There was a slight breeze at the IHS softball park on Thursday evening. It may have been a change in the weather or it could have been something new and exciting in the air-the winds of change. Lady Bulldogs fell prey to the JV Lady Gladiator bats, with an ending score of 8-7.

Junior Varsity, you ask? Why yes, most assuredly. Head coach Jennifer Reeves and assistant Tina Richards marched their young team to victory last week and were very excited to do so. “This is a wonderful opportunity,” Reeves commented. “This is the first time Italy High School has had a junior varsity team.” With 22 young women playing the competitive sport, Reeves and Richards split the players into two teams. The young ladies will be groomed into the varsity squad for next year- almost like a farm team a professional ball club would have to pull players from.

2010 ROSTER
1 Morgan Cockerham (Fr)-pitcher
33 Nikki Brashear (Jr)-1st base
00 Mary Tate (Soph)-SS
11 Breyanna Beets (Fr)-Catcher
13 Sa’Kendra Norwood (Soph)-3rd base
6 Katie Byers (Fr)-2nd base
15 Drenda Burke (Soph)-RF
5 Sierra Harris (Fr)-LF
43 Anna Viers (Fr)-CF
2 Lupita Luna (Jr)
33 Kadesha Davis (Soph)

“Everyone has a positive attitude. At this game, the team played awesome and was really prepared. We are all excited about what they can do. Coach Richards and I are really proud of these girls,” Reeves said with a smile. The enthusiastic team definitely has the support of their coaches. Reeves said, “You can’t help but love them.”