The Susquehannock softball gained more than just a league tournament championship this week, according to coach Dave Pollick.
"When you have the end of your regular season and districts don't start until the 19th, there's 10 days or so of dead air space," Pollick said following his team's 2-0 win over West York on Wednesday to earn the title. "You're scrambling around trying to find someone to scrimmage with. I don't care how you scrimmage, it's not a game. You do not get the reps. You do not get the game experience.
"We just had a great week of prep. In fact, I'm so happy with our prep work now that we're going to have dinner at my house tomorrow and take Friday off. I feel we're ready and I'm not going to try and jam something down their throats. So this tournament is wonderful."
It seems strange there hadn't been a league tournament in more than two decades for baseball and softball, but the important thing is league officials finally figured out that such a competition is best for fans and teams alike.
Warriors ace Megan Sheaf said a league tournament crown is much sweeter than a regular season division title.
"Now that we're county champs, it's a bigger deal," Sheaf said, before immediately turning to the next challenge. "I think we're ready for districts."
Beating a Central York squad that is one of the toughest teams in Class AAAA and a solid West York team can only help Susquehannock's confidence. Sheaf is certainly feeling good about the Warriors chances of finally winning a district title. Susquehannock finished third in the district the last two seasons before running the table in the state tournament both times.
"I think after these games we know what's to come," Sheaf said. "I think we're just ready."
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