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2007-2008 Season Outlook

BASEBALL PREVIEW

The Opp Bobcats have been practicing day and night for the upcoming baseball season. With spring training football happening over the past two weeks the Bobcat baseball team has had divided practices with the seniors who are done with football and the non football players getting workouts in the afternoon and the whole team (football players included) getting in practice in the evening.

John Donaldson returns as the Bobcat head coach this season along with assistants Ronnie Moseley, and Juan Johnson both will also be coaching the junior varsity team.

The Bobcats will participate in 2 tournaments this year as the Junior Varsity will participate in the Basebrawl Tournament on March 14th and 15th in Andalusia.

The Varsity team begins the season in a six team tournament in Enterprise which will also include the host team Enterprise Wildcats, the Andalusia Bulldogs, the Charles Henderson Trojans of Troy, the Carroll Eagles of Ozark and, the GW Long Rebels of Skipperville.

Area play will remain the same for Opp in 2008 as it was in 2007 as the area will consist of only 3 teams again this year Opp, Daleville, and Ashford. Opp will look to claim an area championship this season something that eluded them in 2007.

With an area championship the Bobcats would be able to host a first round home playoff game instead of having to travel as they did last year falling 10-9 to the Wildcats of Trinity Presbyterian in the first round.

The Bobcats began the 2008 season on Tuesday February 26 against Charles Henderson of Troy in the Enterprise tournament. Opp also plays Enterprise on Friday the 29th at 7:30 pm and a double header on Saturday March 1st against Carroll-Ozark at 3 pm and GW Long at 5 pm.

Softball Schedule

Baseball Schedule 

SOFTBALL PREVIEW

The Opp Lady Bobcats began practicing and getting ready for the 2008 season in January, and look to make a statement in 2008 and improve on their sub .500 season of 2007.

Willie Edwards takes over as head coach for the 2008 season and his assistants will be Sherry Nobles and Scott Gafford. Coach Gafford will also serve as head coach for the junior varsity team.

This season the Lady Bobcats will play the majority of their home games in the first half of the season with the second half being mostly road games. Both team will be participating in tournaments this season with the junior varsity girls playing in their only tournament of the season at home on March 15th in Opp, while the varsity girls will participate in 4 tournaments this year.

The varsity girls will begin the season in a tournament in Andalusia on March 7th. They will also play in tournaments held at Straughn midway through the season, Pleasant Home during spring break in April, and they will close the regular season with a tournament in Elba in late April.

The sectional tournament begins on May 3rd and the Bobcats look to advance in the playoffs this season after an early exit in 2007. The Bobcats have failed to make the state tournament since going to fast pitch 6 years ago with the last appearance coming in 2001 while the team still played under slow pitch.

The Lady Bobcats begin play on Friday March 7th in Andalusia in the Andalusia tournament, and the regular season begins for both the junior varsity and varsity teams on Monday March 10th at home against the defending 1A state champion Kinston Bulldogs.

Opp Softball Practice Pictures