Carrico and Layne (UVa pitcher) were teammates at Appomattox. Would be
neat if they faced each other in April. BTW, my next-door neighbor was their coach and they have another ace supposedly headed to Radford next year.
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. . . softball athletes often hale frommore rural backgrounds than other athletes. Look at the best pitchers ever produced in Virginia. Many are from rural locations, Tincher, Ford, Good, Alexander, Lemley and others.
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stats...they had to be doing something right. I got to see and face (our team) - Tinch, Ford, Good, and Fleet (not mentioned but currently at JMU as co-#1) - you cant ignore the domination IMHO.
I think the rural connection is two-fold: 1) they have less distractions then town/city girls, and 2) they have parents that are also less distracted and willing to grind with them...and find great coaching.
Cheers!
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That hit over .500 With 13 home runs (third most in the state of Virginia) as a sophomore. And she is currently committed to Radford
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That the middle classification had the most talent. The Valley District here in the Shenandoah Valley sure put out a lot of very good players.
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Weighed 270. His mom is a coach. His father died very young a few years ago. His parents came from Grayson Co.
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him. His wife is a wonderful lady! As I said in a previous post, I've retired to Blacksburg now so it’s been a while. He’s grown up a lot but his dad was a big UNC fan. We teased each other a lot! I always wondered if those kids would go there.
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Teat. As a Qb on Freshman team I was 98 pounds, 118 as a Sophomore for Fries, 238 as Jr. Beefed up to 165 and broke my leg first of season senior year. Their side were that big as Sophomores. Some good baseball players also.
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at the middle school there before retiring to Blacksburg. Their softball coach was my teaching partner for a few years. She works hard at it and has a lot of community support. She and her husband are big time Hokies! Another teaching partner's daughter (who is a Hokie) is playing Western Carolina this year. She was the winning pitcher in the state championship for them this past year and is now playing at Middle Tn State. Her dad is a Hokie as well. I taught her and they would have loved for her to have come here. The third pitcher from there signed with Radford in November and was the National Little League Home Run Derby Champ in 2021. Unless it's changed, she doesn't play for the high school. She plays with a travel team. I taught her mother. Would have loved to have had all 3. Great young ladies from wonderful families!
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The coach and her husband are known to me. She and I taught together for a few years. The players are known to me also from umpiring their games.
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I had the wrong college for Emma-UNC Greensboro. IHer dad and I taught together as well. Great people. Miss them but love living in B’burg!!
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Please join us!
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Forest, and the Rustburg girl at UVA , central Va. has produced some really good pitchers. Also the girl from Liberty who pitched at Clemson.
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Her name was Jordan Dail. You may remember her
She signed with VT. She was tight with Andrea Tincher. But when coach Pete decided not to retain Tincher, Jordan transferred to Oregon where she was Pac 12 player of the week several times. Went on to coach at UNC and then Pitt
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was in steep competition and those two were great, Dail was a bit wild if you recall. End up doing great at Oregon. I also heard she "needed" a change of scenery but I dont know why...
Had we been able to keep Eberle with Rochard - we are IN the CWS IMHO. Eberle went to OkSU and did great.
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Most freshmen arent #1 or #2 right out of high school. Obviously she was able to get the "wildness" under control
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pitched ~250 innings. The question above was "Why did she leave VT?" - It was because she was going to be #2 or #3.
At Oregon she became the #1, but relinquished that by 2020 and rest of career...so VT picked the right girls to keep - Eberle and Rochard....
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Baserunners, incredible.... as Casey Stengle said "You can look it up"
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She left because she was tight with Tincher. She was upset that coach let Tincher go. Nothing to do with being 1 or 2. Her dad told me the whole story, but that's all you need to know
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And stories from Dad are always slanted towards family "shine". Gillis was Petes Assistant at KSU and they hired Kumar.
Im still certain VT kept the best pitchers - though Gillis has some "splaining" to do as later years abrupt exit under shady circumstances presents...
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River in Buchanan
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