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City by the Lake.org, The Voice of Michigan City, Indiana _ City Sports _ City Softball Reaches .500 For the First Time in Ten Years
Posted by: Beachgirl77 May 20 2008, 08:13 PM
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Playoffs Set To Get Underway
Softball sectionals start tonight
Nick Dettmann
The News-Dispatch
Sitting five games below .500, the Michigan City Wolves and coach Candy Feare set out on a mission.
"I told the girls, 'I want the sectional team,'" Feare said May 9. "This is what we're after now. We're done with the DAC. ... We're trying to get to .500.
"... We can easily finish .500. That's what we're after."
On May 9, the Wolves sat with a 7-12 record after a 3-0 loss to Kankakee Valley at home.
But since then, the Wolves have been rolling. They have won five straight games, beating Calumet, Marquette, South Bend Riley, South Central and Morgan Township - all within five days.
The Wolves did achieve their goal of getting to .500.
Now with sectional play ready to begin for the Wolves on Wednesday against Chesterton, the Wolves hope they will get the opportunity to prove that winning five straight games was no fluke.
The winner of the City-Chesterton sectional game will play the winner of the Crown Point-Merrillville game.
Finishing the regular season at .500 is a huge step for the Wolves and the program. In the previous two seasons, the program won just eight games over that span.
The Wolves, for the first time in a while, have something to build on heading into the sectional.
City went 9-1 in its nonconference games this - the only loss was the Kankakee Valley game.
When the Wolves played Chesterton in the season's first game, Feare said she was happy with the way her team played, despite losing 11-4. Feare said after the Kankakee Valley game she's happy her team is going to get another shot at Chesterton, who swept the Wolves during the regular season in two meetings.
Chesterton is not the same power this year than it has been in years past. But it's Chesterton.
Two area teams will start sectional play tonight (La Porte and La Crosse), New Prairie will play Tuesday night against host South Bend St. Joseph's, and the other five area squads (Chesterton, City, Westville, Marquette and South Central) will play Wednesday night.
Softball sectionals start tonight
Nick Dettmann
The News-Dispatch
Sitting five games below .500, the Michigan City Wolves and coach Candy Feare set out on a mission.
"I told the girls, 'I want the sectional team,'" Feare said May 9. "This is what we're after now. We're done with the DAC. ... We're trying to get to .500.
"... We can easily finish .500. That's what we're after."
On May 9, the Wolves sat with a 7-12 record after a 3-0 loss to Kankakee Valley at home.
But since then, the Wolves have been rolling. They have won five straight games, beating Calumet, Marquette, South Bend Riley, South Central and Morgan Township - all within five days.
The Wolves did achieve their goal of getting to .500.
Now with sectional play ready to begin for the Wolves on Wednesday against Chesterton, the Wolves hope they will get the opportunity to prove that winning five straight games was no fluke.
The winner of the City-Chesterton sectional game will play the winner of the Crown Point-Merrillville game.
Finishing the regular season at .500 is a huge step for the Wolves and the program. In the previous two seasons, the program won just eight games over that span.
The Wolves, for the first time in a while, have something to build on heading into the sectional.
City went 9-1 in its nonconference games this - the only loss was the Kankakee Valley game.
When the Wolves played Chesterton in the season's first game, Feare said she was happy with the way her team played, despite losing 11-4. Feare said after the Kankakee Valley game she's happy her team is going to get another shot at Chesterton, who swept the Wolves during the regular season in two meetings.
Chesterton is not the same power this year than it has been in years past. But it's Chesterton.
Two area teams will start sectional play tonight (La Porte and La Crosse), New Prairie will play Tuesday night against host South Bend St. Joseph's, and the other five area squads (Chesterton, City, Westville, Marquette and South Central) will play Wednesday night.
Posted by: Ang May 20 2008, 08:17 PM
That's great. It's about time those girls had their day!
Welcome to the board Beachgirl.
Posted by: Beachgirl77 May 20 2008, 08:18 PM
QUOTE(Ang @ May 20 2008, 09:17 PM) 
That's great. It's about time those girls had their day!
Welcome to the board Beachgirl.
Thanks! I agree.
I coached that group of ladies for three years, and I am proud of them!
Posted by: southsider2k7 May 21 2008, 07:43 AM
Great to hear and welcome to the site! 
