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<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILLIAMSBURG \u2014 It\u2019s taken a while for the sports world to slow down just enough for me to take a look at what\u2019s going on in and around the 13th Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hopefully, I\u2019ll be having more columns coming up soon, touching base on different issues while gearing up for the upcoming fall sports season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s topic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Whitley County softball coach Angela Singleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myself? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singleton is going to make some school an excellent head coach or assistant coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She knows the game in and out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her softball IQ is top notch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she took over as head coach of Whitley County, she took over a program that was looking to become a district and regional contender year in and year out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can\u2019t control student-athletes transferring. That\u2019s just a part of the game, but what Singleton did do was continue to keep her program competitive despite losing some key players over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had the Lady Colonels on track despite participating in what many feel is the toughest district in the 13th Region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During her time at Whitley County, her teams were going up against some of the best softball teams both Corbin and South Laurel has had in a long, long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s not an excuse, that\u2019s just the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019, Singleton guided the Lady Colonels to 17 wins, a 50th District title and a run to the 13th Region Tournament semifinals before falling to North Laurel, 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2020 season, I had the Lady Colonels tagged as the region\u2019s top team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They returned five seniors and some of the top players in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But add the COVID situation, and it wasn\u2019t meant to be \u2014 season cancelled along with the chance of Whitley County capturing its first region title since 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Believe me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2020 version of Whitley County could have made a deep postseason run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singleton\u2019s squads didn\u2019t reach the region tournament the past five years, losing five games by only an average total of only 2.2 runs against either Corbin or South Laurel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hate that I won\u2019t be working with Singleton but in the long run, I believe I will down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\u2019s one of the best promoters of not only the game of softball but of her players and program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, she\u2019s been a coach at the highest high school level in the state, coaching the East-West All-Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the end, someone will be getting themselves one heck of a coach \u2014 if she decides to go that route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n