April: "Battle of the Unbeatens"

Eleven girls, two coaches, one family.

That’s all it takes, thankfully.

A bunch of girls with a lot of heart.

Compared to other teams, we have the head start.

We all share a common goal,

And that is to bring home the gold.

April 11^th would determine how talented we really are.

Up to date undefeated, will we be able to carry the title that far?

Game against Park Ridge, first pitch at 4 o’clock.

We warmed up like a bunch of jocks.

But, in the bottom of the first inning

We all looked like we were sinking…

The thing that kills us defensively, are errors.

And when we make a mistake, you can see the look of terror.

A huge crowd came to see a good game of softball.

And after ridding our first inning jitters, we gave them our all.

In the dugout, we huddled together

We all needed a little refresher!

We need to put our BFs on and play with a lot less fear.

As seniors, Angela and I have not beaten the Owls in our entire high school career.

So on that day, beating that team would have been like a dream.

With a little motivation, we held the Owls to 4.

Carly hit a solo homerun, adding to the score.

And retiring 14 out of the next 19 batters wasn’t enough.

Our first loss, just short by one was emotionally rough.

We needed to bounce back from that tough loss.

It would take a lot of work, but it was something we had to cross.

A lesson we learned, that in order to keep winning

We must play like CMFs for all seven innings.