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A pitcher and catcher are the most important positions in softball. You do have to have a complete team to be competetive, but it all starts in the circle..same way it starts on the mound in baseball. The softball teams that are successful can slap hit, bunt, steal bases...not just it homeruns to win.
Monica Abbott is the most dominating softball pitcher ever in the college game. If you UT had not stranded double digit runners last night they would be champs right now. But even great pitchers like Abbott give up a run now and then she has only lost 4 games all season and won 50.
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Melton still basketball coach at LA
By MAC McLEOD,
OCN Sports
“Richard is our coach at Livingston Academy and will be staying with us. We have had some issues that we had to work through, but we feel those issues have been addressed and we are now ready to move forward.”
With that statement, Overton County Director of Schools Michael Gilpatrick dispelled rumors that have been running wild the past week that Livingston Academy head boys basketball coach Richard Melton had been terminated.
Apparently the word got out last Wednesday that Melton met with new Livingston Academy Principal Randy Hankins and came away with the impression that he had been fired. He even notified some of his players that he was terminated, and on Thursday, some players and parents met with Director Gilpatrick to discuss the issue.
“First let me say that Coach Melton was never terminated,” Gilpatrick said Monday afternoon, June 4. “I am the one who hires and fires, and I never fired Coach Melton, therefore, he’s not terminated.
“We have met with Coach Melton several times over the past months to discuss certain things, and hopefully we now have all that worked out and he knows what we expect of him as the head basketball coach at Livingston Academy.
“Coach Melton is a young coach, and from what we have seen of him over the past two years, he will be a successful coach. He’s passionate about the game and wants to do a good job. We appreciate that and try to understand what he is trying to do.
“Sometimes that passion has created some issues, but with maturity that will come with the job, things should work out for all concerned.”
Gilpatrick went on to add that Coach Melton’s ability has never been questioned, and his win-loss record will not be a factor in his employment at Livingston Academy.
“There has already been too much talking about this,” Gilpatrick added. “Perhaps everyone can learn something from this and put it behind us.
“Coach Melton and the team left this morning (Monday) for basketball camp, and we look forward to this year’s season. The team has been strong in the past two years, and maybe this year it will be even stronger.
“But we must not forget that our main goal here is education, and we want to graduate young people and improve test scores just as much as we want our athletic teams to win games.”
Overton County News was unsuccessful in attempts to reach Coach Melton for comment before press time.
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He is only under a minor league contract right now. It would be funny if he was unable to make the start Saturday, that they cut him and did not have to pay him a dime of his huge contract.
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York Institute has had coaching shake ups in basketball. Bruce Winningham has stepped down as girls coach, being replaced by Tonya Storie and boys coach Ernie Winningham has stepped away and Derwin Wright(principal and football coach) has taken over, since there were no teaching postions available to bring someone new in.
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That's a good hire for them.
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10-0 FCS Final
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QUOTE(walker66 @ May 10 2007 - 09:47 PM) 826456876[/snapback]GREAT TEAM PLAY LADY CATS! HARD TO WIN TWO ,BUT YOU LADIES PLAYED AS A TEAM AND PULLED BOTH GAMES OFF ... FIRST GAME 11-0 SECOND GAME 16-0 ...............CONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU !!!!!! CAN YOU SAY FOUR PEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DISTRICT CHAMPS FOUR YEARS RUNNING SIMPLY AMAZING! LIKE TO ALSO ADD .. THAT IT WAS A TOUGH ROAD PLAYING A VERY MUCH IMPROVED CCHS TEAM ALL YOU GIRLS AT CCHS PLAYED AS TOUGH AND AS HARD AS ANY TEAM WEVE EVER FACED IN DISTRICT OR ANY PLAY FOR THAT MATTER .. NOTHING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU LADYS. YOU ALL PLAYED WITH CLASS AND DETERMINATION ... WE BOTH NEED TO GO AND PLAY HARD FOR 7 A IN THE REGIONS GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!! ALSO ON A SERIOUS NOTE HOPE THE CATCHER WITH CCHS AND THIRD ARE OK .. HATE TO SEE ANY CHILD GET HURT .. IF ANYONE COULD GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEM WOULD APPRECIATE IT.I KNOW THE GIRLS FROM MONTEREY HOPE THEY ARE OK... GOOD LUCK TO ALL IN REGION PLAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a nasty collision from what I was told, both got shook up pretty good. Information I have is...catcher is going to have a big headache for a while but nothing major and the third baseman has a crack on a facial bone, believe around her eye. Both of these ladies play hard all the time. Good luck to both teams on Monday and make it an all 7A region final.
