Carden to play ball as an SFA LadyJack
The Vindicator | Casey Stinnett — Seated beside the honoree are her proud parents, Charles and Maxine Carden. Behind them are Softball Head Coach Daryl Bell and Assistant Coach Andrew Moss.
The Vindicator | Casey Stinnett — “She is the best shortstop to come through Dayton,” Head Softball Coach Daryl Bell said of Amanda Carden at her signing ceremony Thursday afternoon, saying too that Carden goes at everything she does at full speed.
The Vindicator | Casey Stinnett
The Vindicator | Jerry Michalsky — Amanda Carden of Dayton gets under this fly ball in Mont Belvieu against Barbers Hill last season.
Calling her the best shortstop to come through Dayton since he began coaching softball there, Coach Daryl Bell welcomed a big crowd to Amanda Carden’s signing ceremony Thursday afternoon at Dayton High School.
Carden signed her National Letter of Intent to play for the Stephen F. Austin LadyJacks.
She is the daughter of Charles and Maxine Carden. Her father said she began playing softball at the age of 7, and her coach then, Joe Burns, was there for today’s signing.
Besides taking the field as a Lady Bronco, since 2011 Carden has also played select ball as a member of the Texas Dirt Divas under Coach J.D. Chandler.
Look for more on this in next week’s edition of The Vindicator.
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