time for spring fun

Let’s see, who should we put the old spring baseball/softball whammy on by predicting what great finishes they should have?

Let’s start with baseball first. Team-wise, just as in football, the team to watch in baseball is the Adna Pirates. Adna has it all with great pitching, hitting and an air-tight defense, plus it’s virtually the same team back that was so good last year. Mark my words, following a frustrating end to football, followed by a better-than-expected basketball season, look for these fired-up Pirates to be right in the hunt for a state 2B crown.

Individually, if you want to see perhaps the best pitcher in the area, make the trip out to Tenino to watch Alex Phillips, a big, smooth left-hander who had a breakthrough season last year. You can bet there will be plenty of scouts in the stands when this kid pitches. He’s got velocity, location, an assortment of pitches, and mound smarts.

For softball, look right here in the Twin Cities for two of the best as both the young Centralia and W.F. West squads had good years last season with nearly everyone back.

For a top-notch softball pitcher, it’ll be fun to watch the progress of Adna sophomore Jessika Jo Sandrini, who was one of the best around last year as a frosh.