There's Such a Bond, and Such a Record ; the Yarmouth Softball Program has Turned Around with Seniors Who Love to Be with Each Other.

Portland Press Herald › June 01, 2006

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The ping of the aluminum bat meeting ball is barely audible above the music, a mix of contemporary hits blaring over the sound system in the Yarmouth High School gym. It is a warm but breezy sunny day. Yet the Clippers' softball team is inside the gym - a practice usually reserved for cold, early-spring days - working on a variety of hitting and fielding drills.

Jim Senecal, the second-year coach, walks from station to station, watching his players swing at two pitching machines - one for bunting and slap hitting; the other, a new machine that can simulate just about any pitch, for actually hitting.

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There's Such a Bond, and Such a Record ; the Yarmouth Softball Program has Turned Around with Seniors Who Love to Be with Each Other.

"I know coaches like to get outside, and once they get outside they like to stay outside," said Senecal. "But I think (practicing inside) is all part of it, too. This is one of the reasons for our...

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