The spring sports season is finally starting! Every day from three to four o’clock, masses of students pour through the locker room doors to get ready for practice. Softball is one of the most popular sports at MKA. The 2009 softball team includes people who have played all their lives, and some people who have never held a bat or worn a mitt before. However, with the help and support of coaches Janelli, Sullivan and Tully, playersnew and old are in for a season of success. A typical practice for the softball team includes batting practice, fielding with imaginary situations and sometimes a scrimmage. 7th grader Michelle Custode sys that her favorite part of practice is “throwing and the different exercises we do for throwing. Oh, also when we practice pop flies and grounders.” After their long wait for the first game, the girls on the team screamed and cheered for a successful game. Unfortunately, they lost the game, but that didn’t shoot down their high hopes for future games. Everyone on the team has a different opinion on which is the most fun position to play. For instance, Obsidian Lewin-Holmes loves to play in the outfield because she loves
