Redhawk softball takes part in their first tournament Thursday through Saturday at the Denton Ryan Softball Tournament featuring schools such as Denison, Whitesboro, Lake Dallas, and Lebanon Trail.
“Some of our team goals are to stay strong and consistent throughout the weekend, and not getting too comfortable with where we’re at, playing-wise,” freshman Anna Reeves said. “I think we might struggle being there mentally on the field, and we need to improve our communication,”
Reeves strives for a stronger mental game for the whole team, and supporting other players throughout games.
“We need to stay up and support each other if we make an error and not let it bring us down,” Reeves said.
Redhawk softball is smaller in numbers this year, having 13 girls on the team and only one of them, sophomore Addison Hanson, pitching full-time. At long tournaments like this, it can be difficult to pitch multiple games a day, so assistant coach Tiffany Thayer has alternate pitchers to let Hanson have a break.
“I would like to have Adeline Glatch and Delila Bond step up and pitch when we need them to,” Thayer said. “When we have those alternate pitchers, we’ll have more people playing out of position and I think we might struggle being able to make the defensive plays that we need to, while staying mentally strong.”
Hoping for a successful tournament, Thayer wants to see the team’s offense continuously grow from their other games.
“I want to continue to see our hitting progression making the adjustments with the different levels of pitching we’ll see this weekend, since we’re playing JV teams but also some highly ranked teams,” Thayer said.
