Fleetwood Mac, family keep Western Brown on pace for region repeat bid
With a 13-3 record, the Western Brown softball team is grooving toward the postseason. Here are their walk-up songs and what they do for "family" fun.
Holding a 2-0 lead over Wilmington after two innings, Western Brown head coach Blaine Wallace told his assistants that he knew the hit parade would arrive soon. He was right. The Broncos scored four times in the third inning, three times in the fourth, and four more times in the sixth inning to win, 13-3.
Just two days after collecting eight hits against Northern Kentucky commit Lauren Diels, Western Brown knocked 17 hits and got on base a total of 20 times. "Pitch selection has been really big this year. Trying to hit gaps and line drives, and just get hard, hard hits," senior first baseman Sophie Jamison said.
Western Brown, voted 14th in the state in USA TODAY's preseason Super 25 poll , is valuing every at-bat on offense and defense in its quest to return to the state tournament. Western Brown in year 2 of historic stretch From the moment their 2025 state semifinal against Dover ended, the Broncos knew they had what it takes to not just return to Akron but to win a state title. The Broncos beat Greenville in last year's regional final and will most likely have to do so in just over a month.
While the team knows a state tournament berth isn't decided by a single regular-season result or practice session, they constantly monitor Dover's and Greenville's results. "We constantly stress that we can't take a day off. They're not," Wallace said.
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