OHS Softball on the Come Up

by: Molly Hudson (9): special to the Digital Devil

Owensboro High School is rarely a sports underdog. For basketball and football, winning is no problem. Softball, on the other hand, has been rough, and most of the city residents knows that. Elysia Bartley, a student at OHS, stated that she has always heard about the Daviess County and Catholic softball teams being good, but never Owensboro. Sophomore Makayla Mckannan mentioned how her motivation for being better is that “she’s tired of people bringing up how ‘horrible’ the team has been.”

With a 1-20 record of wins to losses last season, the Owensboro High School Softball team has not been a very good team in the past, but this year, there is a lot of hope for the team. Transfers from Daviess County High School and Apollo High School, like sophomore Lea Hill, have transferred here almost entirely for softball, hoping to make the team better. Head varsity coach Bryan Smith says he is excited for the upcoming season.

“We practice hard and make adjustments to improve ourselves as player[s] and we come together and support each other,” says freshman transfer, Madyson Poole. The team practices every day except Sunday for at least two hours when it isn’t game day. So far, the varsity team has had a total of three games this season, winning one and losing two. Although it may be a rocky start now because of the fluctuating weather, every player and coach believes this will be the season of greatness for the team. Head freshman coach Norman Hill said, “The girls are going to play like they practice, and they really have been working hard. It’s almost like they want it more this year and they want to impress everyone, as they should.”