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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 413 - Fastpitch Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is Lyndon junior Calie Rammerman, and you're listening to
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Fast Pitch.
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  Speaker 2: Preview on the Welcome PEPs podcast with Tyler Edison.
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  Speaker 1: Go on it, Greetings, and welcome to the walkcom Preps podcast.
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  Speaker 2: This is episode four hundred and thirteen. It's the twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty six Fast Pitch Preview and I am Tyler Anderson
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  Speaker 2: of Walkham Preps. I'm going to give a special thank
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  Speaker 2: you to Lyndon junior pitcher Calie Rammerman for the intro.
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  Speaker 2: She had such a breakout season last year, breaking the
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  Speaker 2: school record for strikeouts as just a sophomore. So very
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  Speaker 2: excited to see what she does this year. As we're
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  Speaker 2: going to talk about all nine Walkin County Fast Pitch teams,
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  Speaker 2: also we got to talk about Walton Beverage. Walton Beverage
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  Speaker 2: has been a staple in our community for over ninety
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  Speaker 2: years and I will continue to work harder every day
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  Speaker 2: to make the fantastic people at Walton Beverage proud to
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  Speaker 2: sponsor youth sports in our community. They deliver superior quality
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  Speaker 2: and commitment, and I plan to do the very same.
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  Speaker 2: You heard me right, Nine teams So this year in
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  Speaker 2: fast pitch, Bellingham and Squalicum are cooperating together to make
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  Speaker 2: one team. It will be the Bellingham BayHawks. They will
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  Speaker 2: play at Bellingham High School, so the two teams absorb.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think Squalkum had enough players. Bellingham is always
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  Speaker 2: right on the cusp. I think they've done this before.
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  Speaker 2: So they will join up and play together this year,
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  Speaker 2: and let's talk about them. First head coach is Kaylie Anderson,
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  Speaker 2: who is in her third year. She was off for
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  Speaker 2: a year. She did coach a couple years ago for
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  Speaker 2: a few years with Bellingham. She was off last year.
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  Speaker 2: She's back this year. Last season Bellingham went oh to eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: Squalalkham went one in eighteen, so combining the teams is
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  Speaker 2: going to be very beneficial for both. There were some
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  Speaker 2: top players for Squalkum that would have been playing this year,
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  Speaker 2: but they are not playing. They're not turning out this year,
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  Speaker 2: so it's gonna be a whole new cast of players.
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  Speaker 2: But there's actually a handful of players, like eleven players
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  Speaker 2: that have varsity experience. So that's a really good sign
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  Speaker 2: for this Bellingham team. And we're gonna look over a
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  Speaker 2: few of them here. The one with the most at
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  Speaker 2: bats is hardest green Wall. She scored five runs, had
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  Speaker 2: four hits last year, stole five bases, walked eight times,
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  Speaker 2: so she had the most at bats out of all
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  Speaker 2: the returning players. Blakelee Miller she went seven for thirty
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  Speaker 2: eight last year, scored nine runs, hit three doubles at
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  Speaker 2: nine RBIs, so she is going to be one of
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  Speaker 2: the top players as well. Carmen Rodriguez she hit three
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  Speaker 2: fifty seven last year, so she brings the best batting
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  Speaker 2: average to this team. She had ten hits, scored five runs,
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  Speaker 2: knocked in four runs, walked eight times, had an on
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  Speaker 2: base percentage over fifty percent, so she gets on base
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  Speaker 2: quite a bit, so that she'll be, you know, probably
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  Speaker 2: a staple in the middle of the lineup. Olivia Favro
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  Speaker 2: hit three h eight last year, had a couple of doubles,
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  Speaker 2: four RBIs. Eden Johnson she hit a home run last year,
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  Speaker 2: so she's the only player that returns to this team
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  Speaker 2: that had a home run. She had six RBIs, stole
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  Speaker 2: ten bases, and I think that she's played a lot
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  Speaker 2: of catcher too, so that's important. You got to have
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  Speaker 2: someone that can catch. She walked five times as well.
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  Speaker 2: Ray Jackson returned. She had four RBIs last year, walked
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  Speaker 2: four times. Emma Johnson returns. She had three RBIs, six
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  Speaker 2: dolen bases, walked six times, scored six runs. She also
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  Speaker 2: pitched thirty three innings and struck out eighteen batters, so
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  Speaker 2: she definitely returns with the most pitching experience, so she
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  Speaker 2: will probably be the main pitcher. Cassidy Homolka she only
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  Speaker 2: had fourteen at bass last year, but she walked six
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  Speaker 2: times scored three runs. Emerist Evans she hit two thirty
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  Speaker 2: one last year, had seven walks. She had an on
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  Speaker 2: so she had an on base percentage of at five hundred,
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  Speaker 2: which is pretty good. Ada Bowen had ten at bats,
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  Speaker 2: Evelyn Moore had eight at bats. So you get a
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  Speaker 2: lot of players here that have had varsity experience. But
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be it's gonna be a lot of teaching
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  Speaker 2: the game by Kaylie Anderson, who's one of the best
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  Speaker 2: players Walking County's ever had. So you know where they'll
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  Speaker 2: play in the infield, the outfield. It's tough to say.
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  Speaker 2: I think that, I think you know. Emma Johnson pitching,
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  Speaker 2: Eeden Johnson catching Carmel Rodriguez at first I think those
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  Speaker 2: are you know, you can kind of rely on that.
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  Speaker 2: I have no clue about incoming freshmen, so you just
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  Speaker 2: never know. That's always really one of the most exciting
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  Speaker 2: things about fast pitches. There's always a handful of incoming
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  Speaker 2: freshmen that I get to learn about right away. So
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  Speaker 2: there's nobody that I really know about yet, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as far as incoming freshmen goes. So they might have
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  Speaker 2: some hot shots shortstop, but I have no clue about.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll just have to wait and see. But it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be interesting as they cooperate together, be playing as
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  Speaker 2: the Bellingham BayHawks at Bellingham High School. Next up are
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  Speaker 2: the Blaine Border Rights, coached by Riley Miller in her
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  Speaker 2: second year. Last season, Blaine went six and twelve. The
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  Speaker 2: two big time players they have returning Masa Poles and
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  Speaker 2: Courtney roff Mason. Poles was ranked number sixteen on the
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  Speaker 2: Top fifty list last year. She patted four fifty two
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  Speaker 2: with five doubles, three triples, two home runs, and eighteen RBIs.
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  Speaker 2: She had an on base percentage of five hundred and
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  Speaker 2: an OPS of twelve twenty six, which is incredible anytime
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  Speaker 2: you have an OPS over one thousand. That's very, very good.
