Kerr-Vance Academy’s young baseball team is coming off of a 4-1 win over East Wake Academy on Wednesday. While it was a good win for Kerr-Vance, Coach Mike Rigsbee knows his team is very young. “We are young but we are talented,” Rigsbee said on SportsTalk on Thursday. “We are relying on our junior and our sophomores,” Rigsbee continued. Junior, as in singular. Kerr-Vance’s team only has one junior this year and no seniors at all. The team is also made up of three sophomores, five freshmen along with two 8th graders and one 7th grader.
“Our older kids embrace the younger ones. Kids start at a young age and they have to hustle and control their emotions,” Rigsbee explained. Youth is not all he has to be concerned with though as weather is playing a factor. With recent rains leaving the Kerr Vance field drenched, the upcoming game against Thales Academy is likely to be postponed. Rigsbee said the field at Kerr Vance is notorious for poor drainage.
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