Butte Falls bulletin., May 01, 2015, Image 13

B u tte F alls - P ro sp ect B a se b a ll a n d S o ftb a ll C o -O p s
T he Lady C ougars S o ftb all te a m
T he C ougars B aseball te a m
has 15 players. F o u r o f w h ich are
co n sists o f 13 p la ye rs tw o th a t
fro m B u tte Falls; a se n io r second
are fro m B u tte F alls; a ju n io r
basem an it
HGFEDCBA
8 S haw na C reech, a
ca tch e r and sh o rt sto p # 11
ju n io r p itch e r and firs t basem an
S p e n ce r S co fie ld , a so p h o m o re
#14 R aleighanne W e a ve r, a
rig h t fie ld and firs t basem an # 9
so p h om o re sh o rt sto p and
R yan B urna. T he boys are
p itch e r #2 K atie M u nse ll, and a
h a vin g fu n , and e n jo yin g th e
so p h o m o re ca tch e r #11 H anna
o p p o rtu n ity to play. H ere are
K u yke nd a ll. T he g irls are h a vin g a
w h a t th e B u tte F alls B oys have
blast p la ying w ith so m e o f th e ir
to say a b o u t th e C o-O p.
school riva lry frie n ds. H ere are
S p e n ce r S cofield says, "I th in k
w h a t th e B u tte Falls g irls have to
say a b o u t th e C o-O p.
S haw na C reech S ays. "I have
been g o in g o ve r to P ro sp e ct to
play so ftb a ll fo r 3 years n o w .
T hey have a g re a t co a ch in g sta ff
re a lly su p p o rtive te a m m a te s, I
w o u ld n't be p la yin g like I do n o w
if it w a sn 't fo r th e C o-O p."
T his is th e th ird ye a r th a t B u tte F alls and
th e C o-O p is a g o o d th in g . It
P rosp e ct have had a C o-O p fo r so ftb a ll so
m akes b o th te a m s fro m B u tte
th e te a m is ve ry fa m ilia r w ith each o th er
F alls and P ro spe ct stro n g e r and
and glad to be p la yin g w ith such g rea t
b e tte r o ff. W e have e xtra
a th le te s fro m b o th schools. T his is o n ly
p la ye rs and d o n 't have to w o rry
th e firs t ye a r th e b a seb a ll te a m has had a
if a co u p le lads ca n 't m a ke it to
C o-O p, and th e boys a re g e ttin g a lo n g
a g a m e."
g rea t and h a p p y to be o n a fie ld again.
T he B u tte Falls stu d e n ts are e xcite d and
R aleigh W e ave r says. "It's been
a p p re cia tive fo r th e o p p o rtu n ity to be o u t
fu n g e ttin g to kn o w th e girls
o n th e S o ftb a ll and B aseball fie ld s a g a in !!
R yan B urna says. "T h e C o-O p is
g re a t!"
P rincip a l D ia n n e G o rm a n
fro m P ro sp e ct and g e ttin g a lo n g
sa ys, "It w a s a to u g h d e cisio n
w ith n e w p e o ple . It's g o o d th a t
to n o t fie ld o u r o w n te a m s
w e have th is o p tio n to be able to
play so ftb a ll."
th is ye a r. W e k n o w th a t w e
h a ve so m e d e d ic ate d
K atie M u n se ll says. "It is re ally
s tu d e n ts w h o re a lly w a n te d
fu n , and a g rea t le a rnin g
to p la y b u t w e d id n 't k n o w if
e xp erien ce . It gives us th e
w e c o u ld c o u n t o n th e
o p p o rtu n ity to go and m ake n e w
o th e rs . T h e se a th le te s a re
frien d s w ith p e o p le o u tsid e o f
o u r sch o o l. It m akes th e te a m
stro n g e r, and gives a b ig g e r
chance to go to sta te ."
p u ttin g fo rth th e e ffo rt a n d
e x tra tim e to m a ke it w o rk .
I'm v e ry p ro u d o f th e s e
y o u n g in d iv id u als a n d th e
H anna K u yke n d a ll says. "T h e C o-
o b sta cle s th e y 'v e h a d to
O p p ro vid e s us w ith an
o v e rc o m e to b e a b le to p la y
o p p o rtu n ity to play, and to
e xp e rie n ce th e sp o rt w ith a g re a t
te a m and co a ch es."
th e g a m e th e y lo v e !"