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  Speaker 2: She's also the main pitcher on the team, as she's
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  Speaker 2: threw forty two innings last year, struck out twenty one,
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  Speaker 2: got three wins, so she she her She split time
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  Speaker 2: with Shyey Daniels as the pitcher last year. She will
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  Speaker 2: be the main pitcher this year. I just hope that
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  Speaker 2: she's ready to go. You know, she had that basketball
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  Speaker 2: injury where she missed the second half of the year,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on crutches, and the first thing I thought
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  Speaker 2: of was, is she gonna be ready for fast pitch
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  Speaker 2: because she's such a weapon. She's one of the top
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  Speaker 2: players in Walkin County, a four year varsity player and
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  Speaker 2: someone that's, you know, like an All League selection type player. Definitely,
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  Speaker 2: like that's the kind of talent she has, and she's
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  Speaker 2: one of those players that could play anywhere. But I
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  Speaker 2: think they're gonna need her to pitch, and if she
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  Speaker 2: is healthy, that's gonna be huge. Courtney roff You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's funny about Courtney roff Is. I was talking to
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  Speaker 2: her and coach Andy Olsen at a basketball game a
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  Speaker 2: few months ago, and I was talking to coach Olsen
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  Speaker 2: about doing these lists, these top one hundred lists for football,
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  Speaker 2: top fifty lists for volleyball and baseball and fast pitch,
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  Speaker 2: and I thought, you know, what's the benefit of me
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  Speaker 2: doing these lists? Really? I mean, you know, it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of work. Is is it worth it? And all
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  Speaker 2: these things? And coach Olsen was like, yeah, it's worth it.
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  Speaker 2: I go, yeah, But do the kids even pay attention?
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  Speaker 2: Do they know? And then Courtney Roff sat down and
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  Speaker 2: I said, and I said, do you remember where you
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  Speaker 2: were listed last year in the top fifty list? And
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  Speaker 2: right away she goes, yeah, number twenty three, and she
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  Speaker 2: got her phone out and showed it to me, and
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  Speaker 2: I just thought, holy cow, Okay, so the kids know.
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  Speaker 2: So that made me feel like, all right, I guess
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  Speaker 2: I gotta keep doing it. So, but Courtney Roff is
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  Speaker 2: a tremendous player. She will either catch or play short stop,
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  Speaker 2: probably play shortstop. But she's one of those players that
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  Speaker 2: gets the bat on the ball all the time. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: she had a ton of at bats last year I
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  Speaker 2: think second, you know, second most on the team or
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  Speaker 2: something like that, and only had five strikeouts. And you
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  Speaker 2: only have five strikeouts and fast pitching an entire season.
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  Speaker 2: That tells me that you know how to put the
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  Speaker 2: bat on the ball. She hit four thirty nine last
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  Speaker 2: year with two doubles, a triple, eight RBIs, eight stolen bases,
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  Speaker 2: walked nine times, and gonna be one of the best
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  Speaker 2: defensive players on the team as well. So I expect
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  Speaker 2: her to have a huge season just a sophomore. She's
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  Speaker 2: you know, probably gonna bat lead off, get things going
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  Speaker 2: for the Blaine Border Rights, and she's one of those
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  Speaker 2: players that puts in the time, puts in the work,
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  Speaker 2: and really excited to see how her development continues. Eliah
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  Speaker 2: Bowman is a player that made the Top fifty list
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  Speaker 2: as a sophomore, but she got hurt right at the
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  Speaker 2: end of basketball season last year and it kind of
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  Speaker 2: went into her junior year. She didn't have the best
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  Speaker 2: year last year. She hit two twenty nine with eight
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  Speaker 2: RBIs at a couple doubles. She just, you know, she
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  Speaker 2: had a much better year as a sophomore when she
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  Speaker 2: was healthy for the entire year, and now that she's healthy,
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  Speaker 2: it's just coming off a tremendous basketball season, averaging almost
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  Speaker 2: a double double for the entire year. I think she'll
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  Speaker 2: be probably be the catcher. So I'm excited to see
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  Speaker 2: her numbers bounce back to where they belong. I think
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  Speaker 2: I think she's in the middle of the lineup kind
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  Speaker 2: of player, so that'll be huge for the border rights.
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  Speaker 2: Kate Kureski, which we've seen her playing soccer, We've seen
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  Speaker 2: her playing basketball. She's one of those athletes that just
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  Speaker 2: gets after it all the time. You probably see her
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  Speaker 2: in the outfield. She had nine RBIs last year, which
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  Speaker 2: of all the players returning, that's the second most on
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  Speaker 2: the team. She also walked nine times, had a couple
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  Speaker 2: of doubles, scored nine runs, had an on base percentage
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  Speaker 2: of three thirty three. I think that her numbers will
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  Speaker 2: go up as well. Dylan noah Kowski is another player
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  Speaker 2: that you know played quite a bit last year one
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  Speaker 2: seventy one, had six walks, scored nine runs, and Nevea
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  Speaker 2: Zadak at first base played a lot. I scored seven runs,
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  Speaker 2: knocked in five runs. Kendall Johnston's another player that didn't
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  Speaker 2: play as much, but when she did, put up pretty
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  Speaker 2: good numbers. Hit three hundred for the season, had a
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  Speaker 2: on base percentage of four sixty two, So I would
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  Speaker 2: expect her to get more at bats when see if
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  Speaker 2: she can keep those numbers up. So you got some
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  Speaker 2: good pieces there, and you know the one A is
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  Speaker 2: going to be tricky this year. You know, you think
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  Speaker 2: of LC will probably be the dominant team. Nuksac returns
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  Speaker 2: a lot, and Mount Baker lost quite a bit. Meridian,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they lost some key top players, but they
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  Speaker 2: return quite a bit as well. And Blaine is kind
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  Speaker 2: of in that same spot, so you know they are
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  Speaker 2: gonna have to fight to get to that spot where
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  Speaker 2: they cross over in districts and with the best district
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  Speaker 2: in the state to go to state. So I think
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  Speaker 2: Blaine will be improved. They went six and twelve last year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it'll really depend on the health of Masa Pulse,
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  Speaker 2: the re emerging Civilia Bowman, and the continual growth of
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  Speaker 2: Courtney Roth and just kind of see how that goes
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  Speaker 2: from there. And I think the Border Rights could have
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  Speaker 2: a pretty exciting year, and it's always fun to go
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  Speaker 2: over there. They support walking preps really well and always
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  Speaker 2: love to see that. Next up in alphabetical order is
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  Speaker 2: the Ferndale Golden Eagles, coached by Brittany Rodondo. Last season,
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  Speaker 2: they went eight and twelve and they returned a lot
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  Speaker 2: of varsity experience. Probably nine players that played quite a
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  Speaker 2: bit pretty much in the starting lineup all the time,
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  Speaker 2: so that's huge for them. Top players include Mattie Slevin.
