OCHS softball team credits mantra for winning season

  • Freshman Jayden Ford catches the ball to ensure an out in Oglethorpe County’s game against Commerce softball game on Sept. 17. The Patriots have 12 wins this year, after finishing 2-20-1 in 2023. (Audrey Pfitzner/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Freshman Jayden Ford catches the ball to ensure an out in Oglethorpe County’s game against Commerce softball game on Sept. 17. The Patriots have 12 wins this year, after finishing 2-20-1 in 2023. (Audrey Pfitzner/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Oglethorpe County sophomore Tristin Caldwell takes a cut during a game against Commerce on Sept. 17. OCHS is competing in a new region, Region 8-A Division I. (Audrey Pfitzner/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Oglethorpe County sophomore Tristin Caldwell takes a cut during a game against Commerce on Sept. 17. OCHS is competing in a new region, Region 8-A Division I. (Audrey Pfitzner/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Junior starter Reese Campbell prepares to release the ball during Oglethorpe County’s game against Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy last Thursday. Campbell is one of four juniors on a team with one senior. (Ty Johnston/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Junior starter Reese Campbell prepares to release the ball during Oglethorpe County’s game against Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy last Thursday. Campbell is one of four juniors on a team with one senior. (Ty Johnston/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Carlee Gibson is the Oglethorpe County softball team’s lone senior. Her older sister, Cayla Gibson, also played for the Patriots and graduated last year. (Ty Johnston/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Carlee Gibson is the Oglethorpe County softball team’s lone senior. Her older sister, Cayla Gibson, also played for the Patriots and graduated last year. (Ty Johnston/The Oglethorpe Echo)

     

    The Oglethorpe County softball team is having a bounce-back season, starting the year with a 12-8 record, thanks to a team mantra. 

     

    “Be Dory. Forget it,” said Reese Campbell, a junior …