Hatley softball streaking into 2A North finals
There isn’t much about Hatley’s softball team that jumps off the page, but the Tigers have been a compelling story this postseason. They’ve swept each of their first three series in the Class 2A playoffs to earn a spot in the North half finals. After beating Bruce in the first round and blowing past J.
Z. George in the second, Hatley (19-11) took down Eupora by scores of 4-2 and 5-4 in the quarterfinals. “We’re at the end of the season, the kids are where they should be,” head coach Chris George said.
“They’re confident in what they’re supposed to do. It’s a comfort in the game itself. ” The Tigers’ hitting hasn’t been quite as good in the playoffs as it was in the regular season, but it’s done well enough.
In the Game 2 win against Eupora, freshman Kinsley Echols hit a walk-off RBI single in the eighth inning. And she’s not even one of the team’s top hitters, with a . 286 average on the season.
Sophomore Raigan Brown leads Hatley with a . 397 average and 26 RBIs; junior Kelsey Coffey is hitting . 381 with 20 RBIs; and eighth grader Brileigh Lewis is batting .