Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 108

Description:	Varsity Softball TeamLOOKS FORLUCKby Eben McAvay during Successful 19-Win Se€isonbv thGyiiiyiBFiicLsThem1Columbus East210Edgewood58Shakamak56Sevmour48Bedford39Columbus North06Bl(X)inington North04Mooresville111MooresvilleIf)2Martinsville31Decatur Central39Charlestown0ISJeffersonville34Pern Meridian610Mitchell510Avon010Avon05Southport90Terre Haute Nonh44Pike88Lawrence Central15Center Grove40Franklin Central35Northview310North Davies03Rockville-10Fountain Central00Rivenon Parke50Sectional: Terre Haute South 3Hion tireThe softball team started off theseason going undefeated for thefirst nine games.We just started out playingreally well, and going 9-0 wasimportant in building ourconfidence and helping us have thegreat season we did, seniorKristen Belgarde said.best everThe team set many records,including a total of 19 wins,making them the winningestsoftball team in the schoolshistory. Also, this record cameafter the 1998 season when theteam had the most losses (18) inteam history.I think its exciting to hold arecord like that because itmeasures our ability as a team, andits good to see that this team has aplace in the record books, juniorVanessa Higgins said.in your faceAnother highlight for the teamwas its victory over top-rankedCenter Grove, 5-4. This marked thefirst time the team had ever beatenCenter Grove in softball.We knew that it was going toVarsity Softball(19-10)KIRKWOOD PHOTO LABFront Row: Lauren Burch. Crystal Cook. LaurenDevich, Ashley Kinser. Second Row: HannahMerriman. Stacey Martindale. Rachel Himm.Kristen Belgarde. Kim Kouka. Back Row: AssistantCoach Jody Vaught. Manager Brittany Floyd.Manager Amber Seibel. Amy Hueston. VanessaHiggins. Ashley Hunt. Rita Nelson. Coach JodyDuncan. Assistant Coach Rick Cardis.be one of the biggest games of theseason. Center Grove has alwaysbeen the team to beat, and weknew this year we had a shot at it.Winning that game was probablythe highlight of the season for us,senior Stacey Martindale said.senior quintetThe starting lineup includedfive seniors who led the varsityteam: Kristen Belgarde, RachelHimm, Kim Kouka, HannahMerriman and Stacey Martindale.It was really great to have fiveseniors to lead the team, and it wasalso good to be playing togetherwith the same people for so long. Ithink it helped us a lot, seniorRachel Himm said.tough defenseThe teams 19-win season alsoincluded seven shutouts, including10-0 victories over Avon (twice in adouble header), North Davies andFountain Central.We just came out and playeddefense everytime we went out, wefocused only on the inning wewere in. In the games we shut themout we played better defense, itwasnt a matter of pitching,freshman Lauren Devich said.flipping the bat through the strikezone, junior Vanessa Higgins connectswith the ball in a game against BloomingtonNorth. Higgins set a school record with 37RBIs bv the end of the season.Spread Design byn08l sportsJordan Garner and Anshu Kalhan
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