Mt. Spokane's senior class looking to cap prep careers with deep run at state tournament | Fastpitch softball
May 20—Quincy Schuerman rarely feels the need to make big statements to Addison Jay when the pair meet in the circle, but when she does need to deliver a message of inspiration to the Mt. Spokane hurler — she keeps it simple. "I just tell her that there is nobody better," Schuerman said.
And the stats back up Schuerman's statement. Over the past four years, Jay has been dominant as a pitcher and hitter in the Greater Spokane League — earning all-league first-team honors each season. Now Jay, Schuerman and the Wildcats' eight other seniors will look to cap their prep careers with the one thing that has alluded GSL teams over the past two decades — a state fastpitch softball championship.
"We've worked so hard over our careers and this year, and no one else at state knows how much work we have put in except for us," Jay said. "I'm excited for it to show and see if we can be the group that gets it done. " After taking fourth in two of the past three 3A state tournaments, the second-seeded Wildcats (22-1) will aim for the top spot beginning Friday morning at 9 a.
m. against either 18th-seeded Southridge or 15th-seeded Gig Harbor at Region Athletic Complex in Lacey, Washington. Jay said that the Wildcats once again will enter the tournament with a target on their backs as the No.
2 seed. But unlike last year when they were shocked in the opening round by 18th-seeded Inglemoor, Jay believes her team has the ability to play loosely in what will be their final tournament together. "To lose that game and still fight back to earn a trophy showed us how resilient this group was," Jay said.
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