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Two Watauga High School Pioneer Softball Teammates Share a Special Home Run Moment

By Nathan Ham

When the sweet spot of the bat meets the ball with perfect timing, every hitter knows it. They get to admire their handy work as the ball sails over the fence for a home run.

For a pair of Watauga High School softball players, it had a little more meaning to it.

In the fourth inning of Wednesday’s home game against Patton High School, senior Julia Parsons crushed a leadoff homer to the deepest part of the ballpark in left center. Later in the inning, sophomore Taylor Lipford blasted a three-run homer to the exact same part of the park.