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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.

exactly right. starting early is where its at.