North Callaway softball will have a young roster again this season but also one with much talent.

The Ladybirds have hit the cover off the baseball this summer as they have gone 6-4 while averaging 8.5 runs per game. They have won games with run outputs of 9, 13, 18, 7, 17 and 11.

“The bats rattled,” head coach Mariah McKee said. “There were some teams we played that put a stinker on us, but it was so good to get that. Just seeing we accomplished what we did with what we had every game, it’s going to be a good year.”

Like all teams, McKee said the full roster wasn’t available for every game because of other commitments, but when the girls have been able to spare time, she said they have been at weights and open fields.

Seeing the amount of competition they saw, squaring off with several in one day oftentimes, will be helpful as McKee said she expects to play in more tournaments this season with three projected pitchers to cover more dense scheduling. The added options in the circle means more options all over the field.

“It’s just good to see all the different maneuvers we can do, and we did a lot of flipping — we flipped people in some different spots,” McKee said. “It just gives us a chance to see what we’ve got, what we can have them do in their comfort zone and what can help us out. We’re going to have a lot of moving parts this year.”

North Callaway hosted a three-day camp at their field in Auxvasse from Tuesday to Thursday in the mornings. The Ladybirds worked on various drills and scenarios encountered by positions all over the field and to see all of the parts in different places.

“We’ve told a lot of them to embrace it and do the best you can,” McKee said. “We’re not going to put somewhere that we don’t think you can be successful.”