I want to show off these pictures, but what better place to show off my athletes as well!? Coffeyville is my hometown and I played for this team all through high school. When I took the program over last year, I inherited a team who was winless for at least four straight years, totaling somewhere around 80 consecutive losses. Other than successfully raising my children, I have no bigger goal than to better this program; well, not just better it, but completely rewrite its history. Slowly, but surely, we are on our way! Last year, we added another 17 losses to the tally. This year, however, we got four wins! After five seasons with zero wins, we got four in a single season (and that number should've been double that)! I do think I'm doing a nice job coaching, but as much as I wish I was still playing, it isn't me out there doing the work. My athletes are gritty, coachable, hard-working, aggressive, strategic, determined, and positive. They're just young, which means the best is yet to come.
Check these stats out:
*Team batting average improved from .111 last year to .344 this year.
*All returning players increased batting averages by at least .100 - some by over .300.
*One player hit .545, two hit over .400 and four hit over .350.
*Over 100 more runs scored this year.
*Increases in every hitting category.
*Pitchers halved their ratio of walks to strikeouts.
*Committed fewer defensive and baserunning errors.
*Opposing teams scored fewer runs.
Okay, okay, now for the pictures!
LOVE my catcher shots!
Individuals - we did some regular and most girls wanted to try some backlit shots. Love how they turned out!
