A Week with Coach T

the talent is undeniable. With the support of Coach Ray and assistant Coaches Tasha and Katie, each and every player is expected to “ A Week with Coach T” give their best and play The Vikings kicked off the with heart as soon as their start of their Fall Ball cleats hit the field. season with two practices a day for a week with the inspiring and dedicated, Coach Tom Maudlin. Coach T combined his qualities of passion and humor to deliver a week of learning, improvement and hard “ Team Bonding” work. He also pushed the Last week the players met team to use the key words up for dinner and word passion, pride, preparation, exchange. This meaning that positivity, and performance the four returning to remind them what it sophomores--Sam, Nicole, takes to be successful at Christian, and Jakobie--each selected a word for their fellow the game they love. Thank teammates as part of the pre- you, Coach T! game cheer. The words given were decided based on “ Start of Fall” personality and how each The Fall Ball season is individual had performed thus essential due to the fact far. The words given are as that it is the time where follows: Nicole #21-Discipline, Sam #13-Strength, Jakobie #8- the team discovers each Confidence, Christian #00- other’s strengths and Believe, Jenna #12-Overcome, weaknesses both on and Kate #3-Desire, Alexis #11- off the field. We predict a Energy, Tiffany #10-Focus, winning season for the Stormie #1-Achieve, Kim #6- Lady Vikes this year as the Capable, Emma #16-Possible, chemistry is natural and Lauren #22-Pride, Cheyenne #4-Prepare, Kelsey #2- Passion, Brinley #9-Trust, Erica and outfield. Erica Chandler #7-Heart, Jalene #20-Fight, went 2 for 3 with a solo home Marissa #18-Conquer run and showed her athleticism with a handful of exceptional “ Upcoming Scrimmages” plays. Brinley Miller and Lauren Saturday, October 5th: Schwalbach also displayed the talent to help get the outs Edmonds vs. Big Bend -10 a.m. needed to win. On offense at Big Bend Kelsey, Tiffany, and Kate all Green River vs. Big Bend-Noon executed sacrifice bunts in at Big Bend order to move runners into scoring position. With the help Sunday, October 6th: of their defense, Nicole and Emma gave up few hits and Big Bend vs. Walla Walla had a combined strike out total University at 12 and 2 of 6.

Big Bend vs. Northern Idaho at In the second game against 12 and 2 in Courd’alene Green River, Sam delivered a single which drove in Christian, and Stormie supplied a double. Green River scored all their “ Scrimmage Results” runs in the second inning until we shut them down. Big Bend vs. Edmonds Unfortunately we could not Big Bend wins 8-5 come back from that inning which resulted in a 4-1 loss for Big Bend vs. Green River the Vikings. Green River wins 4-1

Big Bend vs. Walla Walla U Big Bend wins 10-7 and 8- In the double-hitter against 6 Walla Walla University, there were many instances where we “ Weekend Highlights” had to play catch up but in the end we pulled out two wins Each player had a shining with the strength of our moment that contributed to hitting, pitching, and defense. three wins for the weekend. In Jenna and Jalene both played a the first game against solid first base and each had a Edmonds, there were incredible single. Tiffany easily hit a plays made in both the infield homer over right field and Jakobie had aggressive base running. Marissa was unstoppable behind the plate, making every possible play and Cheyenne scored after laying down a sacrifice bunt. Together the team played hard and never gave up!

“ Injury Report”

Kim suffered a broken arm after being hit by a pitch during practice and is expected to be in a cast for 4-6 weeks. We are wishing her a speedy recovery! Alexis took a hit to her hand resulting in a bone bruise but is expected to be playing next weekend against Northern Idaho. Jenna has overcome knee surgery and is ready to reach her full potential!

By Alexis Spence