‘Always having enjoyable’: Columbia Falls baseball hopes to remain on high of North

COLUMBIA FALLS — Last season, the Columbia Falls baseball staff was the highest seed within the North Conference, and this 12 months, the Wildcats are hoping to go additional because the staff’s basis was set 4 years in the past.

The Wildcats started their season taking part in shut matchups with their opponents however have just lately begun scoring a whole lot of runs of their wins.

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‘Always having enjoyable’: Columbia Falls Baseball hopes to remain on high of North Conference

Shortstop Nico Young believes the staff has been excelling on the hardest a part of the sport.

“I think our biggest strength right now is putting the ball in play,” Young stated. “We don’t have very many strikeouts. We have a lot of guys making stuff happen. We make the other team make plays. We can work on our defense, but we strive in putting the ball in play, hitting the ball a lot.”

A novel issue for this staff is the size of time it has needed to construct a rapport, because it was one of many 21 colleges that fashioned a baseball staff when the game grew to become sanctioned in 2023.

“Not a lot of teams in Montana had a first-year team, so this being the fourth year of the program, we got guys that were freshmen that are now seniors, like myself and a bunch of other guys, that can lead the team very well,” Young stated. “I think our young guys are stepping up, and they believe our seniors, and juniors even, are helping lead the team very well.”

However, like every baseball staff, there’ll inevitably be struggles. Pitcher Jett Pitts believes they’ve the chemistry to instill confidence of their teammates.

“If one of us gets down, we’ve got to pick each other up,” Pitts stated. “Baseball’s 90% mental, and if you’re not there all the way mental, then it’s a pretty hard game to play, and I think our biggest strength is for sure our brotherhood inside the games.”

While there is still a lot of season left to play, this year’s Columbia Falls squad is confident it will keep that top spot.

“We’ll definitely be in the state tournament this year,” Pitts stated. “We’re going to make a good run. Our goal is always to make the state championship, and this year we got a good brotherhood going on. We’re always having fun.”