Softball: Teams to watch in southern Maine
From three-time defending Class A champ Scarborough to tiny Sacopee Valley, these are softball teams to watch this spring.
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1. Scarborough: For the first time in forever, Coach Tom Griffin doesn’t have a pitcher returning with an inning of varsity experience. But if there’s a team that can overcome that inexperience, it’s the Red Storm, who have won 60 consecutive games and the last three Class A state championships. Senior catcher Sylvia Foley (.435), senior shortstop Mollie Verreault (.354, 20 runs), junior utility player Katie Roy (.537, 18 RBI, SMAA second team pick) and junior first baseman A.J. Swett (.373, 15 RBI) lead the offense.
Softball: After lost season of 2020, teams are getting back to basics
Thornton Academy is among many teams focusing on fundamentals because of young and inexperienced players.
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Thornton Academy softball coach Tony Miner hits grounders to his infielders during a practice earlier this month in Saco.
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Finally, after the ball rolled away from several players, he stopped the drill.
“This is an under-control drill,” he said. “Some of you are out of control. You’ve got to get your body under control in order to receive the ball and to throw it.”
The drill resumed, and nary a ball hit the ground again.