[RunItUpTheGut]

What has happened to the pitching in Laurel Co softball? Is it just because these two are such rivals that they score so much? Maybe better pitching coming up in the younger ranks? Maybe someone closer to the programs can explain. I can remember the time when scoring 3 runs against North was a great accomplishment and South pitching was about as good.

Im not sure its the lack of quality pitching as much as it is the coaches putting a lot more emphasis on hitting than they use too.
Also, during that stretch where it was a "great accomplishment" to score three runs on North, they had a run of some of the best pitchers to ever play in this state. Think of the names that have been on the mound for North.
Then, it seemed like all of a sudden you had girls like Gaines at South that hit .600 nobody who was pitching.

Theres a simple difference in North/South and the rest of the region.
The girls in Laurel County start out at a much younger age and are playing on travel teams when theyre 8 years old. Most girls in this region cant even start playing until middle school at the earliest, mixed with the fact that most of them are really small schools.

If the rest of the region wants to catch up with Laurel County, they better get to playing at a younger age and playing on travel teams all summer.