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  Speaker 2: She was ranked number twenty seven last year on the
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  Speaker 2: Top fifty list. She'd had it three ninety three with
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  Speaker 2: seven doubles, two triples, nineteen RBIs, five stolen bases. She
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  Speaker 2: also walked seventeen times. She really knows how to get
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  Speaker 2: on base, so that's that's gonna be huge, you know,
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  Speaker 2: probably gonna be bating pretty high in the line up there.
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  Speaker 2: Kate Johnston was ranked number thirty seven on the Top
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  Speaker 2: fifty last year. She'd had it three thirteen with three doubles,
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  Speaker 2: a triple, a home run, eighteen RBIs, six stolen bases,
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  Speaker 2: seven walks. So she'll be another player that's gonna be,
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  Speaker 2: you know, heavily relied upon. She probably plays second base.
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  Speaker 2: Amaya Trivinok she patted three forty eight last year. She
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  Speaker 2: was ranked number forty three on the list. She also
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  Speaker 2: had three doubles, one triple, one home run, had fourteen
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  Speaker 2: RBIs and six walks, only struck out seven times. And again,
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  Speaker 2: whenever I see those numbers, if you single digits and strikeouts,
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  Speaker 2: but you had a lot of at bats. That always
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  Speaker 2: tells me quite a bit, especially at fast pitch. Charlotte
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  Speaker 2: Simon returns at pitcher. She threw sixty nine innings last year,
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  Speaker 2: struck out forty seven batters and an era of six
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  Speaker 2: point four to nine, got five wins. And Amya Chervinock
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  Speaker 2: pitched quite a bit too. She pitched thirty five innings
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  Speaker 2: and struck out thirteen batters and had three So you
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  Speaker 2: return your two players that pitched the most, which is
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  Speaker 2: another beneficial thing. And Hannah Swan, who was number fifty
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  Speaker 2: on the Top fifty list last year. She batted four
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  Speaker 2: forty seven last year as a left handed slap hitter,
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  Speaker 2: but she got around a few times on it has
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  Speaker 2: good wheels on the bass, pass two doubles, a triple,
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  Speaker 2: seven RBIs six stolen bases. Another player that does not
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  Speaker 2: strike out very often. She slugged five point fifty three
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  Speaker 2: and got on base fifty two percent of the time.
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  Speaker 2: So those are five players that were in the top
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  Speaker 2: fifty that returned this year, which is huge, But there's
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  Speaker 2: also other players that played quite a bit. Ari Gilde
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  Speaker 2: at shortstop, she batted three thirty three last year, with
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  Speaker 2: twenty base hits, four doubles, three triples, eight stolen base
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry, eight RBIs and two stolen bases. Another player
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  Speaker 2: that rarely strikes out. You could probably see her at
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  Speaker 2: the top of the lineup of three to ninety four
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  Speaker 2: on base percentage. Sianna bob who played third base last year.
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  Speaker 2: She batted two eighty three with four doubles, a home run,
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  Speaker 2: eighteen runs. Batted in great in the middle of the lineup,
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  Speaker 2: which is awesome to see. Hadley Pike will probably take
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  Speaker 2: over at catcher. She'd had a two twenty five last year,
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  Speaker 2: nine hits, thirteen runs, scored, four doubles, four stone bases,
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  Speaker 2: also walked eleven times, so she knows what she's doing
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  Speaker 2: at the plate. Heavens Jefferson will be back out in
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  Speaker 2: the outfield. She had limited time last year, but she
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  Speaker 2: did have twenty at bats and she walked seven times.
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  Speaker 2: Good speed there in center field. And then Chloe Ploman
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  Speaker 2: and Nadia Kelton or not Nadia Kelton, sorry, each had
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  Speaker 2: four at bats last year, so a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: varsity experience. But that's a lot of players that have
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  Speaker 2: first experience, and I think they'll be right there in
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  Speaker 2: the middle of the pack with the Northwest Conference. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they've been hovering right around five hundred the last few years.
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  Speaker 2: It's gonna be tough for them once they get to
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  Speaker 2: the postseason because they you know, they're three A and
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  Speaker 2: how they match up against the other three A schools.
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  Speaker 2: We'll just have to wait and see. You lose k Blakely,
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  Speaker 2: that's obviously a huge bat, but a lot of players,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, a lot of players returning. If you
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  Speaker 2: got some good improvement with at least half of them,
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be a better team than last year that
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  Speaker 2: went eight and twelve. So I think I think it'd
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  Speaker 2: be pretty good. You know. Maddie Slevin, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: it might a lot might hinge on her and how
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  Speaker 2: she gets on bash knocking players around, Kate Johnston to
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  Speaker 2: Maya Shrevenook, Charlotte Simon as a pitcher, Hannah Swan, Ari
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  Speaker 2: Gilde Ciana, Bob Hadley, Pike. There these are players that
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've played a lot of fast pitched together,
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  Speaker 2: and so that's gonna be That's gonna be a lot
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  Speaker 2: of fun. I always love going at for Ferndale and
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  Speaker 2: watching games to the fun atmosphere. A lot of times
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  Speaker 2: there's a baseball game and a fast pitched big game
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  Speaker 2: going on at the same time, so it's nice to
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  Speaker 2: go back and forth and get pictures and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's a lot of fun. Lyndon Lyons Ryan Dykstra, the
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  Speaker 2: head coach in his second year. Last year nineteen and
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  Speaker 2: nine district champions go to state into two way and
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  Speaker 2: they lost some big time players, but they returned some
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  Speaker 2: key players as well. We start off with, well, you
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  Speaker 2: got to start off with Campbell to Young probably at
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  Speaker 2: least in my eyes, the best overall fast pitch player returning.
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  Speaker 2: She was ranked number six last year actually the last
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  Speaker 2: two years on the top fifty countdown or the top
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  Speaker 2: fifty players for fast pitch. Last year she batted four
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  Speaker 2: to ninety five, with eleven doubles, a triple, two home runs,
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  Speaker 2: thirty five runs batted in, and thirty five stolen bases.
