kayjay

It's interesting the Sidetrain keeps saying "your" Viqueens and his daughter plays for the Community Junior High Team.

It's very easy to sit in the stands and second-guess the coach. She may have a reason for this strategy that you don't have a clue about!!!

Pitching! Pitching! Pitching! If you don't have the STRONG pitching, you may win some games, but you will not be a real contender in the District. I AM NOT PUTTING DOWN THEIR PITCHER. I am sure she is doing all she can do, but when other programs (i.e. Forrest, Richland, Huntland, etc.) are fielding pitchers who throw at 55 plus and have been pitching fastpitch for years, and they have the backup just as adequate, it's not reasonable to expect teams with slow pitch to be winning a lot of games. Yes, you can be competitive, but the game comes down to the pitching and catching, just like in baseball. I've been a coach with an adequate pitcher, so I KNOW. Lack of pitching feeder programs hurts many of the teams in District 11A, and those teams will always have a very difficult time "getting over the hump" until those feeder programs begin providing girls who have started playing FASTPITCH, not Slowpitch, from an early age, and continue to really work at it throughout their later years. A coach who gets players just beginning in the 8th or 9th grade is going to play "catch up" for several years, and the only way they will make any headway is if the GIRLS are committed to getting better which means a lot of work ON THEIR OWN in the off season. So, Moore County Coach, good luck! I have seen your teams the last couple of seasons, and I think you have done remarkably well with the talent you have. They will improve if THEY want it. It appears to me that you are doing all you can do to help.

The only parking at Unionville is NOT only next to the gym. There is plenty as you round the building at the front. Granted, you will have to walk farther than a few feet, but it IS sufficient.

Unionville did not have all their players at camp. 2 starters were out all summer with injuries, and several of the upper classmen also were not there. You are talking about a whole different mix of kids for the season. They had an off night against Cascade, but they still have several good players and should improve, so don't count them out.

Don't take anything away from Community. Their defense was great against a much larger team.

I didn't make the Huntland/Cascade game. How did Cascade win without Laura Bunn playing?

Cascade beat Huntland last week

Cascade beat Huntland last week

Bunn is not playing

I am NOT taking anything away from Cascade, but is no one taking into consideration that Cascade will be playing without at least one of their key players from last year. I am not saying they will not be a decent team, but I do think there will have to be an impact with Laura Bunn no longer on the team.

Ashleigh Newman (Shelbyville) to Maryland Alex Fuller (Shelbyville) to UT

Huntland should be very tough. The rest of the pack could be a total toss-up.This could be one of those years when the district title will be determined by pure guts because there is no clear head of the pack. Any team could beat any other team on any particular night.

Community High School in Unionville may need softball coach. Very small rural school. single A