The Swellesley Report

Wellesley Special Town Meeting: One & done; Delayed gratification on RDF, school capital projects; Students’ voting pitch OK’d

Wellesley Special Town Meeting, featuring just 13 articles, wrapped up (aka, "dissolved") in a single session on Nov. 3 in ...
Capital Gazette

Playing catch with father led Dunkirk native Brett Cecil to pitch in major leagues

Brett Cecil, a Dunkirk native who spent 10 seasons in the major leagues, will be inducted into the Anne Arundel County Sports ...
CU Independent

Top 10 Conditioning Drills to Boost Pitching Velocity

Pitching is about more than just throwing hard. It is a skill that combines strength, balance, mechanics, and endurance. Without proper conditioning, pitchers risk inconsistency, injury, and stalled ...
universitystar

Reaching for the sky: A look inside Texas State’s goal oriented pitch to the Pac-12

putting the move in motion. But, before the point of discussing a buyout, Texas State had to pitch itself to the Pac-12 in hopes that the conference saw enough value in the university to offer a spot.
Newsday

East Meadow's Jenna Laird right at home with the New York Rise pro softball team

Welcome home to Jenna Laird and the New York Rise. Following 12 games on the road, the professional softball team returned to Long Island this week. The Rise are in their second season of existence ...
MLB

6 fascinating ways softball pitching is different from baseball

Montana Fouts pitched 230 innings in her senior season at Alabama in 2023, with 24 complete games among her 31 starts and an additional 13 relief appearances that resulted in four saves. In an ...
KGW8

Here's dirt in your eye. Freak pitch strikes airborne clod, and Oregon softball catcher pays price

OKLAHOMA CITY — As Oregon's catcher, Emma Cox knows All-American Lyndsey Grein throws lots of filthy pitches. Grein outdid herself Friday night at the Women's College World Series when she kicked up a ...
Orlando Sentinel

Should FHSAA give softball, like baseball, a best-of-three format? | Varsity Weekly

From a competitive point of view, the FHSAA’s new best-of-three series format for regional baseball tournaments was a hit. That begs the question: should the Florida High School Athletic Association ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Pitch counts a good idea in softball as well as baseball

In 1956, Michigan City native Don Larsen famously threw the only no-hitter in World Series history. Through five innings on Friday night, the Braves’ Ian Anderson was on track to join Larsen in the ...
NCAA

Dominating the circle: DII softball's deepest pitching staffs

There is already one regional rankings on the board, which means we are just a couple of weeks from the 2025 DII softball championship. We continue our look at the teams that should — or at least ...
The Diamondback

Bri Godfrey rebuilt her pitching motion. Now she’s emerging as Maryland softball’s ace.

Bri Godfrey was in tears during her first pitching training back home in southern Florida. The Maryland softball junior was trying to completely change her throwing motion for the upcoming season, so ...