AT 8-0 LADY TITANS CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS

The Titans have been spoiled for the past four years with
 star senior pitcher Katlyn “Light Speed” McCue.

AT 8-0 LADY TITANS CLICKING ON ALL CYLINDERS

March 22, 2017 – St. Lucie County, FL – The Treasure Coast Lady Titan Softball Team is clicking on all cylinders this season. With a perfect 8-0 record, the Titans took down District 9-7A rival Fort Pierce Central yesterday by a score of 8-1.

This year’s crop of student-athletes includes only three seniors so the team will be competitive for the next couple of seasons at the least.

The girls lead long-time powerhouse Vero Beach in the local 9A division by a full two games and will earn at least a tie with the Indians for the number one seed in the district playoffs which begin on April 24^th and conclude on April 27^th at St. Lucie West Centennial High School. The district champion and runner-up each advance to the Regional Tournament to determine who will represent specific divisions and classes at the State Championship Series held annually in May at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach.

Divisions are created and managed by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) and include 1A – 9A. The determination of what division a school will be classified under is based on the school’s student population as follows, according to the FHSAA: 1A 72 – 600; 2A  32 – 161; 3A 162 – 378; 4A 379 – 738; 5A 740 – 1,358; 6A 1,359 – 1,700; 7A 1,701 – 2,039; 8A 2,040 – 2,406; 9A 2,407 – 4,492.

Junior Brianna Thomas accounts for 13.3% of the Lady
Titan runs with her amazing batting average of .667,
on-base percentage of .773 and slugging percentage of .833.

At the plate the Titans are led by Junior Brianna Thomas who pitches and plays center field. Thomas is batting .667 with 16 hits (average of two per game), eight runs scored and 12 RBI’s. And she manages an extra base hit in every other game she plays in. She has an on-base percentage of .733 along with a slugging percentage of .833 and has only struck out twice all season. Her eight runs scored account for 13.3% of all the runs the team has scored this season, while her 12 RBI’s account for almost a quarter of the RBI’s the team has put in the books this year.

Freshman standout Madison Hurley is hitting .429
 with 12 hits, 10 runs and two RBI’s for the Titans.

But as already mentioned this team runs deep. So deep in fact that of the student-athletes that have played in all eight games so far this season, eight of the top nine batting averages belong to underclassmen including standout ninth-grader Madison Hurley who is hitting .429 with 12 hits, 10 runs and two RBI’s. And the combined batting average of this gang of eight is .431.

In the circle the Titans have been spoiled for the past four years with star senior pitcher Katlyn “Light Speed” McCue whose father Joe Jr., and grandfather Joe Sr. serve as the team’s head coach and assistant coach, making the Titan softball franchise a team of three generation McCue’s.

Light Speed has been truly blazing this year. Besides being undefeated in her six starts she averages 10.6 strikeouts per game – well over one per inning. Her opponent’s batting average stands at just .139. Putting that in perspective, 86.1% of the batters McCue has faced never reach base!

So what does the future hold for these dolls of the diamond? 

It’s hard to tell. But with the season over halfway completed and district play scheduled to end in just a couple of weeks the numbers sure look promising.

Here’s why –

There are 74 total teams in the FHSAA 9A classification. Of those only 16% are unbeaten in their district this season, including the Titans. The average district games winning percentage stands at .486, while the Titan’s is at 1.000. Add to that these girls score just over ten runs per district opponent faced with the overall average runs scored by other schools in the 9A class at 6.5 runs per game and it’s not hard to see why media giants such as MaxPreps predict that Treasure Coast will have a deep run into the playoffs this season.

Photos from this game can be found at www.TCSportsJournal.com