COUGAR PRIDE Sports News
Friday, April 11, 2025
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The Lady Cougar varsity softball team has started the season of 3-5, but several players have strong stats already. Lady Cougar Softball Stats Strong at Start of Season
By SELENA COMPTON Cougar Growl Staff This week I chose to do a story on the Lady Cougar softball team. Both junior varsity and varsity are doing very well and the season is just getting underway.
Varsity is led by coaches Gary Brightbill, Andy Hall, and Aman- da Dishon, while junior varsity is led by Duane Cox and Julie Gill. The varsity has played a total of eight games so far this season with a win-lose count of three wins and five loses. Their biggest
win was against Fort Chiswell, beating them 21-3. Their top-five best players with the highest hit- ting averages are senior Morgan Vest with .545, junior Addison Puckett with .500, senior Mado- lyn Legg with .500, junior Victo- ria Hale with .474, and last but not least Sarah Ritter .455. The team has a batting aver- age of .363. Varsity has three amazing pitchers on their team, and you might know them! The list starts with Addison Puckett, who has pitched 11.2 innings this season. Next is Sophia Hall, who has pitched 10.1 innings. Mor- gan Vest has pitched 5.0 innings. Altogether, the team has pitched 27.0 innings. The Junior Varsity has played six games with a win loss re- cord of 4-2. Their biggest win so far was against Carroll County, beating them 18-1. Their top-five players with the highest batting averages are freshman Sarah
Simpson with .600, Autumn Chandler with .556, Autumn Cox with .500, Brielle Jones with .500, and rounding them out is Saige Hutton. The team’s batting aver- age is .406. This team has two amazing pitchers. Freshman Camrynn Dobbins has 17 innings pitched; she struck out 27 people and only walked nine. Natalie Hinkley has pitched four innings, striking out four and walking three. She hasn’t pitched much, but when she does she’s unstoppable. Altogether they’ve pitched 21 innings. A fun fact for the JV squad is that a very talented eighth grader, Jazmine Dalton, hit a homerun during their game against Cave Spring and wowed the crowd. These teams of amazing and talented players go out and do what they love most and try to the best of their abilities. Be sure to get out and support them when you can.
Meet Cougar Justus Hash
By Nevaeh Newman Cougar Growl Staff
and Cooper Flagg for basketball. His favorite coach was Rajai Hines. Justus claims that he and Coach Hines had a good bond because he loved the sport. Justus is looking forward to earning records before his high school career is over. His plans after high school are to be a Construction Engineer. His favorite quote: “Go Cougars!”
Justus Hash is an 11th-grade multi-athlete in basketball and track. Justus has played basket- ball since sixth grade and has been involved with track and field since ninth grade. Justus has been encouraged by his family to do these sports. He looks up to Gout Gout for track
The Junior Varsity Lady Cougar softball team has started the season off with a record of 4-2. While the team may be young, several of the players are already making a mark. Led by Coach Duane Cox and Coach Julie Gill, this young squad has continued to show improvement throughout the first part of the season. Junior Varsity Softball Starting Strong
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