North’s Taylor Cooper stretches for a throw at first as the South’s Melanie Shull crosses the bag Thursday in softball. (Photos by Justin Falls / DN-R)
The South’s Jacklyn Lamoy is tagged out at third base as the North’s Kaitlin Hendershot holds up the ball.
HARRISONBURG – To Taelor Adams, softball players like Turner Ashby High School’s Angelia Miller or Fort Defiance’s Aislinn Lucas were idols – talented hitters whom she “envied” and aspired to...