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Vidor is open. Maybe they’ll a make better personnel choice this go round.

PNG Tournament: Vidor 1 BC 0 Vidor 2 Anahuac 0

BC 4, HF 0 Jasper 16, HJ 11 Lumberton 8, West Brook 3 West Hardin 8, WOS 1

Vidor 11 Orangefield 4

Two more commits from Vidor that signed today: Keaira McCurley-Howard College, Big Spring Natalie Morrison-Northeast Texas Community College, Mt Pleasant PNG has a senior who committed that I forgot to post: Lauren Cathey-John Melvin U, Crowley, LA

Softball pitchers absolutely can get injured from overuse. It’s just like any other repetitive motion injury. Fortunately for BC, they also have Lacomb who is better than some of the other schools #1 pitchers.

For 19-4A: 1. BC - *IF* Carson Fall is healthy the whole season and doesn’t get overused. Their new coach has a large softball IQ, so she should make some sound personnel decisions. 2 and 3 will be either Vidor or LCM. Vidor has the talent but struggles with confidence. The only thing they really lost from last year was a couple of strong hitters. Some of the freshmen hit just as well. LCM is good but predictable. 4/5 will be Lumberton or Jasper. Jasper is another team that struggles with confidence. I think both teams are about equal in ability.

Vidor has a pretty strong group of freshmen, some of whom play high-level select. It’ll be a competitive season in this district for sure. I can’t wait!

Since we can't let Barbers Hill have all the fun, I thought I'd compile a list of local seniors who have already announced their commitments. There may be more that I haven't seen. There are definitely more who are still working on making the decision. Here's what I have so far: Vidor: Carlie Abbott - Centenary College of Louisiana Bridge City: Carson Fall - University of Kentucky Haley Munoz - Lamar State College Port Arthur Lumberton: Mallory Cheek - University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Kountze: Kitty Coe - University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Laney Shivers - Concordia University Texas Emily Smith - University of Louisiana Lafayette Warren: Makayla Baker - Bossier Parish Community College West Brook: Casadi Barclay - Centenary College of Louisiana

There may be hope for this program. I watched the 8th graders play a few weeks ago. 8A is very good and very athletic. Their only loss this season (to my knowledge) was to CO Wilson.

Different how? Players? Rotation?

Lumberton beat BC in 3.

One is an OH. I’m not sure about the other one(s).

To my knowledge, Lumberton is the first one who noticed what had happened on the Friday that they played. I’m sure the other schools will be watching from here on out.

BC had to forfeit one game to Lumberton. They now have 2 losses. Lumberton has 2. Vidor has 3. LCM has 4. Next week should decide the standings.