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Fastpitch season is coming up at Green River Community College, with the first game being against the Central Washington Junior Varsity team on the 6th of March. Since the season is about to start, people have been talking. As a result of the discussions about the fastpitch team, it was reported that the team was actually short on players and would not be able to play if they were to not find any more players.
Bob Kickner, the Athletic Director at Green River, claims that this rumor is false. In fact, Kickner states that the fastpitch team is looking very promising today. "We usually have to try and find girls to play from other places like cheerleading, but we actually have all softball players this year," says Kickner. The team, however, is looking shorter compared to a usual team, where there are about fourteen to fifteen players. Green River currently has twelve players, which is definitely enough to play. While the team does indeed seem to be pushing it on players, the amount of pitchers that the team has is solid, which is one thing that is very necessary.
There aren't very many returning players this year to fastpitch, but the pitcher from last year, Caitlyn Duggan, will be returning for another season. Last year Caitlyn pitched seventy-eight innings in fourteen games, and faced 337 batters as a pitcher. Her win percentage was 583. Duggan was also one of the top hitters on the Green River team in the 2009 season. We can look forward to Duggan returning this year as a team leader.
A full team of softball players is what Green River fans can look forward to the 2010 season. "The team is practicing and looking really good," says Kickner. Contrary to the rumors, GRCC can once again enjoy another season of Coach Dillinger and his girls on the softball field.
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