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QUOTE(walker66 @ May 10 2007 - 09:47 PM) 826456876[/snapback]GREAT TEAM PLAY LADY CATS! HARD TO WIN TWO ,BUT YOU LADIES PLAYED AS A TEAM AND PULLED BOTH GAMES OFF ... FIRST GAME 11-0 SECOND GAME 16-0 ...............CONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU !!!!!! CAN YOU SAY FOUR PEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DISTRICT CHAMPS FOUR YEARS RUNNING SIMPLY AMAZING! LIKE TO ALSO ADD .. THAT IT WAS A TOUGH ROAD PLAYING A VERY MUCH IMPROVED CCHS TEAM ALL YOU GIRLS AT CCHS PLAYED AS TOUGH AND AS HARD AS ANY TEAM WEVE EVER FACED IN DISTRICT OR ANY PLAY FOR THAT MATTER .. NOTHING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU LADYS. YOU ALL PLAYED WITH CLASS AND DETERMINATION ... WE BOTH NEED TO GO AND PLAY HARD FOR 7 A IN THE REGIONS GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!! ALSO ON A SERIOUS NOTE HOPE THE CATCHER WITH CCHS AND THIRD ARE OK .. HATE TO SEE ANY CHILD GET HURT .. IF ANYONE COULD GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEM WOULD APPRECIATE IT.I KNOW THE GIRLS FROM MONTEREY HOPE THEY ARE OK... GOOD LUCK TO ALL IN REGION PLAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They both got shook up pretty good, but will be alright from what I have been told. Clay County has had an outstanding season to date. Would be great to see an all 7A region final.
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Outstanding game yesterday, all you have to do is win one game today and your champs and get a home game Monday.
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On Monday....RBS beat HS, Clay County beat Clarkrange, and I am going to assume Jackson County beat Pickett County.
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QUOTE(coacht @ May 4 2007 - 05:45 PM) 826451924[/snapback]Thanks.
For fans who may wonder where this request comes from, I have wrestled with the best way to handle this for several months. A recruiting camp for girls' basketball players was charging $150 per player and had 150 players come in, a total of $22,500. When asked to pay a $150 fee, they refused and accused me of trying to take advantage of young girls. While I have nothing against these camps, as long as they do what they say they will do, I felt that they should pay a fee if they are charging a fee. After all, if the camp doesn't do what it says then fans will associate that with CoachT.com, also. If the camp is free, so is the advertising.
I agree coach, people who run camps should not be ashamed to pay for advertising, especially since they are going to make so much off the exposure this site gives them.
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When the GM was talking about players on the team talking to him about his drinking in ths past, I knew what was coming next.
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QUOTE(Z King of D Swing @ May 3 2007 - 02:13 PM) 826450957[/snapback]Trey Sanders was named the new head coach at Gordonsville today. Who is in line for the Smith County job now?
That is no major shock.
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Saw today that they have calculated that if he stays on this pace, he will hit 146 homeruns and have 360 RBIs this season. It will never happen, but I do believe that would over shadow what Bonds is doing in San Fran.
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Great win CCHS....now tied for first. /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
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Take a look at the KHSAA website below, there are a ton of girls basketball jobs open right now.
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Take a look at the KHSAA site below, there are a ton of girls jobs open right now.
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They are going to have to figure out what teaching positions they are going to have open after any retirements and consolidation.
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TSSAA Board of Control Agenda
in Girls Basketball
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I agree..that would be the best drive in the world.