The

McIntosh Lady Chief softball program recently celebrated

a successful 1999 season.

Highlights

from the 1999 season included head Coach Steve Kidd

winning his 100th career win in fast pitch softball. Kidd

began coaching in 1985, but did not start coaching fast

pitch until 1995. He has accumulated 293 wins in his

coaching career.

Also, 1999

was the fourth year that the Lady Chiefs fast pitch team

made the state sectionals. Their advancing came from a

5-3 win over arch-rival Lovejoy. Another individual

milestone in 1999 was pitcher Brooke King recording her

500th career strikeout. King pitched varsity all four

years of high school, finishing with a career ERA of

0.86.

Awards were

presented to the Lady Chiefs for their 1999

accomplishments. Brooke King received the Most Valuable

Player award, recording 121 strikeouts and a 1.01 ERA

during the season. She hones her skills by playing with

the Phoenix softball club during the summer.

Seniors,

first baseman Abby King and shortstop Britte Hardy,

earned Most Valuable Infielder awards. King plays fast

pitch softball with the Heat over the summer, while Hardy

plays basketball and runs track.

Senior

center fielder Candace Moore received the Most Valuable

Outfielder Award for the second year in a row. She plays

with the Southside Diamonds during the summer.

Hardy, Abby

King and catcher Megan Mulcahy earned Valuable Offensive

Player awards. King and Mulcahy tied with a .378 batting

average. Hardy and Mulcahy tied, driving in 21 RBI.

Mulcahy works on her softball skills by playing with the

Atlanta Vipers during the summer.

Though many

Lady Chiefs will graduate this spring, the Lady Chiefs

look forward to another successful fast pitch season in

2000. It will be the first time that McIntosh has ever

been involved in Region 4-AAA fast pitch softball. The

team played slow pitch in AAA in the late 1980s.