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  Speaker 2: If she's on she gets on base, she's going just
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  Speaker 2: to heads up. I don't think that's surprise to any
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  Speaker 2: opposing coaches out there. Also, with over one hundred played
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  Speaker 2: appearances and only struck out nine times, only walked seven
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  Speaker 2: times too, So she's putting the bat on the ball
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  Speaker 2: quite a bit. Slugged seven h three and an ops
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  Speaker 2: of twelve hundred and thirty nine, which is crazy. She'll
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  Speaker 2: be moved probably to shortstop this year from second base.
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  Speaker 2: Started at second base the last three years. You know,
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  Speaker 2: she's been batting lead off for a while, and I
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  Speaker 2: think I think last year she moved to the two spot,
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  Speaker 2: and then you know, maybe that a third a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: and then now she'll probably be entrenched in that third spot.
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  Speaker 2: Just one of those unbelievable athletes. And here's here's kind
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  Speaker 2: of a crazy stat for you. She's already won a
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  Speaker 2: state championship in three different sports, and fast pitch her
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  Speaker 2: best sport. She hasn't won one in, which is you know,
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  Speaker 2: you think about that. So she was as a sophomore,
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  Speaker 2: she was part of the state championship basketball team. She
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  Speaker 2: was a huge part of this past year's flag football team,
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  Speaker 2: and then earlier this year also on the undefeated state
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  Speaker 2: champion volleyball team. So just one of those overall, one
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  Speaker 2: of the best athletes in Linden history, and now in
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  Speaker 2: her senior year, looking to have a big year. Callie Rammerman,
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: who gave us the intro. She was number ten last
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: year on the top fifty countdown. She batted two seventy three,
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: six doubles, a triple, a home run, eleven RBIs, which
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: are pretty good numbers and I think that those numbers
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: will get better. But her big thing last year was pitching.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: She went eighteen and eight in the circle one hundred
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: and fifty five innings pitch where she struck out two
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: hundred and forty three batters. That is incredible. She only
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: gave up one hundred and nine hits in one hundred
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: and fifty five innings, so you're thinking in three every
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: three innings pitch she's allowing just two hits, which is
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: pretty good number there, and an ERA of two point
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: three five, which is very very good and fast pitch.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: So definitely one of the top pitchers in Walkham County
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: and turning into one of the better hitters as well.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: So just a junior, that's another thing to think about.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: So she had that big improvement going into her sophomore
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: year during her sophomore year, and we'll see if she
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: can keep that going for a junior year, see if
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: there's more room to improve. Sarah McVie, another multi sport
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: state champion, She batted four forty three last year with
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: thirty one hits, four doubles, thirteen RBIs, twelve stolen bases,
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: a five hundred slaging percentage and a five hundred on
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: base percentage. Yeah, just a very very good player. Probably
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: gonna get moved to the infield. Takeover at second base.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Very competitive, you know she has. She wears the game
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: face on her face. Love watching her play in so
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: many of these different sports and because she's always giving
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: it her all. Kylie McVie over at third base. She
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: batted two sixty six last year, had a double, two
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: home runs, eight RBIs, four stolen bases, walked nine times.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: Of course, she's the one. She's she can handle the
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: big moment. Let's just say the game winning home run
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: in the district championship game in extra innings. The walk
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: off home run was huge. Plus she quart her b
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: at the Flag football team to an undefeated season in
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: the state championship in their inaugural season. So this is
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: an athlete that can handle the moment for sure. Just
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: a junior as well, So she'll take she'll she'll continue
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: at the hot corner over there at third base. She
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: was ranked number forty five on the top fifty list
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: last year, Casey de Young probably get moved right from
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: right field to center field. Good wheels out there. Nineteen
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: runs scored, fourteen hits, eight RBIs, twelve stolen bases, batted
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: three twenty six, and she had more walks than strikeouts,
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: which out of all the returning players for Lynn, and
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: she's the only player that can say that, so that's
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: pretty impressive. You know, she's probably she had left handed hitters,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: probably learning how to slap hit, take some pitches, get
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: on base and just move, just motor around the bases,
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: as she's already proven that she can do with the
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: twelve stolen bases last year, Lydia Sama, you know, I
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: think she'll probably be playing first base again. She batted
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: two to fifty last year, did hit a home on
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: five RBIs. Zayla Bodie in the outfield batut a two
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: point fifty last year as well, two doubles, four RBIs,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: walked five times in limited action, and then uh players
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: that are returning but had very limited action last year
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: but did play varsity Piper Arniston, Jamie Huerta, and Charlotte Sama.
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: A lot of pinch running there, different things like that
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Charlotte Sama, we've saw. You know, he's already won two
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: state titles this year volleyball and basketball and now taking
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: over probably behind the plate as the catchers. So you
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: got a handful of players. You've got a good mix here.
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: You got you know, your pitching is locked down. You
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: got probably the best player in walk counting on your
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: team at shortstop, and a lot of players with varsity
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: experience in multiple sports and bringing home state championships. So
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: you got a lot of that going on. I think
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: it's a it's gonna be a fun team. You know.
