It is opening day for the boys and girls of summer at Washington High School and KCII will bring you live play-by-play coverage of the softball team’s season opener.
The softball squad will face off with the Bears of West Branch at home for a single game. The Demons are coming off of a 10-18 season in a shortened 2020 campaign, but ended the year strong with a regional final berth. They lost four players to graduation, but return their leading hitter in Kellie Dallmeyer. The senior recorded a .396 batting average and knocked in 24 runs last summer. Cara Linnenkamp returns in the circle after a 4.75 ERA last year and a Southeast Conference best 1.29 ERA in her sophomore season. West Branch was 7-9 out of the River Valley Conference and Nicki Henson is a dangerous slap hitter with a .500 batting average. Demon Head Coach Ben Obermann tells KCII Sports he wants to see no mental mistakes on opening night. “I want to see if we are doing things the right way. Are we rotating corre