Worth
County’s softball team is down to its last nine players following a 14-2 loss
to Princeton Thursday.
On
Tuesday, September 1st, the Tigers used a home run from Audrey Runde
and two spectacular defensive plays from freshman Kaydence Downing to preserve
a 2-0 win over North Andrew. Downing, playing right field, threw a runner
trying to go from first to third and later made a shoestring catch for the
final out of the game.
Against
Princeton, pitcher Kristen Tracy sprained an ankle early in the game, and
things went from bad to worse as Princeton, who went to state last year and who
has everyone back this year, pounded the ball all night long. The demoralized
Tigers made ten errors in the loss.
It
is not known when Tracy will be back. By rule, if a team can’t start with nine
players, they can’t play. Some teams have players that can bat, but can’t
field, or vice versa; when a team doesn’t have nine players they can send to
the plate, they take an automatic out.
Under
MSHSAA rules, it is past the deadline to form an emergency cooperative. There
was talk about a softball cooperative between Northeast Nodaway and Worth
County last year, but the Bluejays have a lot more players out this year. After
the MSHSAA assigns districts for the year which it has, then it is too late to
form a cooperative.
A
new player could join the squad mid-season, but they must complete
MSHSAA-required 14 days of conditioning and have a physical and health
insurance on file with the school. Exceptions are if the athlete in question is
a member of the golf team or the cheer squad; then, they are not subject to the
14-day requirement.
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