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In my opinion, you have to have some movement but a lot of that starts with speed. Unless you pitch 65 mph or more, good batters can eventually time out a straight fast ball pitcher. If the pitcher can make the ball move up and down in the zone with drops and rise balls and throw in a good change up, that's very hard to hit, even at 55 compared to a 60mph fastball.

Also don't forget that Science Hill only has two starters that are seniors. I think the Boone/SHHS games will be a must watch. A lot of these girls play together in the summer and know each other well. We'll find out who wants it the most.

Don't get me wrong, Boone is a very good team. I agree too that the talent at Winged Deer was weak, not sure why VA schools looked that bad. I think it will come down to Boone and Science Hill. They could very easily split during the season and neither one lose another conference game. I guess it will ultimately come down to how gels the best in the end. Pitching, defense and bats are on very good on both teams.

Probably should rethink the breeze part. Science Hill scored 58 runs this past weekend on a play day and allowed only 3 or 4 earned runs.

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