Earlier this season, Page County High School Softball team was in need of a postponement of a home game against Central – Woodstock due to a number of players battling illnesses.

Sadly, the only agreement that could be reached was to move the game to Central High School and play it as part of a doubleheader.

Thursday afternoon, long-time friend and even longer time Coach, Alan spent some time with me and both my brother Wayne and son, Chris in New Market.

When the conversation turned to Softball for a few minutes, we addressed the pending matchup with the Falcons.

PCHS started out 0-3 for the first time since indoor plumbing, but it’s worth noting that two of the three losses were to the Class 3 defending State Champs, Broadway.

The team returned to healthy and managed to string together six straight victories heading into last night.

” I don’t have enough pitching left to play them twice, not after the game against Clarke County two days ago,” was the line from Coach.

When Dennis Z reached out with the two final scores, I had to laugh to myself. After almost half a century of coaching, it shouldn’t have surprised me one bit that Alan knows his roster inside and out.

The Lady Panthers went toe 2 toe in the opening game before falling 4-3 in a back and forth affair. Game 2 went to the homestanding Falcons by a score of 8-0.

Page County now sits at 6-5 with four if the setbacks coming at the hands ✋️of teams with Championship rings 💍 from last year. The team will get back at it next week.