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Scoring in the Inning

By Trisha Gilman

Overcoming diversity, all really came together and ship benefited the JV team
strong leadership, and playing proved ourselves." It was awe- helped it have a successful
well as a team were essential some," Nimmo said. winning season acco rding
to the success of the varsity Teamwork really came freshman Jennifer Adams.
and JV softball teams. into play to help the JV team in "We really worked
Many different ob- succeeding during their games together. We were all
stacles were overcome by the freshman Ashley Amick said. friends, and we realized
varsity softball team according "The biggest accom- we had to be close and
to senior Andrea Hesse. plishment of the year for the along to be successful and
"For awhile we didn't team was probably winning the win ," Adams said.
think that we would be able to Millard West tournament. We Motivation and
Senior Nikki Rother pitches a runner out at first base. play together, but we really thought that we weren't in it, work helped the JV team
During the Mi ll ard South game Rother threw a two- pulled together and finished but we really came back," and be successful cnn,hnrnnrli
hitter. photo by Annie Lorsbach with a very strong ending," Amick said. Suzie Finger said .
Hesse said. A big factor in the suc- "We had """'hnrnnr<i
A strong finish for the cess of the varsity's season leadership and a good
team made the hardships suf- was the leadership and spirit There was a lot of mottva!IO nt
fered throughout the season senior Nikki Rother said. and we really wanted to win,
. worth it all according to junior "This year's team had Finger said .
Melissa Nimmo. a lot of unity. We really got Coming together as a
"The highlight of the along, and we all had tons of team, and having strong lead·
season for me was definitely team spirit," Rother said. ership were big contributors to
Sports coming in second at state. We Teamwork and friend- both teams.