Back in the day when I was the
guidance counselor at Hancock High School I would often arrive before 6:30 and
plan my day. That agenda was always blown by 8:00 a.m. Planning JV softball
games is kind of like that. I had a master plan to honor the sophomores and
finish with a big victory over Kirkwood. I guess it's my fault I didn't share the script and let
Kirkwood know the part they were supposed to play.
Going into the bottom of third we were
trailing the Pioneers 6-0 and not looking very good to that point. The team,
however, decided to fight for the win, putting a 6-spot on the board, highlighted
by a 2-run triple by Megan McClure to tie the game.
Kirkwood, however, kept putting the
pressure on us and tacked on a pair of extra runs in each of the fourth and
fifth, and we again trailed, this time by 4 going into the bottom of the sixth.
Sami Meyer returned to the circle in the top of the sixth and threw a pair of
zeroes to give us the chance, as we scored 4 more runs in the bottom of the
sixth with Emily Rapp adding the big blow off the bench, delivering a key pinch-hit, 2-RBI, 2-out single. Kate Kazlauskus reached base with her fourth hit in the
bottom of the seventh and stole two bases. She stayed in a run-down long enough
to let Bekah Perman make it to second on the fielder’s choice; Bekah then raced
home on Brittany Hartung's game-winning single for a walk-off 11-10 win over
our rivals.
Kirkwood is to be complimented on
their approach to this game and they actually outplayed, outran, and outhit us.
But they couldn’t “outheart” us as the team just refused to quit and gave the
fans an exciting win and a great conclusion for the sophomore’s last JV game
here at Plymouth.
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