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Coach recounts championship season

Lynn Valley Little League baseball coach Kathy Barnard on a ‘memory of a lifetime’

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Contributing Writer if te 2 g 4 Bee, | million kids dream of
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Lynn Valley Littke League coach Fay Rk 7) ‘ playing in the World
Kathy Sarnard describes her in- ; z E

volvement in the North Shore ae" Ha Eiki <i Y ; ; Series ... only eight

team’s run to the Litde League

World Series as a “memory of a ; es: eae 7 " a ae f f oy .
lifetime."" : : ae is sate teams finish. 9P
Barnard co-coached the team of ; ‘ : chs
fl- and 12-year-old boys thai ad-
vanced through the provincial and
Canadian championship tournam-
nents to represent Canada at
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, site : : { cee 3 :
of the annual World Series. Ad wos : aan ge é first woman to coach a team in
She describes the moment they ; . : . we : the Werld Series.
won the Canadian championship |<". / PM. 3 : , cette. -_ . ‘ The Barnard family nas bad a
as extremely exciting: ‘‘The boys | 4 : re : a . : ee baseball season that they will
that were on the bench just flew ¥F i Sera : en ; H «always remember.
out of the dugout.” , ; , : wo Seog While 12-year-old Spencer
Just walking on the field at _ p “ : played on Team Canada at
Williamsport is what she found Oe : ee Williamsport and Kathy coached,
awe-inspiring — her field of Ce ; R - co am ere te, §6=6 10-year-old David played on the
dreams — she said. : , ; ; Ee ; i 3 younger Lynn Valley team that
“Yhat’s when J really thought ote . see finished third in the provincial
‘Holy Smokes, we're here and you ‘ an , . championships.
don’t go any further than here.’ ” BN as ae ee Fe : Kathy also finished second in
In their 8-1 victory over Team e 4 Re ; . oo the masters division of women's
Europe, the Lynn Valley team ; } “ar lt B 0% ; fast-pitch softball at the provin-
played under the lights on a A ree Gate % : y ode t cial level.
muggy Eastern Seaboard night in a ge ; a The trip to the World Series is
front of a crowd of 12,000. et : . ' . the memory she will cherish ,
That evening will always be 3 : . : if =n] though.
remembered by these kids, she 6 7m . aN aa Upon the team’s arrival in
said. “It was the total baseball ; : : es : Williamsport, Barnard was a cen-
experience.”” ’ : 4 o oe tre of worldwide media attention
Barnard says she was over- ; ; Ba - as she became the first female
whelmed by the World Series od- = Beh set ; : # coach at the prestigous event.
yssey, but she wasn't nervous. d ; et ! : Barnard was approached by
“T Isoked down to the ping- fate F ; USA Today, Baseball Weekly, the
peng table one day, and there’s § Ta ae) Ns Associated . Press, ESPN and
Tyler Lentsch — our catcher — ’ NaGe Pe $ Sports Ilustrated — although she
playing with one of the kids from i j a insisis that was purely for the
Saipan who spoke no English. - “aN Y swimsuit issue,
They're giggling, Tyler’s talking, ; bgt st ts : : ! “Two point seven million kids
this kid’s talking, neither of them j : : ‘ ; : : : dream of playing in the World
could understand the other. But eet | ' a ¢ , F Series and 4,700 Little Leagues
they’re having a great time. : ; pre: oe te : Start the season — only cight
“You sort of had to keep going ; atesh ce: eae , teams finish,’’ she said coaches
from the park to the complex to 5 fale : ; RE were told before the tournament
put back into perspective where  [3eee ; ; AS Sa ; é started,
you really were,” she said. f a ; Ae 59 i ' 4 “So when you put it into that
Generations to come will know ‘rab beers 7c q ' : perspective,’” she said, ‘‘you’re a
of Kathy’s accomplishments with — ewes ae : awe me cemnemmemmmemmann rors a champion just to get there.”
the Lynn Valley team because her MEWS piroto Paul McGrath she also hints that now she’s
ball cap was inducted into the LYNN VALLEY Little League coach Kathy Barnars (lefi) sits with the Lynn Valley team she and Eden had a taste, she hopes to return.
Littie League Hall of Fame in Briscoe !ca to the Littie League World Series iast month. Barnard is the first woman to coach a She’s not counting that possibility
commemoration of her being the teain at the tournament. out.

— Kathy Barnard

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