refman

Tandem - i have to admit i only saw a part of the loss on Friday night, however, i did see a couple of plays that were not necessarily errors, however, they were plays that should have been made to prevent earned runs (balls dropping in and weak throws to the plate). I was told by someone very close to Kat that there were at least two errors that led to scoring for Riverdale. From what I saw and what I heard first hand, defense was just as much to blame for the losss. I agree with you regarding inconsistent hitting, but that again is softball against good teams with good pitching. My point on all of this is that through the year Kat made up for the lack of defense or offense and when Kat was worn down at the end of the year, and facing a tough Riverdale team, she could not carry the defense or the offense for that matter.

Does his comments about who was the better team bring out his ability to coach (or the lack thereof)????

Oh, and one more thing....If Beech's coach would have done a better job of not pitching Kat in non-district and of no importance games, Kat would have had gas in the tank for the championship game. Not saying they would have beaten Riverdale, but would have been closer than 9 to 1. Great coaching!

The reason Beech lost was because Kat was worn out. Without Kat's pitching, Beech is an average team - ok offense, but not so ok defense. Without Kat, Beech would not have gotten as far as they did. Sorry, but that is what most people think.

Yes, Congrats to the Davidson Girls and Coach Swinea. Congrats to the seniors - Holly Beth Jones, Darcy Frazier, Brooke Brennan, Hannah Rust, Morgan Burton, Kristen Carver, Marissa Martin, Kari Wachter and Kristen Davidson. You all had great years at DA.