6/1/2018 0 Comments Softball Season Wrap UpBy Raechel Painovich
Tuesday May 29, 2018 the day the girls softball team traveled to Brainerd to play the Pine River-Backus Tigers in their first game of the section tournament. They got off the bus and it was a nice 80 degree day the sun was shining and was a great day to play softball. But by the top of the fourth inning clouds had rolled in and the wind had picked up. The playing field resembled a desert in a windstorm until the rain came pouring down. The umpires were forced to postpone the game until better conditions prevailed; these conditions came on Thursday. The Jaguars’ girls softball team packed up their gear, loaded the bus and rode to finish the game that had been started days before in Brainerd where they would face the Pine River-Backus Tigers once again. The Tigers had came out strong on Tuesday, scoring 5 runs in the first 3 innings to which the Jaguars could not defend. When the Jaguars came back to resume the game on Thursday, they came out pushing hard with their backs against the wall, down 5 runs. They were able to get 3 runs, by the sixth inning, cutting the lead to a mere 2 runs. It wasn't until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Tigers scored an inside the park home run to extend their lead to 5. Making it tough for the Jags to come back. The Tigers proved to be to much for the Jaguars, forcing them to make errors, which resulted in many runs scored by the Tigers. Although well fought and fought right to the end, the Tigers ended the Jaguars’ season with a score of 8-3 and a record of 6-6 in the regular season and 9-8 overall record including playoffs. The Jaguars had a great playoff run and a season that would go down in the record books. They had many season highlights including a winning season, back to back home playoff games, Sub-Section 5A East Runner Up, and this is the deepest their playoff run has been in 17 years. Looking forward, Coach Ranger will look to his returning players, to lead the team in another winning season next year. As for seniors the team will lose Amanda Sadler, former player and now manager. Ranger is hoping for next season to have a back to back winning season, to compete for the conference championship as well as the Sub-Section championship, and to advance to state. Regardless of winning he is most looking forward to “working with a fantastic group of girls for another year!”
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