{"id":11227,"date":"2022-08-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/?p=11227"},"modified":"2023-08-03T01:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T01:31:53","slug":"cascade-middle-school-baseball-team-wins-conference-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/shelbyville\/cascade-middle-school-baseball-team-wins-conference-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascade Middle School baseball team wins conference championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AFTER A challenging past few seasons, Cascade Middle School\u2019s baseball team recently earned the title of conference champions. Cascade High School alumnus and boys head baseball coach, Justin Reese, played baseball from the age of 4 up until his high school career. During Reese\u2019s senior year at Cascade High School in 2012, the baseball team finished third in the state, and at that time they were the best team in Cascade history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reese is in his fifth year of coaching baseball. He spent his first two years coaching at Liberty Middle School and the last three years coaching at Cascade Middle School. Reese has a lot of pride in being a former Cascade student and said it was neat to \u201cget one back\u201d as the head coach. Reese said two of the most significant components that helped the team win the championship are confidence and teamwork. He said, \u201cBaseball is a total team sport. It takes nine of them out there on the field, but it takes the whole team to gel together like we did this past year, and win a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reese said he and the other coaches emphasize being great students and great young men. \u201cThey all want to play, and I wish they could, but for them to be successful they can\u2019t be selfish. And that\u2019s what I\u2019ve always loved about baseball, and it does take the whole team to be successful.\u201d The coaching staff put a lot of effort into ensuring the players were responsible and respectful, and their hard work and efforts paid off in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reese said the previous season was a \u201cpretty rough stretch,\u201d but what helped the team succeed this season was how great a team they were. 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