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Lady Buffs Softball
Last week the Lady Buffs played a pair of Double
Headers against two 4A schools. We are never shy about playing tough
competition early and we know to compete we have to play our best. It
puts us behind the 8-ball sometimes because we start the season with a
strong schedule but in the end we use the experience to our advantage.
This week on Tuesday, we play Concordia and had to go there without our
starting Catcher Miranda Cottenmyre and baserunner Madison Waite. Kelby
Johnson saw her first game behind the plate and that is never an easy
thing to do. I was pleased with her for her first time and expect her
to only get better with each outing. In the circle, Kayla Sly and Joni
Sheets are still improving and will get better as the year goes on. We
expect good things from them. From the Plate Michelle Cottenmyre
stepped up and lead the team going 2-3 on the night. The games didn’t
end as we would have liked but we did a lot of little things well- we
just hurt ourselves with errors when we really needed to end an inning.
Chapman was
played on Thursday and again we struggled finding the 3rd out
of innings allowing them to have big innings. Joni Sheets came in to
help out in game one and pitched the entire 2nd game. It was
good she had the opportunity to see she could come in and throw as many
pitches as she did. Errors again really hurt us when we didn’t need
them to. With 2 outs Chapman score 12 runs in the first inning of game
one to put a damper on things. In game two a 5 run third inning with 2
outs is what started the down hill slide. All in all we are improving
and getting to a point where we feel if we can put things together you
will see things happen on the good side for us. Miranda Cottenmyre is
playing through some injuries and helped us from the plate as she had
all year. She is batting 857 on the year and that is very good.
Beloit Golf Invite
Click here for results from the Beloit golf invite on April 19. Congrats to Blake Porter for a runner up finish!
RC golfers take 6 man title
Visit www.varsitygreens.com for complete results from Buffs home invite April 17.
RC Softball drops 2 vs Russell
Russell Games
Game 1- Russell wins 17-4
Kayla Sly started in the circle for the Lady Buff and
pitched well. We struggled in the second inning because of errors but
we are young and it is going to happen that way sometimes.
Defensively, Michelle Cottenmyer comes to play and if you haven’t heard
of her you will. She is playing as well as anyone out there and giving
it her all. Brianna Long from the plate was 1 for 1 with a walk so
1000 percent which is perfect. Kelby Johnson had a double to show off
her power.
Game 2- Russell wins 22-7
Joni Sheets was in the
circle. We scored 7 runs to show that we are able to generate runs we
just have to be patient at the plate and drive our pitches. Kelby once
again showed her power with a double and Brianna continued having
success getting on base. She scored 2 of the 7 runs.
Night cap
Pitching was better tonight
as Kayla and Joni are going to improve each night out. They realize it
will take time and they are working hard to get were we need them to
be. I was pleased with their efforts in the circle and once they become
more consistent their confidence will build as well. Defensively I can
not say enough about Michelle. She is diving all over the place coming
up with big stops and her arm is a cannon. She has thrown several
people out because they just don’t expect her to bring it as hard as she
can. Danielle Roush is having to catch both games for the Lady Buffs
and that is tougher than people realize. She is doing well and will
improve their as well once her legs build up in strength from having to
sit like that. She has a good arm and we will catch people off guard.
From the plate, Cassidy Stenson lead the Lady buffs with a .400 batting
avg- cant ask for better than that out of a sophomore getting her first
Varsity experience. Kelby Johnson was .333 but with her 2 doubles had a
slugging percentage of .667. Brianna Long might not be the most power
hitter but she finds ways to get on base and anyone who has watched
Moneyball understands that importance. She had a .600 on base
percentage. We have a lot of good things happening and once we iron out
some little errors and communication items we will be ready for
whomever comes our way. It is a team effort and I am proud of the girls
for understanding that and working together.
Next games are Thursday April 12 in
Concordia 4:30 Start time
April 19th in Chapman
4:30 Start time
April 24th in Plainville
3:00 Start time
Next Home
game May 1st vs Minneapolis 4:30
Start Time- bring the noise (Barn Yard Welcome)
RC golfers open season
Cloudy and cool to start the season, the varsity linksters teed it up in Washington on Tuesday, April 3. Blake Porter's 77 lead the way, good for a 6th place medal after a playoff loss for 5th. Kalen Cromwell and Seth Hiatt each shot 86 to tie for 12 and Devyn Bebermeyer fired 88 for a 4 man total of 337. The team score finished 3rd, behind 4A Holton (285) and 3A Nemaha Valley (332). Other scores for RC were Trevor Allen with 92 and Gary Hadachek with 96. Kellin Brandt of Holton was the tournament medalist with a -6 66 on the day!
JV golfers headed to Smith Center for their rounds. Chase Lambert shot 107 to finish 23rd, Drew Hoops 110- 26th, Stetson Junek 112- 28th, and Tad Hiatt 134- 41st
JV golfers headed to Smith Center for their rounds. Chase Lambert shot 107 to finish 23rd, Drew Hoops 110- 26th, Stetson Junek 112- 28th, and Tad Hiatt 134- 41st
Lady Buffs Softball falls to SES
Game 1
SES 18
RCHS 0
Opening our
season with a loss was not the way the Lady Buffs wanted to start, but
you have to start somewhere. Kayla Sly started her pitching career
tonight and as every young pitcher does, put herself into some tough
situations. It is very important to be aggressive and throw strikes to
the lead off hitter so it doesn’t put pressure on the defense to have to
think about situation. Each inning we let the lead batter get on base
(except the 4th inning) and that means right off we now worry
about how we are going to try and get two people out when we should
just focus on the situation. First set of games out are very tough when
you are young team trying to see where we fit in. SES is a very good
program and well coached. From the plate we struggled because Conley is
a very good pitcher and she was able to pitch from a lead right off the
bat. Miranda Cottenmyer got the only hit in the game and we were not
able to score her. I am sure to the girls it was frustrating but we
move on.
Game 2
SES 16
RCHS 1
Each night
out we play double headers and after taking a loss like we did, it is
hard to put it out of your mind. Joni Sheets was pitching in her first
High School game and started off good. Once again the lead off batter
was on base everytime putting a lot of stress on our defense to make
plays. We have to get to where we are throwing a lot of strikes and let
the defense play behind us and we will- it will just take time.
Defensively we are making errors that we need to eliminate to take the
pressure of our pitcher, so as a team we need to help each other out.
From the plate, we got more aggressive and that is good to see. Early
season is about getting back at it and swing the bat. Pitchers you face
in High School are not going to walk you- they are throwing a lot of
strikes and we have to understand that and use it to our advantage.
Even though
in the two loss, it looks like nothing well happen, that is not the
case. Michelle Cottenmyer has made herself known and will be a great
short stop or 3 rd base person. I was encouraged to see the young
hitters staying in there and getting their cuts against a very good
pitcher. With Miranda Cottenmyer getting injuried we have to find a
replacement and Danielle Roush did a good job. Miranda will be missed
but these things happen and we move forward and not worry about
yesterday but about tomorrow. I know early season is going to be tough
and we could take a couple of bad beats but the end of the season is
when we need to be on top of our game.
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