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: I've joked with coach Diister and the last you know,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: a month or so about how you know, the volleyball
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: team went undefeated state champions, flag football went undefeated state champions.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: Girls basketball undefeated state champions, no pressure or anything. They
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: did already lose a game to Port Angelos, so it
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: won't be undefeated. But we'll just have to see going forward.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: How they do. They always seem to find a way,
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: especially when it's crunch time, you know, district tournament stuff
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: like that, and then they always they always seem to
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: get the most out of their abilities and go and
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: do stuff in state and play on Saturday at State
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: and stuff like that. So you know, I think that
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: it's probably not as talented of a team as last year,
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: but they always I never count them out, so we'll
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: just have to see how that goes. That is the
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: Linden Lions. Next up Lyndon Christian Links head coaches Tom Zilstra.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: Last year they went seventeen and ten. This is a
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: team that probably returns the most and probably is looking
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: at if you're looking at all the Walking County teams,
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: the team that is probably going to play the deepest
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: into the season. They return one, two, three, four, five, six,
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: seven players that made the top fifty last year, so
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: that's more than any other team in Walkham County. Starting
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: off with who made number nine last year, Roxanne Lenning.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: She returns as the pitcher. She was kind of the
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: two pitcher last year, but now she will be the
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: main pitcher, and she'll be one of the best pitchers
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: in Walkham County already. Last year she went eight and
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: four in sixty three and two thirds innings pitch. She
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: struck out ninety six and walked just twenty an ERA
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: of two point four to two. She's also a threat
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: at the plate. She batted three seventy three with eleven doubles,
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: seven home runs, thirty three runs batted in. I'm pretty
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: sure that her seven home runs are the most out
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: of any returning player in Walkham County this year. So
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: she might be one of those players that you look
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: at and go she he's one of the biggest threats
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: offensively and as a pitcher and just a junior too,
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: so you start looking at all those things combined, and
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: that's that's pretty incredible. You know, she's been doing it
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: for a while now and she still has four time
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: to go, so she will be that main cog for
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Lyndon Christian. Taylor Craig the senior over at first base.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number seventeen last year. This will be
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: her fourth year as a starter. She've had it three
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: forty five last year, twenty nine hits, two doubles, twenty
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: two RBIs, nine walks to just eight strikeouts, So and
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: again one of those players that had more walks than
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: strikeouts and for you know, she's the only player you
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: could say that about for Lyndon Christian as the returning players.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: So in a very very good defensive first baseman and
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: that is so important when you start talking about fast pitch,
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: because it's such a fast game, you have to have
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: sure hands over there at first base, and she does
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: a great great job, can stretch get the close ones.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: So really fun to watch as a defensive player as well.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Taya Vanderkoy and your third year now as a starter
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: at second base. She was ranked number twenty last year
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: on the Top fifty list. She scored thirty seven runs
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: last year. That is a lot of runs. Four doubles,
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: three triples, three home runs, seventeen RBIs, seven stolen bases.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: She batted three forty nine and walked twenty times. That
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: is incredible ops of one thousand and forty one. One
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: of the best players for the top of the lineup,
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: you know, kind of doing. She did her Ricky Henderson
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: impersonation a few times leading off games with home runs,
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: different things like that, so it's nice to have some
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: pop at the top of lineup. She'd probably be bat
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: in second just to get runners on because she does
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: have that kind of pop. So we'll just have to
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: wait and see how that goes. Brooke Van Lowe was
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: ranked number twenty eight last year on the Top fifty
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: list as a third baseman. She had thirty hits last year,
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: five doubles, three three triples, three home runs, twenty four RBIs.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: That's the second most on the team that's coming back
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: for players that are coming back, three stolen bases. She
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: batted three sixty one last year and slugged six h
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: two only two walks. So she likes to swing the bat.
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: So if you're in the field and she's hitting, be
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: ready because she's going to swing the bat and she
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: does a great job at it. Hannah Turfstraw also returns.
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number thirty two last year. She was
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: an outfielder I think played mostly left field. Batted three
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: fifty two, five doubles, a triple, three home runs, sixteen RBIs,
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: six stolen bases, eleven walks to just thirteen strikeouts. It's
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: a pretty good ratio there. She'll back kind of in
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: the middle of that lineup, maybe five six something like that.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: One of the most underrated players in the in the conference.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: And that's the thing about Elsie's lineup, It just there's
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: there's no break in it, and you really have to
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: work hard on defense. You cannot give them extra outs.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Courtney tolls him about the shortstop she's gonna be. She
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: was ranked number thirty eight last year. Very very good
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: defensive player, can catch in a pinch if needed. Twenty
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: hits last year, scored twenty one runs, eighteen RBIs, six
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: stolen bases, walked six times. Could be a top of
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: the lineup kind of player. Very very good athlete and
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: been starting since he was a freshman as well. Olivia
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: Brink played a lot of center field last year at
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: twenty six hits, five doubles, nineteen RBIs, nine stolen bases,
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: batt at three forty seven. I mean, you hear these
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: numbers and you're thinking, my goodness, is there a break here?
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: And that's what's incredible about it. I've already rattle ofst
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: seven players that were in the top fifty last year.
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: Sarah van Lowe returns. She'll be in right field. We
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: saw her on the basketball court do some great things.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: A bat at two thirteen last year with thirteen hits,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: six RBIs, three stolen bases and walked seven times. Sloan
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: Hansen returns at catchers. She gets DH four a little
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: bit here and there. I think she probably will be
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: hitting this year because we saw Roxanne Lenning be the
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: extra hitter last year quite a bit, but now that
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: she'll be pitching, she'll just be hitting for herself. So
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: Sloan Hanson might be getting a few more at bats.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: Only had fourteen at bats last year, so she might
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: get she might be hitting quite a bit more. Then
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: there's a handful of players that got varsity experienced last year,
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: but not a ton. Ariano de Boor went two for eleven,
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: Avery Patterson went one for ten, scored a couple of runs.
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: Jayden de Ryder, who was mostly a pinch runner, scoring
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: five runs but only had four at bats. She also
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: stole three bases. And Kensley van Seust who came up
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: to bat three times and she walked all three times
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: and had an RBI in one of them. Sou So
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: these are players that you know might see some more time.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: But you know, the starting lineup is pretty entrenched there.
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: But it's the depth is awesome to have, and you
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: never know what kind of injuries might happen or whatever.
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: So you know, I talked to coach Zolstra during the
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: district playoffs and for bats basketball and asking him about
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: his team, and he his face just lit up. He's excited.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: And and why shouldn't he be. I mean, this is
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: a great, great team returning seventeen wins last year, and
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: I think that you know, they have the ability that
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: you know, they went to state last year. I think
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: they definitely have the ability to do that again. Yeah,
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: you lost Cassidy van Seuss, who is a great, great
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: player four years, but you bring everybody else back, so
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: very exciting. There's no weaknesses there and that's that's the
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: big big thing. And you go you can get some
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: big innings going, and that's you know, with fast pitch,
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: you get rallies, you get big innings where you get
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: bat around and all of a sudden, I mean, you
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: know if you were down eight to one, now you're up,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: you know, thirteen to eight. That that can happen, and
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: fast pitch so quickly, and they have that kind of
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: offense that can do that. So the Links will be
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: tough to beat in this upcoming season. Let's talk about
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: the Meridian Trojans head coaches Megan Rolls. Last year four
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: and seventeen. They do graduate some key players, but they
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: return a couple that were pretty key last year. One
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: of them Chloe Heinrich eleven for thirty four last year,
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: a double, nine RBIs, five stolen bases, she batted three
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: twenty four and again one of those players had more
• 30:17
  Speaker 2: walks than strikeouts twelve walks to just nine strikeouts. She'll
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: probably be the main key offensive player, you know, probably
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: play shortstop and you know, might be batting the lead
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: off stuff like that. Addy ten Clay Returns at pitcher.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: She was ranked number forty eight last year in the
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: top fifty list. Heinrich was ranked number forty ten. Clay
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: last year had fourteen hits, three doubles, two triples. She
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: had a home run I believe that was in the
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: district tournament. Thirteen runs batted in, batted two eighty on
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: the year. Again, she also pitched seventy five innings last
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: year and struck out fifty seven batters. So has the ability.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: You know, she'll probably be the main pitcher as well.
