{"id":51108,"date":"2020-03-02T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=51108"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:27:31","slug":"searcy-high-school-softball-players-prepping-for-the-start-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=51108","title":{"rendered":"Searcy High School Softball Players Prepping for the Start of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A picture of necessities for Softball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Searcy, AR. (LP) \u2014 Our spring sports are almost in season, and the Searcy High softball athletes plus Coach Long are eagerly anticipating its start. \u201cI am looking for each athlete to compete at their highest potential day in and day out. If we do that, then I can\u2019t ask anymore of them,\u201d says Coach Long. It is said by many that Coach Long is extremely supportive and encouraging while coaching. He makes sure his girls are fully prepared for the season. The team is practicing for the season by participating in hitting stations to exercise a wide range of hitting skills. They also are running infield and outfield fielding relays, as well as scrimmaging whenever they can. \u201cWe have been trying to get on the field for practice every opportunity that we can. It has been difficult the last couple of weeks because of the amount of rain we have received. We take plenty of batting practice and are using the time in pre-season to figure out a potential lineup,\u201d Coach Long explains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how much we all hate it, times will come when you lose a game. But when these miserable losses come around, Coach Long comes in prepared. \u201cI usually look at the scorebook and reflect on what mistakes we made that the other team capitalized on and make sure and hit those the next practice session.\u201d No team is perfect, but Coach Long has full faith in his girls, and the athletes share his confidence. Kati Honey shares, \u201cI have complete faith in my team, but there is always room for improvement; especially in hitting. If we lose a game, however, I will definitely practice more and work harder to get better.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A picture of a Searcy High School field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Searcy High School softball team has all grades, 9-12, participating. Usually when freshmen are on a Varsity sport, they get treated differently. Mostly because you are new to the team and they don\u2019t know how you act and play. Kati Honey explains, \u201cSince I\u2019m a freshman, I thought I would get treated differently because I\u2019m new to the team. But that wasn\u2019t the case. Everyone is a part of the team no matter the age.\u201d They are their own family within the team and they wouldn\u2019t change that for anything. The more they get along and get closer to each other, the better they will communicate on the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They are excited for their first game on Thursday, March 5 at the Searcy High School fields. Make sure to show up and support our girls!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Searcy, AR. (LP) \u2014 Our spring sports are almost in season, and the Searcy High softball athletes plus Coach Long are eagerly anticipating its start. \u201cI am looking for each athlete to compete at their highest potential day in and day out. If we do that, then I can\u2019t ask […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-community","category-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51108"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51122,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51108\/revisions\/51122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}