Quotes by Patty Evans

“We went from having 24 girls on the roster to 15. I have more expectations and want more of a commitment to the team. I expect players to attend and participate in practice and be at all practices. If players didnt want to do that, they had the option of not playing. Some elected to take that option.”

“All will see significant playing time. Ally could be our starting shortstop.”

“Im excited that we matched last years win total. Weve got a lot of young kids and weve got five freshmen on this team. All have contributed this season.”

“This is my home turf. Im from Worthington, my daughter plays junior varsity at Thomas and (Thomas coach Joe Abraham) and I are longtime friends. They were nice enough to extend an invitation to us.”

“The ability to be able to move girls in and out of games, depending on the situation, has been very helpful. I dont want to say were winning because of the freshmen, but its a nice opportunity to have all those girls with us.”

“Some girls who never played (certain) positions before, we had to use there in game situations to try them out. Weve had to use game situations to try girls out, and I think theyve not gotten a better understanding of their abilities.”