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: So be really upon a lot on both sides of
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: the ball to do quite a bit. Lexi Neil Returns
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: should probably be doing the catching. I would imagine fourteen
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: hits last year, five doubles, ten runs batted in, batted
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: two fifty nine, slug three fifty two. Mikhayla Tolzma had
• 31:17
  Speaker 2: quite a bit of experience sixteen hits last year, scored
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: thirteen runs. Her thirteen runs, that's more than anybody out
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: of the returning players, had a double, a triple, seven RBIs,
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: batted three sixty four, so she also brings the best
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: batting average back from last year. Twelve walks as well,
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: so an on base percentage of five seventeen. So that's
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: a player that'll probably be batting in the top of
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: the lineup's been playing in the outfield, I believe, So
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: we'll see kind of where they go. You know a
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: lot of players from readyon to play different positions kind
• 31:50
  Speaker 2: of throughout the year, just finding the right spot. So
• 31:53
  Speaker 2: we'll just have to wait and see. Josie Samara has
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: been playing varsity for a while. She had seven runs
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: scored last year, five RBIs, four stolen bases, and walked
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: seven times. You could see her at right field, maybe
• 32:03
  Speaker 2: third base. Gretchen Zanstra, the tremendous wrestler who had two
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: doubles last year, two RBIs, three stolen bases in limited action.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Dakota Hill also scored nine runs last year, had two doubles,
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: three stolen bases, and she walked ten times. Another player
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: actually that walked more times than strikeouts. Riley maddingly also returns.
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: I'm curious if she'll be playing when she's not pitching,
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: and where she'll be playing at. She had it three
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: sixty four last year and limited actions walk seven times
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: and struck out just four times. She pitched twenty two
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: innings last year, struck out sixteen batters. So you know,
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: if that's nice to have that second pitcher, you ask
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: any coach and you want to have that. You want
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: to have that other pitcher just in case. That's awesome
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: to have. And Camille Smith limited action last year, scored
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: a couple of runs, stolen base and so we'll see
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: where she goes too. So yeah, those are your main
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: players for the Meridian Trojans. I think they'll take a
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: step up from last year where they just won four games.
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: I think that it'll you know, I think it'll be
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: a little bit better. I'm curious to see what kind
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: of freshman class they have coming in. They always seem
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: to have freshmen every year that play right away, so
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: that'll be exciting to see. And the Trojans, you know,
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: I can they take that next step? Right? Can they
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: can they perform in the district playoffs and and move
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: on from there. We'll have to wait and see the
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: Mount Baker Mountaineers coached by Ron Lepper. Last year they
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: went fifteen and ten, just missing the state playoffs. And
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: this is a team that's you know, is decimated by graduation.
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: I mean so many top players that have graduated, and
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: then their star pitcher last year, Carl Welters, has moved.
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: I think she moved to Tennessee. So it's a it's
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: nearly a whole new starting lineup. You're bringing a few
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: players back that even have varsity experience, the main one
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: being Zeta Haynes, who was number twenty four on last
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: year's Top fifty list. She beat at three twenty one
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: last year with eight doubles, twenty five RBIs, stole five bases,
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: walked five times on base percentage of over four hundred.
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: She by far brings the most varsity experience back. You
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: might see her catch, which she hasn't done since junior
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: high school. So, but that's such an important position and
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: fast pitch, so coach left will have his delta an
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: interesting hand. But the coaches that love coaching and I guarantee.
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: I tell you what, nobody loves coaching more than Coach
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: Left does. This is a fun teaching moment because you
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: got a lot of new pieces where you get to
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: coach a lot of practice. You know, it's not lacksadaisical
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: where they kind of know their stuff. He's gonna really
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: have to coach and show them kind of the ins
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: and outs of the game. Maddie Lewis also Returnslast year
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: she played some in the outfield, really good volleyball players.
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: She bet it. She was eight for eighteen last year
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: in limited action, betting four forty four with four RBIs.
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: Cadence Cloninger returns as well. She played in the outfield
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: last year, scored fourteen runs at five RBIs, stole four bases,
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: walked eleven times. She'll probably be asked to do to
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: be the pitcher, and so we'll just have to wait
• 35:24
  Speaker 2: and see. And I don't know when the last time
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: she pitched was. They don't bring anybody back that has
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: varsity experience as a pitcher. I don't believe unless Cadence
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: pitched a few years ago, but I just I don't remember.
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: I don't I definitely know one that pitched last year.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: We'll just put it that way. Ella Horseman has a
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: little bit of varsty experience from last year. She had
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: three at bats, scored a run, but that was it.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: She'll be back. She'll be back, probably playing first base.
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: But after that, it's going to be a lot of
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: new faces. Now you look at some of the last names,
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: you see Kronk and Zamsau and you see these you
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: know Mount Baker names, but these are new varsity fast
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: pitched players. So so yeah, it's gonna be it's gonna
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: be an interesting year for the Mountaineers. They will not
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: have that that power. They already dropped their first game.
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: I believe it was twenty one to four at Friday Harbor,
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: which I mean what they've done to them in the
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: last few years is usually that same score reversed. So
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: that tells you that what Mount Baker has right now
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: to work with, and it's gonna be a it's gonna
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: be a tough road for coach left, but you know
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: that's that comes with coaching, and that that happens every
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: once in a while. We have that big class that
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: moves on and and uh and car you know, moving
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: to to to the eastern part of the United States.
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: It doesn't help because when you have that really good
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: picture that can neutralize a lot of games where you know,
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: at least you're only giving up four or five runs,
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: and if you get some hits and then get on
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: a run, then you can win in some games. But
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: it's gonna be a little bit different this year. We'll
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: see if we'll see if Cadence Kloninger can can can
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: turn into the pitcher that they need, and how Zeta
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: Haynes does behind the plate, and Zeta will be the main,
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: you know, offensive firepower right in the middle of that lineup,
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: and we'll just see how it goes. Nook Zach Valley,
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  Speaker 2: Tom Harmon, the head coach. I believe this is his
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: forty first year as the head coach, taking over in
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: nineteen eighty six. It was slow pitch softball back then,
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: and it's been fast pitch ever since ninety nine somewhere
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: around there. So when they went seven and eighteen last year,
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: but boy, they return a lot of players with varsity
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: experience and they kind of and they have four players
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: they made the top fifty last year, starting off with
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: Kestin Wegter, who played second base. She can also pitch
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: a little bit. She had thirty one hits last year,
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: six doubles, a triple, twenty one RBIs, two stolen bases.
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: She've added four forty three and walked eight times, so
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: she had an on base percentage of five thirteen. You know,
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: just a really, really good softball player that does not
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: swing and miss very often. Been doing it at varsity
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: level for a while now now as senior and so
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: I you know, expect her to be one of the
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: main offensive weapons there early in the lineup. Alida Vanipron.
