Describe The Softball Team

My Softball Experience By : Ri’Tyiah Hopson “Not everyone is going to see or accept you for who you are, and you have to accept that.” I was told this quote everyday by my mother. Today was no different, walking up to the raked field, quote on my mind , eyes on the fresh red clay, and the sound of my metal cleats against the concrete. I was ready for this day. After months of hard work from November to February , the tryouts for Central softball team were over. Over the span of four months, I pushed myself harder than I ever thought I could, but what I did never seemed to be enough for the team.

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.

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.

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.

I have known Lauryn Banks my entire softball career. Three words that come to my mind when I think of Lauryn are dedicated, supportive, and extraordinary. She is truly one of the most incredible teammates that I could ever have the honor of playing with. Lauryn is the epitome of

Over the past three years we have acquired many top players that have allowed our team to develop the skill and force we need to take down top teams. These girls have many unique qualities and skills that have allowed us to excel to another level that we could not achieve alone. Not only that, but the coaching staff, the strength and conditioning development staff, trainers, and athletic department have been working so hard for us all year and have provided us the resources, and means to be great. However, I stand by the argument that a major source of success this season came from the senior class. Every single one of the seniors has made a major contribution to this team on and off the field and I believe they are in the spirit and the heart of this group that stood as the foundation for the success of the

Softball has always been my favorite sport. It’s the fast pace of my heart as I’m rounding the bases, fast as lightning, making contact with the corner of the grungy white bases with a heavy coat of red dirt layering the edges, prepared to dive into home base, the sound of the bat making solid compact with the bright, attention grabbing yellow ball, the smell of the dew delicately resting on the fields of green grass, giving everyone a relaxed feeling of being in nature.

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.

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

For this project I chose to interview Coach Perry that helps coach the softball team here at William Carey. I chose to interview her because since she has been my coach she has made an impact on my life and I truly look up to her in many ways because of the way she coaches. For this interview I came up with ten questions to ask her and to talk with her about and nevertheless I was not let down by her answers.

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.

Peyton shows the same commitment both on the field and in the classroom. As a member of our varsity softball team, Peyton sees his involvement as more than just playing a sport – the experiences and the lessons learned about dedication, winning, losing, leadership and teamwork are most important. It’s enlightening to see how Peyton makes a connection between the classroom and softball. He is able to take the knowledge gained in the classroom and use it in softball and vice versa.

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

“The softball season was a success with both teams. The varsity did phenomenal except for one weekend, and the junior varsity didn’t win as much but gave it their all and played with everything they had.” says the assistant coach, coach

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.