By Mackie Grady Posted April 26, 2019
The JV girls started their season off with a tournament in Yerington. At the tournament, they played a total of four games and went 3-1. The only game they lost was to Battle Mountain’s varsity team.
“The girls are definitely getting better every day,” said coach Sean Cooney. “We try to work on fundamentals, and we have some girls on the team that lack the experience others might have, but they are more than willing to do whatever it takes to improve their skill set.”
One of the main goals at the JV level is to get the athlete ready to compete at the varsity level, which has been our main focus all year. With the girls’ work ethic they bring to the field every day, I have no doubt the majority of the girls will be on varsity in the next year or two.”
Game after game, the girls come back stronger, whether they win or lose.
“Our record as of right now is 11-5,” said Cooney. “All of our losses have been close games. The number of errors we have been making lately has been decliningevery game. I would like to see that trend continue and finish the season out strong.”
The team is preparing for upcoming games by working as a whole. Sophomore Erica Chapman has been working hard at practice and is looking forward to the upcoming games.
“At practice, we are preparing for upcoming games by doing routine plays and making them sharper. As a team, we do a lot of bonding at overnighters to make us more united and succeed together,” said Chapman. “I wish to finish the season out closer to my teammates and see how much we all improved. We’ve gotten a lot better as a team since the beginning of the season, and I’m excited to see how we do against some of the upcoming teams.”
Freshman Ava Zebroski believes communication goes a long way in sports.
“We’ve been touching upon mainly the little things to just improve our team as a whole. It really has made a huge difference in our games. This year we’ve definitely learned so many new things, both the coaches have helped me learn how to use being left-handed as a whole other extra skill set,” said Zebroski. “We especially need to work on being vocal with one another on just about everything that goes on, which can be crucial and can make or break a game as well. Most importantly, we want to play our absolute hardest and of course, have fun with it all the way to the very end.”
Delanie Thompson stated the team is preparing for the rest of their games by perfecting their techniques.
“At practice, we do both fielding and batting drills every day, along with some drills for running,” said Thompson. “We have been talking a lot during both practice and games about plays and encouragement, and I feel that it helps us to succeed.”
“I hope we finish the season out closer as a team and with the same or even more energy as we play our last games with more wins than losses,” said Thompson. “There have been major improvements in just about everyone, and that really helps lead us as a whole team.”
The girls host Elko on Saturday, April 27, and travel to Truckee on Friday, May 3.
