[DarkHorse99]

Estill County has historically had a strong fundamental feeder program with a longstanding and well coached Rec League in Ravenna plus not to mention most of the players on teams today are second generation kids of softball and baseball players that played for EC. There is hard evidence of strong coaching in Estill from 8 years old up to the HS. There are dedicated parents coaching those girls in TBall and Coach Beard was smart enough and good enough herself to capitalize on the talent. So yes, Estill will stumble and new paths will need to be made but the legacy that IS Estill Softball will help keep this winning tradition going. I am saddened with the loss of Coach Beard. She was kind and classy and she loves this sport. Whoever gets this job has legendary shoes to fill.
What I am trying to say is that Estill Softball is not great based on one person..... it has been great due to the effort made my many to get them ready to play well at all levels of the game.