Taylorsville • A near-perfect regular season and a near-perfect start to the 5A state softball tournament were both nearly wiped out for the West High Panthers when they returned from a lengthy, weather-aided layoff and shockingly were relegated to the losers’ bracket with a stunning defeat in the quarterfinals.
So the team’s seven seniors — who’ve been playing together since they were 8 years old — kicked out the coaches and held a players-only meeting to get things back on track. The message?
“Really, the big thing in the back of our minds was, we didn’t come to this state tournament 25-1 to just lose,” said Keisha White.