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The Cardinals came back from a 15-0 deficit against a hard-hitting team, tying the score at the last minute then winning in extra innings. The Record-Bee gave the game a big article, but even that couldn’t do it justice. I’m telling you folks, it was the best high school sports game I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen quite a few. I yelled myself hoarse!
The Cardinals were undefeated going into the game, so they were defending their record – while the Eagles, already with loss(es?) under their belt, were playing like they had nothing to lose.
It was a difficult game for the Cardinals, both mentally and physically. But the girls were tough, getting on base and scoring runs like nobody’s business once they got started.
Pitcher Emily Wingler showed a lot of toughness, going the distance and pitching the whole game after being down by 15 and getting whacked in the head with a line drive (which she caught).
Longtime Cards coach Gary Pickle deserves a lot of praise and respect, not just for this particular game, but for his tireless work coaching these girls. This guy is a gift to Cardinal athletics ... the John Wooden of high school softball, always able to field a top-tier team because of his wisdom and hard work coaching year in and year out. His coaching staff, of course, is also to be commended.
Not to degrade other local schools, or even the CLHS baseball, football, basketball and other programs … but it's my opinion that other high school games around here are rarely as exciting as Cardinal softball. Plus, I like knowing that when I show up for Cardinal softball, chances are my Cards are going to win, so I’ll go away happy!
If you’ve never attended a Cardinal softball game, you really should try it. No ticket charge, ample parking next to the field, great fans, and open bleacher seating (or bring your own chair). It’s a wonderful small-town experience for the whole family.
Thanks, CLHS softball, for making this Cardinal proud!
Eric Schlange lives in Lakeport, Calif.
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The comment thread should have been about rape or teen abuse, but instead it broke down into free speech, racism and worse.
The extreme Left and Right – you scream the loudest and pull EVERY issue, as fast as possible, to your
far side.
The majority of people around you are Moderates (leaning conservatively) and they have the perspective and intelligence to swing where the pendulum needs to go.
If you look at the “Gallup Poll” for the last 18 years, both “very conservative” and “very liberal”
COMBINED make up less than 15 percent of the American population.
I am a conservative moderate and I feel I’m part of a very large majority, of reasonable people, in this country. Maybe it’s time we screamed!
It’s most definitely time to look hard at the two broken main parties that these small but extreme ends of America ride politically.
Who out there feels that both main parties spend the vast majority of their time, energy and resources on making the other party look bad – instead of just doing the job they were elected to do?
I vote, but have not cast a vote for a Republican or a Democrat in many years.
How’s that working for you, Marc? I’m going to stick to it. I have left positions blank. I am mainstream America and I will not vote for the lesser of two evils. How easy that saying rolls off of most people’s tongues.
How about a choice on the ballot for “none of the above” – if it gets the majority – all parties go back to rethink the candidates they’re putting forward.
Can’t do that – what if the position goes unfilled? We might, without the partisan fighting, find most political positions are really only part-time spots.
So bring it on, you 14 percent very Left and very Right combined, I can take you. My ideological
group is bigger and our vision is better.
My hope is that someday the moderates find both a voice and a vehicle and quit just bouncing between the two lost and polarized parties.
Marc Chalon Spillman lives in Lakeport, Calif.
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