Thome is in his first season as Mayo's varsity coach, but he's watched Palmer develop through the years as a varsity assistant. They’re jumping, clapping and hollering, waiting eagerly to embrace Purcell and celebrate."She's got a really good glove and she's built up a lot of confidence in her fielding," Mayo coach Clint Thome said. The entire team has already sprinted to home plate. So there’s some symbolism, then, when Purcell trots around the bases after hitting (another) home run. That’s the overwhelming sentiment among the players, too. “Oh yeah, they really like each other,” he said.
When he was asked if this year’s team was the best in terms of team chemistry, his answer was resounding. He’s seen what happens when good teams don’t get along. Head coach Butch Latey is in his 14th season at the helm. The “11.23.14” gesture is another indicator that Bountiful is a tight-knit group. It’s apparent just watching the Braves that they get along well. “Everyone here’s mature and they all have lots of skill and they know what they’re doing,” Danner said. “It makes me so happy, I just love how we have all this different diversity in skill set, if any one of us during varsity got hurt, I would not be worried about any one of them coming in.”Īfter Wednesday’s win over Roy, the Braves are 8-2 overall, 4-1 in Region 5 and right in the thick of things for the region crown with the Royals and Box Elder. It isn’t a situation where the freshmen and sophomores are rambunctious and the coaches and seniors are trying to herd cats, which Danner appreciates. Practices are a lot of fun, Hawker says, and that’s where the team’s apparent goofiness also shows its colors.īut they never get too far off track, in large part thanks to the two seniors - pitcher McHailee Danner and second baseman Katie Tanner - who provide leadership and direction. “When we play, I think we like to have a lot of fun and talk and dance a lot,” Hawker said. There’s another sophomore, Abby Steed, starting at first base. The starting catcher is sophomore Sophia Stoddard, batting. Bountiful’s leading hitter by average is freshman Livi Arona, batting. Their leadoff hitter is sophomore Libbie Hawker, who’s batting. Purcell is one of a group of players leading a youth movement for Bountiful, a team with seven sophomores, seven freshmen and just two seniors. 467 with team-highs in RBIs (18) and home runs (6) through 10 games, hit a grand slam in the second inning and a solo home run in the fifth that propelled the Braves to a 7-3 win over the Royals. The next day when Bountiful played at Roy, those numbers were still visible on a lot of the players’ arms. I did hit a home run and then cry after that,” Purcell said. “I was very emotional, but I did pretty good.
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It was another good game in a season that’s been full of them so far, but this one was a little different. Purcell went 2 for 5 with five RBIs and a home run as Bountiful beat Copper Hills 19-6.
Her teammates were more than willing to support her, which says something about how close the Braves are as a team. “I thought it would be nice to support her in that way, and it just meant a lot to me that they all did it,” Purcell said. Indeed, when Bountiful lined up to play the Grizzlies in West Jordan, every Braves player had “11.23.14” written in black marker on one of their arms. She asked if they would all write “11.23.14” - the day Clinger died - on the inside of their arms as a tribute to her memory. Bountiful shortstop Dashani Purcell runs around the bases after hitting a grand slam against Roy on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
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