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By Nancy Atkins
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
Saturday morning at 8:30 at Rappahannock High School, the members of the junior varsity and varsity softball teams and their coaches gathered for the beginning of a 50 inning softball marathon. On a brisk and sunny morning, at an hour when many teenagers are still asleep, these girls were warming up with calisthenics and hot cocoa in preparation for a full day of softball.
This event was organized as a fundraiser by the high school softball program, with a request to the athletic director that funds go toward updating equipment, improvements to the field and batting cage, and bullpen for pitching practice for both squads. Some of these funds might also be used to help other teams. The 26 girls on the teams spent two weeks gathering pledges of money per inning to be donated at the conclusion of 50 innings of play. It was time to play ball.
To keep the game fun and exciting without tiring the pitchers, the coaches came up with a variety of rules for the day. The first 12 innings were slow-pitch, featuring Rhonda Jenkins and Carl Payne, varsity coaches, on the mound. For the girls accustomed to fast-pitch, the high arch on the ball added new challenge. For three of these innings, all varsity girls were ordered to switch hit.
This was followed by three innings of fast-pitch Jay Susan Payne, six innings of tee-ball, and three innings' with a pitching machine before breaking for lunch. Parents
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