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Sports Softball 081

Its a new experience for me that my

dad is the coach. He expects more from

me than the other girls so I feel like I

have to work harder.

Jannah Brentlinger (9, #7)

inningA day-long softball tradition begins

with learning Chinese and ends with

mud-slinging.Words by Laurel Battey & Sarah Rohleder Design by E li Fosl & S arah

Rohleder Photos by Miranda Thompson

YPAS was so demanding that when I rst got

into it, freshman year was so stressful for me. Ithought Id take a break [from softball] and come

back when I got used to it all.

I was playing over summer so I kept myself

in shape, and my s enior buddies were keeping

me up to date. We started with conditioning, so it

was easy to transition back into it.

Softball was my sport when I was little, so

the fact that Id get to play one more year made

me ecstatic.My brother [Toronto Blue Jays player Trystan

Magnuson] was cut two of his years at Manual,

but he played his senior year. I have the same

passion as he had, and even though he was cut,

he played his senior year and made it to Major

League Baseball, so I know I can be successful

too. Blythe Magnuson (12, #8)

GUCCI IS THE NAME Preparing to

swing for the white team at the 100-Inning

Scrimmage on March 10, Claire Hachtens

(9, #3) homemade shirt displays her

catchphrase, which had become her

nickname. [Gucci] was kind of my phrase

for the week leading up to the game, so

when we were picking names, we decided

to put it on the back of my shirt, Hachten

said. It basically just means cool.

MUSCLE MAKEREllen Baker (9, #17) swings at

practice balls. Were trying to get our swing down

so we know we have the right formation, Baker said.

Theres a proper way to swing so that you get the

most power when you hit the ball, and so it goes the

farthest. If you hit the ball enough and commit it to

muscle memory, it will be a better hit.

TALLER BALLERMaking game plans at the

100-Inning Scrimmage on March 10, Blythe

Magnuson (12, #8) towers over teammates.

Savannah Madisons dad didnt know my actual

name so he called me tall girl, and then everyone just

started calling me that, she said. Im denitely the

tallest girl on the team. Its really good for rst base

because it helps you be able to reach up and catch.

BATTER UP

Savannah Madison

(11, #5) takes a swing

into a practice net.

[We practice] to get

loose, Madison said,

and to help work on

your swing before you

go out and actually

hit during the game,

or off live pitchers at

practice.

BACK to the BALL

Saturday, April 7

8:00 a.m. Leave Manual

1:00 p.m. Lunch in Chattanooga, TN.

8:00 p.m. Stay in Valdosta, Georgia (Hampton Inn)

Sunday, April 8

10:30 a.m. Arrive in Orlando

11:00 a.m. Hotel Check-in (All-Star Sports Resort)

11:30 a.m. Lunch

12:00 p.m. Wide World of Sports registration

1:00-3:00 p.m. Practice at Wide World of Sports

5:00 p.m.11:00 p.m. Magic Kingdom Theme Park

12:00 a.m. Lights out

Monday, April 9

9:00 a.m. Wake-Up/Eat Breakfast

10:30 a.m. S tretch/Work Out/Jog

12:30 p.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m. Depart for Wide World of Sports

3:00 p.m. Batting Practice (Tunnel 4)

4:00 p.m. duPont Manual vs Bonny Eagle, Maine (Field 14)

7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m. Downtown Disney Entertainment District

11:00 p.m. Lights Out

Tuesday, April 10

6:00 a.m. Wake-Up/Breakfast

7:00 a.m. Depart for Wide World of Sports

8:00 a.m. duPont Manual vs Whitesboro, New York (Field 15)

11:00 a.m.2:00 p.m. Lunch / Hotel Time / Swim / Family Time

2:00 p.m.10:00 p.m. Animal Kingdom Theme Park

Epcot Theme Park

11:00 p.m.Lights Out

Wednesday, April 11

8:00 a.m. Wake Up/Breakfast

10:00 a.m. Depart for Wide World of Sports

11:00 a.m. Batting Practice

12:00 p.m. duPont Manual vs Atlantic City, New Jersey

(Game 1Field 14)

2:00 p.m. duPont Manual vs Atlantic City, New Jersey

(Game 2Field 14)

5:00 p.m.11:00 p.m. Disney Hollywood Studios Theme Park

12:00 a.m.Lights Out

Thursday, April 12

7:30 a.m. Wake Up/Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Depart for Wide World of Sports

10:00 a.m. duPont Manual vs Oakdale, Tennessee (Field 15)

12:00 P.M.4:00 Lunch / Hotel Time / Swim / Family

Time

4:00 p.m.11:30 p.m. Disney Boardwalk / Family Time

12:30 p.m. Lights Out

For the rst time, the sof tball team went to a tournament deemed worthy of missing

spring breakDisneys Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. At rst, its kind

of tough because its my senior year and everyone goes to Panama or Miami,

Paden Sickles (12, #2) said, but its worth it because everything is there, even my

friends. Plus its cheaper.

