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J unior Heather O'Connor Softball
stretches for home plate to
score a run for the Lady Rams.
Over the years Ralston and a positive attitude by
has had many great firsts. the team." With the Lady
Now Ralston has been Rams leading every game
blessed with another first; in the tourney by
winning the first Nebraska anywhere from three
State High School Girls' points to 12 points,
Class A Fast Pitch Softball Mertins believes the team
Title. Under Softball Coach was most powerful on
Craig Comiskey, the Rams offense. "We just went up
stomped five other teams in there with the attitude
the State Tournament to that we were going to hit
take the win. and get runs and we did,"
The victory was not the Mertins said. She pointed
only good thing to come out that the team wanted
out of the tournament; to do well from the very
Senior Megan Mertins was start. "We had a very
voted honorary captain for good attitude. We wanted
the all-state tourney team. State very badly. In the
Mertins, who served as beginning our goal was to
pitcher for the team, said get to state, and when we
the major reason for the got there, our goal was to
state win was "teamwork win. It takes a team to
and good coaching skills, win state and the whole
team won."

J enelle Negrete pitched during
October's state softball
tournament.
egan Mertins winds up for
M a pitch during Nebraska's
first state high school softball
tournament.

Softball
Front Row: Heather
O'Connor, Kelly Sopinski,
Wendy Huntington, Heather
Kennedy, Karrie Zersen,
Jenelle Negrete, Trish Bade,
Jennifer Auten, Jodi Schirmer,
Denni Layne Back Row:
Coach Ken Mertins, Laura
Evans, Trish Jensen, Rachel
Willis, Megan Mertins, Jenna
Achenbach, Kara Hunt,
Shannon Fleming, Stacey
Jackson, Coach Don Bendig,
Coach Craig Comiskey