While the final results may not have shown it, progress was definitely made by the Aberdeen Central softball team inside the Aberdeen Dome on Thursday.
The Golden Eagles fell in their first games of the season, but showed some resiliency in a 10-3 setback against Pierre. Watertown then put on an offensive display in a 15-0 win in three innings in the nightcap.
Central picked itself up off the mat after falling behind 9-0 against Pierre. The Eagles battled back to within 9-3 and had a fourth run gunned down at the plate in that contest.
"Just their overall awareness of what’s happening in the game, and their understanding of different softball situations, they are able to anticipate and react based on those anticipations," said Central coach Cassidy Neer.
She was impressed by her team's reaction to adversity and they way it battled back instead of giving in.
"Yeah we were a little timid at the start, but by the third, fourth inning, and they started seeing what can happ
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