Year 8 Girls Softball Zone Champions

A huge well done to the 12 girls who represented the College in Year 8 softball:
Abbey Addison, Ashleigh Bayliss, Maddy Bayliss, Char-Lee Beavis, Jordyn Bianchi, Georgia Booth, Amy Dodd, Caitlin Fletcher, Zoe Griffin, Shaneyl Parker-Hawden, Hope Sumner and Olivia Szalay.
The girls applied themselves tremendously to come from behind and win against both Norwood Secondary College and Ringwood Secondary College. Despite some early nerves, the girls settled down and worked really well together.
In game 1, after taking an early lead, Norwood came back to leave us trailing by 1 leading into the final innings. We scrapped through to get the single home run needed for a thrilling win.
Next up, we played a very vocal and confident Ringwood. After a little panic in the field that led to a 4 run play we quickly found ourselves down 6-2. However, the girls would not be defeated and kept Ringwood to zero in the next innings while we ran over them with a whopping 5 run innings. By full time, we had sealed a very pleasing 9-7 victory to take the zone title.
By far the most pleasing aspect of the day was the positive and friendly attitude shown by all 12 girls. There was nothing but encouragement for each other and a willingness to equally share time on the field. Yet again, a pleasure to be involved with such a good group of students.

Adam Lorkin
Assistant Principal – Teaching & Learning and Transition