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VIERA HIGH BASEBALL Home games played at USSSA Space Coast Stadium Games are at 6 p.m. unless noted * District game March 4 – Bayside March 5 – at Satellite March 8 – at Harmony* March 12 – at Rockledge March 13 – Tohopekaliga March 14 – at Heritage March 18 – Champaign Central (Illinois) March 19 – Stewartville High (Minnesota) March 20 – Sebastian River* March 25 – vs. Palm Bay at Eastern Florida State College March 26 – St. Charles North High March 28 – at Sebastian River* BOYS LACROSSE All games at 7 p.m. unless noted * District game March 1 – at Rockledge* March 6 – Edgewood* March 8 – Merritt Island* March 13 – Melbourne March 15 – Sebastian River March 16 – St. Thomas Aquinas, 2 p.m. March 28 – at St. Edward’s GIRLS LACROSSE All games at 5:30 p.m. * District game March 5 – at Edgewood* March 7 – at Merritt Island* March 8 – at Holy Trinity March 12 – Melbourne, 7 p.m. March 26 – MCC, 6 p.m. March 28 – Celebration, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL Home games played at USSSA Space Coast Stadium JV games at 5:15 p.m., varsity games at 7:15 p.m. unless noted * District game March 1 – at Spruce Creek Tournament March 4 – at Melbourne* March 6 – Rockledge March 11 – at Satellite March 13 – Bayside March 15-16 – at Gulliver Prep Tournament March 22 – Pembroke Pines (varsity only), 6 p.m. March 25 – Heritage* March 27 – at Astronaut March 29 – Sebastian River*
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Hawks eager to get back into state softball chase BY CARL KOTALA They may have made program history by reaching the state final four last season, but to be honest, the Viera High School softball team had bigger plans. And this season, they’re even more motivated than ever. “We’ve made it painfully clear to them that the way last year ended was not good enough,” Hawks coach Alex Breeden said. “That’s not what our goal was. Honestly, (we have) the mentality that last year wasn’t an end and this year is just a continuation of that same goal, which is to win state. “We didn’t accomplish that last year, so it’s the same goal VIERA VOICE Carl Kotala this year. We’re taking steps to Viera High School seniors Corrin Flajole, left, and Taylor Jensen are determined to get back to the state final improve on why we didn’t win four and ultimately win what would be the school's first state softball championship. it last year.” The players are certainly shut down opposing offenses freshmen who will be taking eager to get after it again, too. “It was kind of and are back with an extra over at some key positions this “It just makes me more year of experience to rely on. season and have been very bittersweet if excited to come back out here Whichever one is not pitching impressive so far. and start again,” senior catcher anything, because will likely be in center field. That group includes new Taylor Jensen said. we want the Also back are senior catcher shortstop Delilah Datta, second There are two big reasons Taylor Jensen and sophomore baseman Anna Brait, first why the Hawks have a chance championship third baseman Morgan Mordas, baseman Hailey Mix and left to reach their goal: Karyana so bad.” along with veterans Brianna fielder Jace Jackson. Mitchell and Corrin Flajole. Hatley and Taryn Aebli. Breeden said the new The veteran pitchers — Corrin Flajole Add to that a group of players have impressed her already have proven they can
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with, “how eager they are to step into what we started last year. “We have very high expectations,” Breeden said. “There’s a bar that’s been set and they realize that we’re not coming down to help them, they need to come up and rise to the occasion.” Flajole believes the new players are not only good defensively, but should help Viera on offense as well. “They can hit the ball pretty deep,” she said. “For some young girls, they can hit the ball really far. They’re really smart and they have pretty good game IQs so they pick up on stuff pretty quickly.” The Hawks went 26-2 last year, reaching the Class 7A state final four for the first time in program history before eventually losing to Niceville. Time to pick up where they left off. “It was kind of bittersweet if anything, because we want the championship so bad,” Flajole said. “I feel like we want it even more than they did before. (We want to) come back and prove to everyone that we can do it.” VV
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