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By joe McCullough
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Rappahannock’s girls softball :oach, Renee Leake, says her team is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Bull Run District.
“No one takes us seriously. When we go to play a team, they’ll laugh at us and their fans taunt us. Sometimes it upsets my girls, but I’ve also been using it as ammunition to fire them up,” Mrs. Leake said.
The Lady Panthers may not have the respect of all their peers, but two teams that won’t take them ightly again are the Brentsville Timers and the Stonewall Jackson Generals. RCHS stormed over the Tigers, 19-4, on Friday, April 14, be'ore returning home to Sperryville )n the 17th and whipping Stonewall 11-3.
When Rappahannock arrived at Brentsville, the Lady Tigers were sunning themselves in the outfield. The Panthers warmed up while the Brentsville girls entertained themselves with jokes about various RCHS players. When Mrs. Leake asked BCHS if they wanted the field to warm-up before the game they laughed. “Go ahead and use it. We’ve practiced enough,” was the reply from the cocky Tigers.
Deena Hitt began the game with a line drive single. The next two Panther batters, flustered by the Tigers’ verbal attack, made outs. After a little pep talk from coach Leake, Sherron Boddie scored Hitt with a single. Amy Nokes advanced Boddie with a smash into right field, and Karen Payne hit Sherron home for a 2-0 lead.
Rappahannock showed signs of nervousness in the field in the opening inning and allowed Brentsville to even the game at 2-2. In the next three and a half innings the Panthers slowly built an 8-4 lead.
In the fifth, Rappahannock’s queens of swat put together their best offensive series of the year, scoring eleven runs before darkness stopped play. The offensive explosion was the result of hard hitting that forced numerous Tiger errors. The speedy Panthers also racked up 16 stolen bases.
On the mound for Rappahannock, Amy Nokes limited BCHS to four hits. “She had a lot of control,
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