RED & WHITE ROADTRIP

PadenSickles(12,#2)

SavannahMadison(11,#14)

MadysonMartin,(1

1,#5)

Im pretty positive

none of us will fall

asleep at the right

time. Its spring breakand we will be in

Florida with all of

our best friendsour

coach should know

better.

Martin

Its more handled

for you. They come

get your bags for

you and take them

to the eld. Im

expecting to have

everything there and

provided instead

of having to bring

money everywhere.

When everything is

provided for you,

its like playing for

college.

Sickles

We will be sitting in

the van for 15 hours.

Well just have to keep

it positive and enjoy it.

Madison

Im a ve-year-old

when it comes to

that kind of stuff. I

cant wait to meet

all the characters

and ride all the

rides.

Madison

Were getting a

chance to represent

our state and

prove ourselves by

playing in Orlando,

and were taking it

seriously.

Madison

It gives us free timeto hang out with

each other. Some

of the parents are

going down with

usthey will be there

to support us and

be our fans.

Martin

PhotobyTim

Nwachukwu

The tight-knit team might have felt like a family, but

in Jessi ODaniels (12, #27) senior year, a member

of her actual family was added to the brood. Her little

sister, Jamie ODaniel (9, #20) joined the team just in

time to play with Jessi before graduating.

It makes me feel more comfortable having

someone I know because I didnt really know

anybody, Jamie said. She helps me out at home

because she knows all the drills already.Photo by

Miranda Thompson

Jamie (9, #20) and Jessi ODaniel (12, #27)

SOFTBALL sisters

Blythe Magnuson (12, #8)

Morning dew shimmered on the grass as the softball

team came out onto the eld on March 10, the morning of

the 100 Inning Scrimmagean annual tradition.

There would be no way of coming close to 100

innings, Samantha Klein (10) said. When I was a

freshman, I was kind of like, Is there any way were going

to get to that? The others were like, Oh yeah, were going

to play until 100. I didnt know better.

Klein was right to doubt themthey only made it to about

10 innings her freshman year. But the best part, according

to Klein, was meeting to make personalized red and white

T-shirts with their nicknames and numbers.

Klein said she came up with a design idea for their

shirts. We looked up the Chinese symbol for red, Klein

said, who then painted the symbol on her shirt before her

teammates. She then found she would be the only one

to run with this design. I was like, Cool, guys, real nice,

thanks. My coach made fun of me the rest of the night too,

Klein said with a grin.

That Saturday, they were no where near 100 innings

when they called it quits, ending around 10 once more.

We were pretty worn out, Klein said. By the fth or

sixth inning, we just started goong off and it became less

serious. When the girls had had their ll of play, parents

red up grills and prepared hot dogs and hamburgers.

But the hard work wasnt over yet, as they had to pull

weeds from the warning track, clear out dead grass by the

rst base dugout, and clean the storage room. This may

not have been what they had in mind during tryouts. Every

year we know its coming up and we dont exactly look

forward to playing each other for hours and then cleaning

up, Bailey Macaluso (11, #23) said.

Although they worked from early morning to well into the

afternoon, Brittany Clark (12, #10) recognized the events

value. It helps us work together as a team, she said, but it

also helps us to practice for games and scrimmages.

Klein said the girls knew how to make it fun. I started

rubbing dirt on peoples pantswe were wearing white

pantslike claw marks from Wolverine on X-Men. The girls

responded in kind by inging mud at Klein.

Filthy and sore as she was, Klein said she saw a change

in the team after the event.

[Before the event,] the juniors had clicked, the

seniors had clicked, and freshmen had clicked, Klein,

the only sophomore player, said. I dont think anyone

was mad about who won or lost; no one cared. The

coach really wanted us to become a teamthe game

really helped us do that.