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: I know I'm gonna say the last name wrong. I've
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: been told by three different people how to say it,
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: three different ways. I'm going with Vanipron. She came out
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: of nowhere last year, and that's what I love about
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: this is freshman, right, they come out of nowhere and
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: well they come out of junior high. But I don't
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: know what numbers they have. They and she showed up.
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: I was at the opening game when she came in
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: to pitch the last couple of innings, and my eyes
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: opened up. She pitched seventy six and two thirds innings
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: last year and struck out one hundred and three batters
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: at the area of three point four to seven, and
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: her offense really turned on strong at the end of
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: the year. She ended up with three doubles, two home runs,
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: thirteen RBIs, batted four to sixty seven and only struck
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: out five times. This is over fifty played appearances and
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: only struck out five times. Again, I keep saying that,
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: but that's really impressive to me. Someone that could put
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: the bat on the ball, someone that's played a lot
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: of softball. So look for her to do some great stuff.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: Peyton Bartell was ranked number twenty nine last year on
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: the Top fifty list. Obviously, we've seen her a ton
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: in volleyball and basketball, and this is someone who's, you know,
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: going for I think her twelfth letter. You know, four
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: year varsity athlete in three sports. That doesn't happen very often,
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: and this is her final one. What a competitor. Coming
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: off that forty four point performance in the basketball All
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: Star Game out at Lyndon High School is incredible. Last
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: year as a hitter, twenty six runs scored, twenty one hits,
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: one double, fourteen RBIs, three stolen basis. She'd had it
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: three eighteen and walked seventeen times, so she by far
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: brings the most walks back. She also won thirteen games
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: as a pitcher, throwing sixty and two thirds innings and
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: striking out fifty six batters. So left handed hitter, he's
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: a pretty good slap hitter. And she got better at
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: it last year as opposed to her sophomore year, so
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: she's probably worked at it even more, and the kind
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: of competitor she is, I'm not surprised if she is
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: getting better at it, but so that will be that'll
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: be fun to watch as well. But you know, so
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: many of these players that have been doing it since
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: they're a freshman, so it's awesome to see the progress
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: that they've made. And I think Nukxac Valley is ready
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: to take that step up and Peyton Bartle's gonna be
• 40:45
  Speaker 2: a big part of that. Also on the top fifty
• 40:48
  Speaker 2: lists last year was Gracie Ruckers, the third baseman she was.
• 40:52
  Speaker 2: She had it three fifty one last year with five doubles,
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: a home run, twenty seven runs about it in that's
• 40:58
  Speaker 2: the most returning on the team, slugged four fifty nine.
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: She'll probably be right in the middle of that lineup.
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: You know, a big time hitter, corner infielder and poised
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: to have a pretty good senior year. I would imagine
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: a handful of players as well that have a lot
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: of varsity experience. Of course, we've got to talk about
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: Grace de Hogue at first base. She's been doing it
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: since she was a freshman as well. I believe she
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: played third as a freshman and then moved over to
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: first base. Batted three to ten last year with twenty
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: two hits, twenty one runs, batted in, walked seven times.
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: Obviously saw her star in basketball and volleyball. Another one
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: of those twelve twelve letters. You know, that's amazing. I mean,
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: think about athletes that three three sport athletes for all
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: four years at the varsity level. It just doesn't happen
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: very often, and so that's really really impressive. Alexis Larsen outfielder,
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: probably playing to play center field. By three fifty two
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: last year nineteen hits, seven RBIs one of the best
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: bunters I've seen in Wakam County. Always got to be
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: ready when she's up for the bunt. Does a great,
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: great job at placing it just right. Natalie van lu
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: really quick athletic player in the outfield. Limited action last year,
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: but bat at three seventy five, had a double, a triple,
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: couple walks, stole six bases, knocked in six runs, slugged
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: five sixty three. I think her at bats are going
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: to go way up, and you know, as she keeps
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: learning the game, I don't think she's been playing it
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: for too long. I think that her numbers were going
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: to get a lot better. You might see her near
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: the top of the lineup, just to get those wheels
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: on the bases and have her scoot around the bases.
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: Carson Oni was the backup catch last year. I think
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: she's going to be battling Natalie Harmon as the catcher.
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: They were both backups last year. Malia Loreen. You know,
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: there's been some great Loreene players over the years, so
• 42:54
  Speaker 2: just another run of them. And Hallie Benner, who was
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: injured all of last year. So I don't know if
• 43:00
  Speaker 2: she's playing this year. I really hope she is. So
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: there's you know, that's a hand that's a lot of
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: players with varsity experience. So uh, that's gonna be really
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: really cool to see. I think Nuksach Valley you're talking
• 43:14
  Speaker 2: about just the one a's. I think they're the they're
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: the step behind Lindon Christian. I think they're the second
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: best team in the one a's. They return all their pitchers.
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: Obviously they lost some great, great players, but uh, you know,
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: Tom Harmon's been doing it forever, so he knows what
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: he's got out there, and he's gonna coach him the
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: right way. And I think it's gonna be a pretty
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: darn good team. I mean, seven and eighteen last year,
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: that's you know, they're gonna win more than seven games
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: this year. I guarantee you that. So yeah, we'll just
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: have to see and and I think it's gonna be
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: a pretty darn good team. The final team we're going
• 43:48
  Speaker 2: to talk about the Seahome Mariners new head coach Mallory Kruzich.
• 43:53
  Speaker 2: Last year they went five and sixteen, and I you know,
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: I they have some good players here, and I think
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: that they're going to improve as well. I mean, you're
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: probably saying, Tyler, you're such a homer. Everyone's going to improve.
• 44:06
  Speaker 2: What's what's going on here? I know, I know, I
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: just I'm just saying that I'm excited. I'm excited to
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: watch some of these players. We've had so many great
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: underclassmen over the years and that are turning seniors now.
