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

This is my home turf. I'm 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 don't want to say we're winning because of the freshmen, but it's a nice opportunity to have all those girls with us.

I'm excited that we matched last year's win total. We've got a lot of young kids and we've got five freshmen on this team. All have contributed this season.

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