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Kimball's 10U team took third this season

Softball around Kimball is over for the 2018 season, from youth to adult leagues. Your Kimball Girls 10U team finished third for the season and also took third in the end of the season tournament.

The team played 14 games throughout the long season from mid-May to the beginning of July. Kimball lost to just two teams during this season.

For five of the girls this was their first year of softball, and though the season started off as a learning opportunity, it quickly turned into much more.

"We played and practiced two days a week, Mondays and Thursdays, and for most of our girls they had a taste of a real tournament when it came to the end of the year," said Coach Caitlin Tabor. "We played one game the first night of our tournament, July 19-22, and won our first game, going into the second day of play, we played three games winning the first two but falling short in the third game, we finished third and received medals."

Tabor added she is incredibly proud of how the girls came together as a team and worked so hard.

"Pitching softball is so different than baseball, learning the timing of your swing playing softball is again much different, the girls learned quickly and did great," she said.

The 10U team will lose five of their girls next year when they move up to the 13U team, but four plan to stay and compete next year.

With the help Coach Andrew Bohac and Amira Moore, dugout coach, as well as with the help of many parents who pitched in to take care of bookkeeping, snacks, as base coaches and many other things that needed done, the long season ran smooth .

Along with the 10U team, Tabor also coaches the 13U as well as the 18U teams.

"It would be great for the community to know about these games at the ball fields here and to come out and support these teams. They have worked hard all season, and have came so far," she urged.

The 10U team was made up of 10 girls including Addy Olson, Allison Johnson, Ashlynn Kuhns, Aubrey Culek, Faith Bohac, Grace Moore, JaLeigh Bohac, Makenna Thurin, Riley Hottell and Shaedyn Trussell.

Lexie Kauffman subbed for the 10U team when needed throughout the season. Olson, Moore, and Culek subbed for the 13U this season as well.