LaFAYETTE, Ga. – Jason Carter caught the irony before he spoke.
The Heritage High School softball coach is thrilled his team improved to 6-1 Thursday with a comeback 4-3 win over LaFayette. Carter, however, is far from satisfied in how the Generals have gotten there. Take Thursday, for example.
Heritage trailed 2-1 after five innings and had appeared anxious at the plate in leaving five runners on base, including a rally-killing mistake in the fourth when a runner left second base early on a flyout to end the inning and another in the fifth when a runner was caught stealing with one out and another runner on third.
Still, single runs in the fifth and sixth tied the game and Morgan Parris’ two-out, two-run homer in the seventh provided just enough cushion for the Region 6-AAAA win.
“We’re 6-1 and haven’t played our best softball,” said Carter, whose team is 4-1 in the league and ranked third in the state in 4A. “It’s one of those where you are actually having a good season but you can’t enjoy it because you’re not playing the way you think you should be playing. We are finding ways to win and we have kids coming through who have not played a lot, so that’s good.”