Isaac Dotson could hear the jeers.
The Newport High sophomore couldn’t help but hear the Redmond student section yelling, screaming and chanting “choke, choke, choke” as he stood on the free throw line, his team trailing 41-40 with just 5.8 seconds to play.
Fred Funk remembers his initial thought when he stepped on to the tee box for the first time at Sahalee.
Trees. Trees everywhere. There were lots and lots of unavoidable trees.
The hardest part is the waiting.
There are 31 days in between the conclusion of the District 9 Junior Softball All-Star Tournament and the beginning of the Junior Softball World Series, and Mark Gransee’s Redmond/Eastlake Little League team has nothing to do but practice, and wait. And wait. And wait.