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Post by dew on May 15, 2024 7:14:36 GMT -6
Willow Golf - Class 2 State Runner up
Willow Softball defeats Houston 10-2 to go to the Final 4 in Springfield Monday May 13
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Post by bonehead on May 15, 2024 11:54:52 GMT -6
Perhaps willow football can get on the softball joke of a deal. Get a 2nd season in the spring approved by MSHSAA and have only like a third of the schools in the state play during that season and keep all the bigger schools and private schools playing during the fall.
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Post by bmac on May 20, 2024 15:05:37 GMT -6
how'd the girls do today?
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Post by dew on May 21, 2024 6:43:22 GMT -6
They finished 4th in the state. Was up 3-2 on #1 Diamond until the 5th inning then the Wildcats put up 10 runs in the 5th and a homer in the 6th and it was over. They fell to Lone Jack 5-2 in the 3rd/4th place game.
Bonehead I'll agree with you on the 2 season thing. Some schools get to play both fall and spring baseball and that confuses me. Tennis and golf are also head scratchers where the girls play in the fall, boys in the spring. Willow was going to stay in fall softball but most of the area moved to spring. There wasn't enough teams in the fall to allow Willow an SCA title they could have in the trophy case (forget which year but recent), so they joined up with the other SCA schools for spring ball.
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Post by bonehead on May 22, 2024 8:29:35 GMT -6
Fall baseball does not have districts and a state championship.
Tennis and golf are in different seasons but all the girls play at one time and all the boys play at another. So it is a level playing field.
Softball is the only sport where they have a state championship in each season. It makes no sense. Diamond won the class 2 state championship yesterday but it is so watered down it means nothing. The classes are so small that you only need to win one game and you are in the final four. And who the real class 2 state champion….whoever wins in fall or in the spring?
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Post by dew on May 22, 2024 8:31:14 GMT -6
Didn't know that about baseball, I thought they had titles in both seasons. Thanks for the info
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Post by mghs on May 22, 2024 22:03:49 GMT -6
Yeah Fall baseball is basically a extension of Summer Leagues for schools with no football....
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Post by mosooner on May 28, 2024 11:32:51 GMT -6
Fall Softball is still ahead of the Spring but the gap is a lot narrower than it used to be. The Spring level of play has really improved with the numbers jumping higher and higher each year. I still think its a matter of time until everyone plays in the Spring. I really think MSHSAA thought it would happen by now... Its going to take some of the really big schools to make the move to start the trend that will eventually get it done
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Post by bonehead on May 29, 2024 11:40:10 GMT -6
By why does the state give them the choice? Make the call and be done with it. Football does not have a choice to play in the spring if they want.
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Post by jordanearl on May 29, 2024 14:01:26 GMT -6
By why does the state give them the choice? Make the call and be done with it. Football does not have a choice to play in the spring if they want. i get it for the smaller schools who wouldn't have enough for Softball and Volleyball at same time in the fall. and in the spring you got golf, track and Softball all vying for same group of Athletes |
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Post by bmac on May 30, 2024 5:44:53 GMT -6
CONGRATS LADY BEARS GREAT JOB.
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Post by amacomo on May 31, 2024 23:35:22 GMT -6
I think most of the schools who stuck with a fall softball season have girls soccer which is in the spring, so they preferred to conflict with volleyball over soccer. No spring softball school I could find has girls soccer.
There are 60+ schools in class 2 spring softball but Willow is top of the list in enrollment.
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Post by bonehead on Jun 5, 2024 14:06:02 GMT -6
Another solution would be to say all of the smaller classes are in the spring and larger classes are in the fall. At least that way you would have a true class state champion. With this current system you have two class 1 state champions and two class 2 state champions. No other sport gets this situation.
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Post by BearUp on Jun 6, 2024 16:13:43 GMT -6
They finished 4th in the state. Was up 3-2 on #1 Diamond until the 5th inning then the Wildcats put up 10 runs in the 5th and a homer in the 6th and it was over. They fell to Lone Jack 5-2 in the 3rd/4th place game. Bonehead I'll agree with you on the 2 season thing. Some schools get to play both fall and spring baseball and that confuses me. Tennis and golf are also head scratchers where the girls play in the fall, boys in the spring. Willow was going to stay in fall softball but most of the area moved to spring. There wasn't enough teams in the fall to allow Willow an SCA title they could have in the trophy case (forget which year but recent), so they joined up with the other SCA schools for spring ball. That’s what caused Ava to move to Spring ball. I think Ava, Willow and Salem were the last to play Fall ball and 3 schools wasn’t enough for an official SCA championship. |
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