Eight seniors return to the Fort Osage softball team this fall. They are, back row, from left: Keinlee Rinacke, Allison Shipp, Izzi Cobb, Hailey Miller, Sidney Sullivan; front row, from left: Lily Wait, Aryia Morton and Nevaeh Wilson. Cobb was a first-team member of The Examiner's All-EJC Team last season while Morton, Miller, Rinacke and Sullivan earned second-team recognition. The Indians beat the heat this week by hitting at an indoor cage at the high school. Photo Credit: BILL ALTHAUS/THE EXAMINER
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net The consistent ping-ping-ping of an aluminum bat connecting with a softball seemed out of place in the Fort Osage High School…