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Happy birthday, Miller Bertani!

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Miller Bertani

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Getting the band back together

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November 2014 (SOU football coaches)

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Three coaches from the 2014 staff are on the 2023 coaching staff. Another can be found in this much earlier post from 2014 (but may be difficult to spot if you don’t know what you are looking for).

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Berk Brown and the 2023 SOU football team

Five years ago…

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Hobart Bluff Trail (May 2018)

Eight years ago today…

CCC track and field Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase Michelle Fletcher Northwest Christian

Eight years ago today…

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Marietta Silliman

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball

Happy birthday, Logan Guler!

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2018 SOU Athletics awards with AD Matt Sayre, Logan Guler, and Paul Matyas

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Five years ago today…

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Paige Leeper’s first collegiate triple

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Upper Table Rock Sunset

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Upper Table Rock (April 28, 2023)

2023 CCC Softball Awards

2023 Cascade Conference Softball Statistics

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Details here and here.

The question that most people must be asking after seeing who won Player of the Year is how can the reigning National Player of the Year, who is having a very similar season as last, not have received the award? I have no idea. You’ll have to ask the coaches.

The article states that it’s because Loffer has the most walks and runs scored. However, Riley has a much higher batting average, more hits, almost twice as many RBIs, seven more HRs, more than 120 points higher in slugging percentage, and 20 more total bases in the exact same number of games. Total bases is a far more important stat than runs or RBIs as the latter two have a lot to do with where one bats in the lineup. Another way to neutralize the fact that Loffer leads off and Riley hits third is to add runs and RBIs. Again, Riley exceeds Loffer by a decent margin (120 for Donovan vs. 108 for Loffer).

Maybe it was defense then? In conference play, Donovan’s fielding percentage was .991; Loffer’s was .936. Hmmmmm…

This seems like an effort on the coaches’ part to “spread the awards” instead of awarding them to the most deserving.

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Deja Acosta

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Cayla Williams

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Riley Donovan

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Katie Machado

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Sarah Kerling

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Lauren Weinberg

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Sammie Pemberton

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Post-storm sunset with giant blue finger pointing at sun

As promised.