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Junior Reyna Swift, right, and the Waurika softball team will begin their summer schedule on June 27. File Photo

June 20, 2011

Waurika gearing up for summer softball league

Justin Nutter The Duncan Banner The Duncan Banner Mon Jun 20, 2011, 10:18 PM CDT

DUNCAN — As far as summer preparations go, the Waurika High softball team has wasted no time getting ready for the 2011 regular season.

Looking to replace four seniors from last year’s team, the Lady Eagles got right to work at the end of the school year and they haven’t slowed down ever since.

“We have already been practicing. We never really took a break,” coach Ivy Fitzgerald said. “I gave them a week off at the end of May, but we’ve been practicing two days a week. We spend one day in the (batting) cage and one day in the field, working on fundamentals.”

Fitzgerald’s squad will get a chance to put its hard work to the test next week when it opens up play at the Marlow summer league. Waurika’s first game — a meeting with the Outlaws — is set for Monday at 7:40 p.m.

While offseason workouts and fundamentals are important, Fitzgerald said players and coaches have more opportunities to learn about their team when they face off against real opponents.

“Next week will be our first live game experience. Since april, they haven’t seen any live play. You can’t substitute game experience. The summer games are a good opportunity for me to shuffle them around and see what is best for the team as a whole. We can go out and coach any time that we need to.”

The league includes eight teams and will meet every Monday through Aug. 1. Independence day falls on a Monday, so games that week have been moved to July 7.

Fitzgerald said depth may be a bit of a concern as the Lady Eagles’ 2011 season unfolds, but she’s confident the returners from last year’s team will do a good job of filling the voids left by last year’s graduating class.

“We lost our catcher, our second baseman and one of our outfielders, but we still have a very, very talented group of girls to fill their shoes,” she said. “They’re big shoes to fill, but the girls are becoming more seasoned and more experienced. I feel like they’ll step and take that leadership role very easily.

“The numbers are a little low since we lost four and only have a couple coming in, but i’m not worried. I have every bit of faith in those girls. They’re 10 girls that really want to be on the field.”

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