Ritenour’s
program has struggled lately, although they’ve been good in the past. In fact,
it took us several years to notch a win against the Huskies, although I always
felt like those losses were games that got away. Despite being overmatched,
Ritenour’s girls showed spirit and class in our game. Today the varsity needed
three of our leaders and so we traveled short-handed north to the Rock (Road).
The
beauty of this team is that all the girls have worked to improve their skills
and knowledge of the game and all have achieved success. Today several had the
opportunity to demonstrate their growth and they did themselves proud. We
played crisp, hustling softball and took good at bats up and down the line-up,
making adjustments and hitting numerous balls hard, some of which became unlucky
outs, but the coaching staff had always stressed “process” over results.
Our
last “non-starter start” required bringing in substitutes to rescue the day.
Today our regulars got an at bat late, but the game was already decided. Three
was a lucky number as Dazsa, Noel and Guin all banged legitimate triples and
Rebekah added a double.
Megan
Hayes picked up the win, her fourth, and Allyson Peters got back in the circle
after a bout with arm soreness to close it out. We’ll need all three of our
pitchers this weekend as we defend our Hancock Tournament title and it was good
to see them pitch effectively. No walks again today, so the running total is
now 16 in our 15 games (13-2 is threatening to set a new JV record).
Thanks
to Scott Hayes for the pix. The photobooks are completed and our editors, Amie
Jo and Stacey are excited for you to see them once they’re printed.
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