The key to hitting .500 against a steady stream of smoke coming from opposing softball pitchers? “100 percent of it is mental,” Huntley senior first baseman Meghan Ryan said. “Everything is in the ...

Izzy Neal creeps out of the left-handed batter’s box, knees bent, eyes locked on the pitcher. The third baseman edges forward. The shortstop cheats down the line. The stadium crowd senses what might ...