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Speed, power and pitching: Oswego sophomore Adalynn Fugitt checks all the boxes in win over Oswego East · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Speed, power and pitching. Aswego Sophomore Adeline Fugut checks all
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  Speaker 1: the boxes and win over as we Go East. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Joshua Weld. This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Speed is always
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  Speaker 1: the name of the game for Oswego sophomore Adeline Fugut,
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  Speaker 1: holder of three track records at Trauber Junior High, Fugut
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  Speaker 1: was the catalyst to Oswego's state softball champions Batting leadoff
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  Speaker 1: as a freshman, if Fugut hits it to the outfield,
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  Speaker 1: she's not stopping at first. I definitely aim for gaps,
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  Speaker 1: Fugitt said. As soon as I see it hitting the
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  Speaker 1: ground in the outfield, I'm taking second. But Fugutt's tools
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  Speaker 1: aren't limited to her feet. A natural rightie who hits
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  Speaker 1: left handed. Now, Fugut is hitting with more authority as
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  Speaker 1: a sophomore, and she's taking on a bigger role as
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  Speaker 1: a pitcher. Fugitt checked all those boxes during Monday's crossdown game.
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  Speaker 1: She had three doubles, reach base four times, scored three
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  Speaker 1: runs and drove in two, and Fugitt struck out six
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  Speaker 1: in a two hit shutout. Oswego's ten zero five inning
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  Speaker 1: went over visiting Oswego East. She has a triple threat.
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  Speaker 1: Oswego coach Annie Scaramuzi said, Sophie Moreland had three hits
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  Speaker 1: and three RBIs and Betsy Jack two hits and four
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  Speaker 1: RBIs for Oswego nine to seven for to one Southwest
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  Speaker 1: Prairie Conference. Carly Gregory had both hits for Oswego East
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  Speaker 1: ten five, two to three. Fugut is always a threat
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  Speaker 1: to take the extra base. She hit a hustle double
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  Speaker 1: to right center leading off Oswego's first inning and scored
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  Speaker 1: on a Jack single for the first run. In the third,
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  Speaker 1: Fugut went the other way for a double to left.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing that stopped Fugut from taking three bases
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  Speaker 1: on her two run double in the fifth was the
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  Speaker 1: base runner in front of her. She was fast today.
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  Speaker 1: She looked like she turned on the jets a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Scaramuzy said. She is a game changer at the top
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  Speaker 1: of our lineup. Speed kills. She makes contact and it's
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  Speaker 1: touching grass. She's on two fugitit can lay a bunt
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  Speaker 1: down or slap. She set a program record with fifty
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  Speaker 1: two runs last year and had eighteen stolen bases, but
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  Speaker 1: she's worked to add strength to that speed. I worked
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  Speaker 1: a lot in the off season and gaining my power,
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  Speaker 1: working on my standing swing, which is a power swing,
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  Speaker 1: Fugutt said. I've been told that is what I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to need for college ball. Slaps will be more strategic,
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  Speaker 1: and my power swing working to be more primary. It's shown.
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  Speaker 1: Fugitt is batting point four to thirty five with a
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  Speaker 1: point five eight one slugging percentage, second to Jack and
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  Speaker 1: both on the team with a team best twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: hits and nineteen runs scored. A lot of lifting, good nutrition,
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  Speaker 1: and just a lot of work in the cages. Fugitt
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  Speaker 1: said she's in the five am lifting group. Scaamuzi noted
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  Speaker 1: Fugitt is also carrying a heavier load in the circle
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  Speaker 1: with Abriela Garza graduated and now at NIU, Fugitt is
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  Speaker 1: sharing pitching duties with per commit Jalen Anthony. Fugut has
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  Speaker 1: started fourteen of sixteen Oswego's games, in part to save
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  Speaker 1: Anthony's arm for the stretch run in postseason, in part
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  Speaker 1: to give Fugit experience. She's six y three with a
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  Speaker 1: three point one seven era and sixty five strikeouts over
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  Speaker 1: fifty seven why innings. Ada and Jay compliment each other well.
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  Speaker 1: Our game plan is to use the staff we have
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  Speaker 1: been given. Scaramuzi said, give Ada the experience she'll need
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  Speaker 1: the next two years, but also put Jay in the
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  Speaker 1: position to go the distance. It worked for us last year.
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  Speaker 1: It gave Jay the gas in the tank we needed.
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  Speaker 1: Fugit Morphinesse to Anthony's power, held down an Ausugo East
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  Speaker 1: lineup that came in averaging over eight runs a game.
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  Speaker 1: She allowed two hits in a walk, only one base
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  Speaker 1: runner getting passed first. Working to throw off the batter's eye,
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  Speaker 1: Fugitt said, I moved the ball and change speeds. It's
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  Speaker 1: a lot about strategy and coach Annie does a good job.
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  Speaker 1: Fugitt's battery mate, sophomore catcher Peyton Hatzinger, gave Oswego a
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  Speaker 1: two to zero lead with a two outd solo homer
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  Speaker 1: in the second, her first of the season. It was great,
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  Speaker 1: Hatzinger said, I've hit a lot of foul balls over
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  Speaker 1: the fence this season. It was good to finally straighten
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  Speaker 1: that one out and get it over. As we Go
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  Speaker 1: East trailing just two zero with two out in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth saw things quickly unravel after a drop pop up
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  Speaker 1: in the infield, the next batter was hit, Fuget reached
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  Speaker 1: on an error and Morland, Jack and Anthony followed with
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  Speaker 1: run scoring hits to make it six to zero. Wolves
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  Speaker 1: starting pitcher Addison Dunn turned her ankle trying to beat
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  Speaker 1: out a bunt single in the top of the fifth,
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  Speaker 1: and Oswego scored four more runs in the bottom half.
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  Speaker 1: The final score does not reflect our capabilities against this team,
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  Speaker 1: as we Go East coach Sarah Davies said, it was
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  Speaker 1: not our hitting day. We couldn't adjust to the breaking
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  Speaker 1: pitches that Adeline was throwing. I have all the confidence
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  Speaker 1: that next time we'll be ready.