Posted by: Roger Kaputnik May 21 2008, 08:59 AM
What an accomplishment! good for them.
Will this Board join me in keeping a close eye on THAT Board so they don't fire this coach?
Posted by: southsider2k7 May 21 2008, 09:05 AM
We are the 4th pillar of government!
Posted by: Ang May 21 2008, 09:06 AM
I think someone at MCAS has a secret agenda to destroy the school system!! 
Maybe I should post this in the conspiracy theory thread? 
Posted by: Beachgirl77 May 21 2008, 09:38 AM
QUOTE(Ang @ May 21 2008, 10:06 AM)
I think someone at MCAS has a secret agenda to destroy the school system!!
Maybe I should post this in the conspiracy theory thread?
Candy Feare really has brought a lot to that program.
Posted by: Ang May 21 2008, 10:59 AM
I knew Candy when she worked with Coach Collins as an assistant BB coach. She is a really nice woman who is dedicated to the girls. I think she coached JV softball at the same time? I left MCHS the last year Karen Ingram coached.
Posted by: Beachgirl77 May 21 2008, 11:08 AM
QUOTE(Ang @ May 21 2008, 11:59 AM)
I knew Candy when she worked with Coach Collins as an assistant BB coach. She is a really nice woman who is dedicated to the girls. I think she coached JV softball at the same time? I left MCHS the last year Karen Ingram coached.
No, she didn't coach the girls at the JV level...it was me and Dave Johnson at the time. That was my first year. She came in the next year as the head Varsity coach.
She did do a lot of coaching of the girls outside of the season for hitting, though.
Posted by: southsider2k7 May 21 2008, 11:33 AM
http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=75&ArticleID=13695&TM=48651.04
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Softball Team Worth Getting Excited About
Congratulations to the Lady Wolves softball team on accomplishing a .500 season, and good luck going into sectionals this week. The softball season is compact, making it very strenuous for the students. With four and maybe five games in a row, the girls have to be committed and focused. These girls stayed focused and earned a record no softball team at Michigan City High School has had for very many years.
The growth and improvement in this team can be attributed to the fact that many of these girls have played in the Trail Creek Softball Program, and also on the 14-year-old KVA travel softball teams. Without this feeder program, and the commitment of coach Feare, the Lady Wolves softball team may not have won the number of games they did this season.
Contrary to what Mr. Dettmann had to say in his column today ["City, don't get too excited"], this is something to get excited about. Growth of teams and the movement toward winning seasons starts with a lot of hard work and ambition by parents, coaches and people with visions of improvement.
The Trail Creek Softball Program is doing for softball what the Michigan City Basketball Academy has done for the Lady Wolves basketball program. So, to all those involved in the softball programs for the many girls who play in Trail Creek, and now at the high school, congratulations on this year's record and I look forward to seeing the softball team becoming a recognized team in the conference. Good luck in the future.
Jill Johnson
Michigan City
Congratulations to the Lady Wolves softball team on accomplishing a .500 season, and good luck going into sectionals this week. The softball season is compact, making it very strenuous for the students. With four and maybe five games in a row, the girls have to be committed and focused. These girls stayed focused and earned a record no softball team at Michigan City High School has had for very many years.
The growth and improvement in this team can be attributed to the fact that many of these girls have played in the Trail Creek Softball Program, and also on the 14-year-old KVA travel softball teams. Without this feeder program, and the commitment of coach Feare, the Lady Wolves softball team may not have won the number of games they did this season.
Contrary to what Mr. Dettmann had to say in his column today ["City, don't get too excited"], this is something to get excited about. Growth of teams and the movement toward winning seasons starts with a lot of hard work and ambition by parents, coaches and people with visions of improvement.
The Trail Creek Softball Program is doing for softball what the Michigan City Basketball Academy has done for the Lady Wolves basketball program. So, to all those involved in the softball programs for the many girls who play in Trail Creek, and now at the high school, congratulations on this year's record and I look forward to seeing the softball team becoming a recognized team in the conference. Good luck in the future.
Jill Johnson
Michigan City
Posted by: Beachgirl77 May 21 2008, 11:36 AM
QUOTE(southsider2k7 @ May 21 2008, 12:33 PM)
http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=75&ArticleID=13695&TM=48651.04
That Dettman article rubbed me the wrong way!
You go Jill Johnson!
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