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By joe McCullough
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Despite two losses Rappahannock’s girls softball coach Renee Leake remains optimistic. “We’re playing well and improving with each game. This year. I wanted teams to walk off the field after playing us knowing they had been challenged. I feel we've been successful doing that.”
The Lady Panthers dropped their second game of the season on April 4, 9-1, to the Page Panthers. “Our first three batters struck out looking and that set the tempo for the rest of the game,” Mrs. Leake explained.
Rappahannock also had a slow start on defense, giving up five runs in the first inning. “I still thought we played excellent defense. We just didn’t hit the ball well," said Mrs. Leake.
The RCHS girls looked like they were back to winning ways in Tuesday’s home contest against Clarke County, but after nine exciting innings, it was Eagles 5, Panthers 4.
But even though the team lost, even though Coach Leake had a couple of questionable calls go against her girls, and even though she was the target of verbal abuse hurled by a couple of obnoxious fans, the coach refused to shed her sunny disposition.
“It was one of the best games of the season. We finally started to hit the ball. We had just two strikeouts, and we were averaging about seven a game. Before the game our goal was to hit the ball, and if we were going to strike out, we wanted to do it swinging. They did everything I wanted -- but win,” Mrs. Leake explained.
The game was a see-saw. Rappahannock struck first in the opening inning, when Deena Hitt and Donna Foster connected on a pair of sin
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