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The Glascock County High School Lady Panthers Varsity Softball Team is sitting down together for the first time to talk about a game from earlier this month. It was game, according to the scoreboard, they did not win. However, one could argue that what they did on the field meant much more than the final score.<\/p>\n
One of the players from the opposing team was running the bases after hitting a grand slam home run…when she fell, just past first base.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe touched the base and she tried to stand up, but she just started crying and screaming,\u201d says Kennedy Sam, of the Lady Panthers.<\/p>\n
The rules for high school softball say that in order for the run to count, the batter has to cross home plate. So, after falling the Telfair County High School player began to crawl.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was shocked that she was attempting to crawl around the bases in order to get that run,” says Sam.<\/p>\n
But… the Telfair County player did not have to crawl very far… it only took a matter of seconds for the entire Glascock County team to come to the aid of a girl they didn\u2019t know, and a team they were trying to beat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were hollering and saying that her own team couldn\u2019t touch her, and I looked at Morgan and I said, ‘I think we can touch her’,\u201d says Victoria Griswell, of the Lady Panthers.<\/p>\n
And, that\u2019s what the Glascock County team did…<\/p>\n
\u201cShe kept trying to crawl and we calmed her down, and we were like, ‘don\u2019t crawl, it\u2019s okay, we\u2019re going to carry you,\u201d says Aleah Hawkins, of the Lady Panthers.<\/p>\n
The entire Glascock County team, even from the other side of the field, came in, picked up the Telfair County player, and carried her, base-by-base, and then to home plate, which put 4 points on the board for the other team.<\/p>\n
Brett Buffington, reporting: “Every player on the Glascock County team agrees that when the girl hit the ball over the fence, she earned the run, and they were just helping her get what she deserved…a grand slam, even though she couldn\u2019t do it on her own…”<\/p>\n
After the game, the girl who was carried had her mom come over and ask the Glascock County team to sign a ball for her. The team says that was very special end to an emotional game.<\/p>\n
Credit: WJBF Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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