Senior night moved to road game for softball due to weather

Ryan Wang, Staff Writer • April 18, 2019

Sophomore Sydney Provence throws a pitch in Tuesday’s game against Denison.

The softball team (10-15-1 overall, 7-2 district) will play its final district game away against the Princeton Panthers (6-21-1 overall, 0-9 district) tonight at 7 p.m. The game was originally scheduled to be played at home for “senior night,” but recent thunderstorms forced the contest to be moved to Princeton’s turf field.

“Going forward we are focusing on one game at a time,” senior Delaney DiCristofaro said. “Today is Princeton, tomorrow it’s focusing on our pre-playoff game against Crandall. By focusing on one game at a time, it puts things into perspective for us so we don’t get too ahead of ourselves.”

The team played a game this past Tuesday, as well as last Friday, picking up one win and suffering one loss.

The Leopards defeated the Denison Yellow Jackets 8-1 on Tuesday, April 16. The team scored all 8 runs in the first two innings, sealing the victory early on. Junior Leah Taylor and DiCristofaro scored two runs each, while pitcher Sydney Provence allowed only four hits and one run while striking out four players across seven innings.

First-place McKinney North beat the second place Leopards 9-5 on Friday, April 12. McKinney North remains undefeated, securing first place in district this season. While the Leopards racked up more hits than the Bulldogs (Lovejoy 14, McKinney North 13), they were unable to convert those hits into runs. Taylor scored two runs, with junior Mackenzie Mitchell and DiCristofaro picking up three hits each as well.

“I believe the reason we lost to McKinney North was because of errors,” DiCristofaro said. “We had too many errors in the field even though we had around 14 hits in the game. If we fix those errors, we should be good.”

The Leopards will begin the postseason after a pre-playoff game against the Crandall Pirates next week.

About the Contributors

Ryan Wang, Section Editor

They say third time’s the charm, but as senior Ryan Wang struggles to write his third (and last) staff bio, he feels anything but charming. Being crowned the new Arts & Entertainment editor for TRL, he’s spent the past few months perfecting his craft by watching an unhealthy amount of movies.. Having lost touch with reality, he’s gone back to his roots and doing what he does best: making sandwiches, walking his cat, and shouting loudly at the Pittsburgh Penguins on TV. Needless to say, he can’t wait to go back to school to see his friends, zone out in class, and go on boba-trips eight times a week. Aside from running his extremely legit “Magic Zappy Machine” business, Ryan is also involved in speech & debate, investing club, dishwashing, NHS, and of course, The Red Ledger. He’s looking forward to another great year on staff, where he’ll be looking to connect with new writers, producing great content, and most importantly, raiding the local snack cabinet.

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Heading into her fourth and final year in TRL, senior Olivia Lauter could not be more thrilled to soak up every last minute of shooting sports, events and portraits for her favorite publication. Lauter has spent every day of her high school career with a camera around her neck, and you won’t catch her without it until graduation day. As well as being the photo editor for TRL, Lauter is a varsity cheerleader and involved in PALS and NHS. When she’s not on the sidelines with her camera or cheering on the Leopards, Lauter is with her friends, who she adores more than life itself. You will probably hear “last time, best time” and how “bittersweet” senior year is continually from Lauter this year, but she is just excited to spend one more year doing what she loves alongside the people she loves on TRL.