how easy my life actually is, and how a how much I take for granted daily. With this program having such a great impact, I was dedicated to making sure that the player’s experience was the best possible. Which meant that I would often get there early, and help our Challenger division coordinator, to set up and makes sure that everything was ready for when the players came. My hard-work, and readiness to help out obviously were apparent to the coordinator, Jeff Sandes, as he came to me at the end of last year’s season to thank me for all the hard work, time and effort, I had put in to make sure that the players' experiences were the best

High school softball is a sport enjoyed by young girls all across the country. It is a game that can be competitive and fun. Being on a softball team can also teach responsibility. To be an Amory Lady Panther softball player is one of the most unbeatable feelings in the world, which can be achieved by trying out and making the team, working extremely hard at practice every day, and being the absolute best at an individual player playing a role as a Lady Panther.

The Iowa Western Community College Softball program strongly relies on integrity on the field as well as in the classroom. Because junior college student-athletes are required to have an Associate’s Degree to move on to Division-I colleges, it is imperative that they focus on strong academic success. By focusing on academics, our work ethics can be greatly amplified by understanding that academics come first. As a coach for the Reiver softball team, I also believe that by showing compassion for others, common goals can be achieved even through competitive sport. Through my personal integrity, I show that each student-athlete’s competitive objectives are attainable through humbleness and modesty. Through a high degree of athletic ability, the team members will maintain a strong work ethic both mentally and physically to provide successes on the field. In doing so, the empowerment of their successes will help them to strive to be leaders in the community.

In the year 1943, Philip K. Wrigley founded the All-American Girls Softball League. He formed the league to entertain baseball fans while many of the men were away fighting WWII. What began as a softball league transformed to baseball league that eventually became known as the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). The league was designed with fifteen teams made up of twenty to twenty-five women spread out across America. The league existed for twelve years, from 1943 to 1954. This was a period of time when women were not supposed to have professional careers outside of the home, much less careers that involved professional athletics. Girls were expected to grow up to be wives and mothers, not baseball players. The women of the AAGPBL were athletic pioneers who pursued and captured their dreams of playing professional baseball in much the same way as men had for decades.

Hard work never goes un-noticed, and although I did improve, I had acquired the label of ‘outfielder’. The position that wasn’t home to me, but I was forced to recognize as my spot on the field. My first year of Varsity softball arrived and I made it clear infield is where I wanted to be, but my coach’s confidence in me continued to lack to match the level of mine, along with the fact the returning third basemen was a veteran. And the outfield is where I was sent, yet again.

She is the player who shows up early to practice and stays late to put in some extra batting practice. These actions have encouraged me as well as other teammates to work harder and had made us realize that one of the ways to make the team better is to individually make yourself better. Lastly, I have never met anyone who honors the game of softball more than Lauryn Banks. This year was my final season of softball. Our last game was a heartbreaking loss third round of playoffs. After the game, I was overwhelmed with emotions. The rest of my team was consumed with themselves, but not Lauryn. Lauryn came to me and embraced me while I cried. In this moment, I realized that Lauryn embodies what it means to be a teammate. She cares about her teammates more than for their batting average or how many errors they have made. She cares about them for them and the actual person they are. I feel this is a quality that will carry Lauryn far in her life. There is no better way of honoring the game than taking the lessons learned and applying them to their future

Softball is a sport that is known throughout the United States and the world. Softball originated on Thanksgiving Day in Chicago in 1887. The game was actually said to have begun as an indoor game. Softball was started by a group of men who had gathered at a club to watch the Harvard vs. Yale football game. When the news came that Yale had defeated Harvard, 17-8, one Yale supporter, overcome with enthusiasm, picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at a nearby Harvard alumni, who promptly tried to hit it back with a stick. This gave George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, an idea. He suggested a game of indoor baseball. Naturally, Hancock's friends thought he was talking about playing a game outdoors, not indoors.

I received accolades from her teammates, opponent coaches, and parents on what a great player she is. Molly was selected for the All State Girls Team by the coaches, not due to points or goals but instead, due to her outstanding ability to lead by example. Being a leader and someone that is looked up to by peers and teammates; without having a “C” or an “A” on her jersey, showed me what her true character was, and left me with no doubt on her being the team captain for the following year.