Remember when: BV Area softball: The potential is there

By BRIAN HERMAN

BVA softball preview

March 20, 2000

Belle Vernon Area High’s girls softball team had an impressive 1999 season until the final days.

After 14 games, the Lady Leps were 12-2 and appeared headed to a perfect record in Class AA’s Section 3.

BVA, however, ran into one of the area’s better pitchers in Charleroi’s Lauren Pieri and lost 4-1.

The Lady Leps finished  by losing three of their last four games, including a 2-1 upset at home to Steel Valley in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs.

Veteran BVA coach Lou Rood has done his best to avoid a repeat.

During the summer the Lady Leps played in a Laurel Highlands fast pitch league against strong competition.

“We ended up losing to Hempfield in the championship game,” noted Rood. “We played between 20 and 30 games. We gained a lot of confidence because most of the clubs we faced were all-star teams.”

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