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Freshmen

Daly/lsbell

They would tease me by saying, 'We got the Champion of Tomorrow
on our team.' I liked it." -Freshman Jenelle Negrete

Why were you
chosen as a
Champion of To­
morrow? "My
pitching coach,
Ron Osborne, told
Channel 6 that I
would be a good pitcher some
day in a few years, and they
should follow me along. For the
high school at the beginning of
the year Megan Mertins sprained
her ankle so I had to pitch for the
rest of the games. I only lost two
games that I pitched and we
played about 12 games. The
high school team took state. On
my summer league, we made it to
regionals. The Ralston team took
state and it was neat because it
was the first tournament so we're
going to go down in history as the
first team who took the first state
tournament." Being chosen?
"I was nervous because they were
going to interview me before a
game. I couldn't understand why
they picked me out of so many
girls. My coach told me that he
thought I was going to be good eing measured for her
some day. They (teammates) B championship softball
weren't jealous; they were happy jacket is Junior Jennifer
for me. They would tease me by Auten. The Ralston softball
saying, ’We got the Champion of team took first place at the
Tomorrow on our team.’ I liked it state tournament.
. . People recognized me; they
were like hey you were on the inter evenings were
Champions of Tomorrow and W filled with practice
other coaches wanted to talk to for Senior Carrie Grindle.
me. My dad said it will help me Students participating in
for college . . . My role model is Winter Guard practiced in
my sister. She is older and she the band room during the
was in the competitive league. I week.
always watched her games, and I
watched the pitchers and talked
to the pitchers. My dad told me I
could be a pitcher so I went to
clinics. They (Channel 6) inter­
viewed me here . . . They inter­
viewed the coach and he talked
about our team." Why were you
chosen? "Because of my pitch­
ing and because I'm the youngest
pitcher that made the varsity
league. I'm the only freshman
pitcher who made the varsity
league."