• 44:17
  Speaker 2: One of them, Sarah Kruzich, You know, what a what
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: a pitcher. She struck out one hundred and forty seven
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: batters last year in ninety seven and two thirds innings,
• 44:27
  Speaker 2: got all five of her team's wins, and just a
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: really and she really really good pitcher, especially when she's
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: able to throw strikes. She can get a little wild
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: at times. That's always been kind of her bug a boot,
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: but boy, she can she's a warrior like she's I've
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: seen her pitch, you know, back to back games, tons
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: of innings, throwing a lot of pitches, and she just
• 44:50
  Speaker 2: she doesn't comply and she just goes out there and
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: does it. So really excited to see what she does
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: for her senior year. And also, you know, one of
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: the biggest threats offensively on the team team as well,
• 45:00
  Speaker 2: if not the biggest. Twenty nine hits last year, four doubles,
• 45:04
  Speaker 2: five triples, two home runs, forty one runs batted in
• 45:08
  Speaker 2: and that's a lot of RBIs. That might be the
• 45:10
  Speaker 2: most out of any player returning in walka county five
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: stolen bases, six walks, only struck out nine times as
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: she slugged seven nineties. So we're talking this is one
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: of the best players in Walkom County right here, going
• 45:22
  Speaker 2: for her senior year. So that's extremely exciting. You could
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: probably see her near the top of the lineup, maybe
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: baton third or something like that. Just sent to Lewis
• 45:33
  Speaker 2: Returns in the center field. Hit five forty three last year,
• 45:37
  Speaker 2: just a great athlete. Only struck out five times. Again,
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: that really stands out to me. Slugged nine to seventy
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: one if she had eight doubles, two triples, a home run,
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: eleven runs, bat it in and four stolen bases. Really
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: good athlete, great great arm. Has played all over the place,
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: right field, third base, kind of locked into center field
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: last year. I think she's holding onto that now and
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: then will be one of the best center fielders in
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: Walkin County this year. Jordan Walker returns. She's played at
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: different positions. I think she'll probably play third base. Batted
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: two to twelve last year, scored twenty four runs. That's
• 46:14
  Speaker 2: a lot of runs. Batted a lot of leadoff, getting
• 46:17
  Speaker 2: on bas for the big boppers behind her, and had
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: three doubles a triple. She knocked in seventeen runs, stole
• 46:24
  Speaker 2: four bases, walked thirteen times. She's got a lot of
• 46:27
  Speaker 2: varsity experience, probably play playing third base. Greta Watson returns
• 46:32
  Speaker 2: at catcher. She scored thirteen runs last year at eight hits,
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: six RBIs, stick six storm bases, and walked twelve times.
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: Nice to have a returning catcher, that's always a very
• 46:42
  Speaker 2: beneficial thing. Lexie Monroe brings a lot of experience back
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: as well. At thirty seven at bats, scored seven runs,
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: had five hits, four RBIs, three stone bases, and walked
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: six times. Eliza Stoner probably be back at second base.
• 46:56
  Speaker 2: She walked nine times last year and scored five runs.
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: And Maddie hutch And last year did a lot of
• 47:03
  Speaker 2: pinch running and I believe she did. Anyways, she did
• 47:07
  Speaker 2: walk seven times and stole a couple of bases and
• 47:10
  Speaker 2: scored seven runs. So kind of see where she goes.
• 47:12
  Speaker 2: And there's a lot of new faces on this team,
• 47:14
  Speaker 2: so a lot of players that I don't know about,
• 47:16
  Speaker 2: which always can be exciting. You just never know, Uh
• 47:19
  Speaker 2: if there's you know, incoming players that take that take
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: that big step and become a great varsity player, and
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: that's that's basically it. You know, you look over the
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: entire thing, you kinda I mean, I couldn't tell you
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: that much about the teams down south. You know, Sigar
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: Wooley is always amazing. Mount Vernon seems to be taking
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: that step up every single year. And a chordis you know,
• 47:45
  Speaker 2: is obviously you know kind of a year in and
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: year out has been pretty good. Burlington has been right
• 47:50
  Speaker 2: there kind of with Lyndon kind of one of their rivals.
• 47:53
  Speaker 2: So Lakewood, lake Wood Man lake Wood is always very
• 47:56
  Speaker 2: good too. They score a lot of runs. So there's
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: there's a good teams down there. I just don't know
• 48:02
  Speaker 2: that much about them. And when you look at the
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: Walking County teams, you know, I kind of look at Lynden,
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: Christian and Linden as the two that kind of have
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: the ability to go the furthest. But I'm excited to
• 48:14
  Speaker 2: see everybody, you know, it's it's such a fun sport
• 48:18
  Speaker 2: to see to go to. I love the state. One
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: A and two are about an hour apart from each other.
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: I usually go down to Richland so I can catch
• 48:27
  Speaker 2: one A. But now with the left that you know,
• 48:30
  Speaker 2: we don't get as many spots to go, or as
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: many teams from Walking County going. I remember going when
• 48:36
  Speaker 2: there was like three Walking County teams from one A
• 48:38
  Speaker 2: going there. Now it's we're hopeful to get one. So
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: I always stay in Richland, but I can buzz out
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: to Sila to catch the two AA as well. And yeah,
• 48:48
  Speaker 2: it's just it's a lot of fun. Really excited for
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: the for the season. There's already been a few games,
• 48:55
  Speaker 2: but and with the weather coming up, it's gonna be
• 48:59
  Speaker 2: excuse me, with the weather coming up, it's going to
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: be tricky to see how many games they can get
• 49:03
  Speaker 2: in over the next couple of weeks. I know some
• 49:06
  Speaker 2: of the fields are turf fields, but but yeah, it's
• 49:10
  Speaker 2: you know, games might be getting moved out to the
• 49:12
  Speaker 2: turf fields. We'll have to wait and see. Uh. But
• 49:14
  Speaker 2: it's just fun. I just it's a fun sport to
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: go to. It's fast moving and and it's and again,
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: I love it when there's new players that I don't
• 49:25
  Speaker 2: know about, whether they're freshmen or first year varsity players
• 49:29
  Speaker 2: from the JV or transfers or whatever. Because I'm sure
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: there's a dozen names that I did not talk about
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: that are going to be making big impacts this year,
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: so uh that's what's fun about it. The top fifty
• 49:43
  Speaker 2: list I'm sure will happen after the season again, and
• 49:47
  Speaker 2: uh yeah, that's that's about it. It's always fun doing
• 49:51
  Speaker 2: these these previews. Fast pitch is a a fast growing
• 49:54
  Speaker 2: sport and I'm glad to be a part of it
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: up here in Wakam County. So again I'm I want
• 50:00
  Speaker 2: to thank Walton Beverage for being the sponsor. I want
• 50:03
  Speaker 2: to thank Kelly Rammerman as well for the intro. And
• 50:06
  Speaker 2: you've been listening to episode four hundred and thirteen, the
• 50:09
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six Pass Pitch preview. I'm Tyler Anderson of
• 50:13
  Speaker 2: Walkom Preps and I will talk to you tomorrow when
• 50:16
  Speaker 2: we do the baseball previews, so you're ready for that.
• 50:19
  Speaker 2: See everybody,