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The j.v.  softball team
                                                                                                                        had a very successful
                                                                                                                        year and even accom­
                                                                                                                        plished something that
                                                                                                                        the varsity failed to do.
                                                                                                                        The j.v.  team won the
                                                                                                                        River Cities Conference
                                                                                                                        tournament while the
                                                                                                                        varsity placed second.
                                                                                                                        The Rams went 9-1,
                                                                                                                        which is real consistent
                                                                                                                        with the records from
                                                                                                                        the past j.v.  teams.  The
                                                                                                                        future looks real bright
                                                                                                                        for the Ralston softball
                                                                                                                        program.  Five players
                                                                                                                        on the j.v. squad
                                                                                                                        stepped it up and got
                                                                                                                        adequate playing time
                                                                                                                        on the varsity squad.
                                                                                                                        Freshman Angela
                                                                                                                        Palma pitched every
                                                                                F resh m an   A n g ela  P alm a  g ets  rea d y   to   game for the j.v. and
                                                                                throw   her  best  pitch.  Palm a  lettered  on   was needed to pitch
                                                                                varsity  but  contributed  in  every  gam e  for   almost every game at
                                                                                the j.v. team .                         Districts and State for
                                                                                                                        the varsity.  Sophomore
                                                                                                                        Keri Bolte and fresh­
                                                                                                                        man Lindsay Bredar led
                                                                                                                        the team in offense and
                  Sophom ore  K asey  Paige  gets  to  hom e  plate  safe  to  be  congratu­
                  lated  by freshm an  M ollie  Korgie.                                   SOFTBALL-J. V.                were called upon to get
                                                                                                                        the big hits at the end
                                                                                                                        of the season.  Bredar
                                                                                           SCOREBOARD
                                                                                                                        hit the only homerun of
                                                                                                     RHS  OPP           the season for the
                                                                                        Lincoln SE 1        5           varsity.  It couldn't have
                                                                                                                        came at a better time
                                                                                        Falls City    13     1
                                                                                                                        but against Gross in the
                                                                                        Gross         10    0           semifinals at State.
                                                                                        Mercy        6      2           Bredar also had a few
                                                                                                                        homeruns on the j.v.
                                                                                        Schuyler      15    2
                    T he infield gathers before  they take  the  field  to stop  their opponent                         squad.  Coach Kelli
                    one m ore inning.                                                   Skutt         12    0           Grote worked her girls
                                                                                        Roncalli      10    2           harder than the varsity
                                                                                                                        on a regular basis.
                                                                                        Gross         8     0
                                                                                                                        Congratulations j.v. on
                                                                                        Elkorn        13    0           a great year and many
                                                                                                                        more to come.
                                                                                       SOFTBALL-Reserve

                                                                                         SCOREBOARD
                                                                                                    RHS  OPP
                                                                                       Falls City   1 2    0
                                                                                       Bryan        9      1
                                                                                       Burke        8      3
                                                                                       Central      9      3
                                                                                       Skutt JV     1     10
                                                                                       Burke        17     4
                                                                                       Mercy JV     11     1
                                                                                       Westside     7      3
                                                                                       Bell.East    13     0
                                                                                       O.South      2      8






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