Gabriel’s pitching prowess shines during senior season

  • (De Turner/The Oglethorpe Echo) Senior Claire Gabriel, left, and junior Abby Jones work on a fielding drill together during practice. The pitcher and catcher have played together for several years.
    (De Turner/The Oglethorpe Echo) Senior Claire Gabriel, left, and junior Abby Jones work on a fielding drill together during practice. The pitcher and catcher have played together for several years.
  • (De Turner/The Oglethorpe Echo) Claire Gabriel catches a ball on the pitcher’s mound during practice. The senior has been a starting pitcher all four years for the Patriots, who were 11-3 through Tuesday’s game.
    (De Turner/The Oglethorpe Echo) Claire Gabriel catches a ball on the pitcher’s mound during practice. The senior has been a starting pitcher all four years for the Patriots, who were 11-3 through Tuesday’s game.

    Members of the Oglethorpe County High School softball team wrote goals on poster boards at the beginning of the season; some for the team and a few individual ones for each player. 

     

    Senior p…