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Alicia Hayes Named New South Grand Prairie Softball Coach 

Eager to Build On South Grand Prairie Softball Team's Success 안전놀이터

Spring sports at South Grand Prairie High School will have another new face as Alicia Hayes has been named the new head softball trainer. Hayes went through the previous four years at Prosper HS as the varsity right hand mentor and is entering her thirteenth year of training. 

Hayes replaces Ted Garcia, who drove the Lady Warriors to the second round of the end of the season games this season after a District 8-6A title. It was the third second round season finisher appearance in four seasons with him in charge. They additionally arrived at the second round in 2018 and 2019. 

The 2020 season postseason was cleared out in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time the season was dropped, the Lady Warriors were 16-6 and 2-0 in region. 

"I'm so amped up for this chance to be working with such extraordinary understudy competitors, instructors, mentors and organization," Hayes said. "The group had an extraordinary season last year and I am so prepared to will work and expand on what they have begun." 

Experience As A Student-Athlete Shapes Hayes Coaching 

At Prosper, Hayes was essential for a program that posted a 92-33-1 record throughout her time there, remembering 35-5 for region play with a locale title (2018). This previous season they were second in District 5-6A and arrived at the provincial finals of the end of the season games prior to tumbling to Flower Mound to get done with a 29-5-1 record. They likewise progressed somewhere down in the postseason in 2018 and 2019. 

"My time at Prosper was extraordinary, and I am exceptionally fortunate to have had the option to work the most recent four years with individuals I have developed to cherish and call family," Hayes said.Hayes played at Northeast Texas Community College and Southern Arkansas University. 

"Playing softball in school was perhaps the best a great time," she said. "Nobody can genuinely comprehend the existence of an undergrad competitor except if they go through it. 

"My first year at Northeast Texas Community College, we missed the gathering competition by a game and afterward made it interestingly my sophomore year. I wound up playing at Southern Arkansas University yet my senior year was sliced short because of a knee injury. 

"Playing at that next level truly assisted me with understanding that this game methods so much and I have been so lucky to in any case be doing this following 12 years. I love that I will go to work and show young ladies softball, yet in addition show them being a worker chief to their local area and setting them up for their future." 

South Grand Prairie was one of three region groups to win its region in 2021, alongside Red Oak in District 14-5A and Venus in District 11-4A. Venus progressed the farthest of any space group in the postseason, arriving at the third round. 

Region softball recap for 2021 Class 6A 

South Grand Prairie: Won District 8. Crushed Richardson in bidistrict, 2-0 (5-3, 13-10); lost to Denton Guyer in region, 0-2 (0-19, 0-13). 

Amazing Prairie: Third in District 8. Crushed Richardson Berkner in bidistrict, 2-0 (10-0, 10-0); lost to Flower Mound in region, 0-2 (0-10, 2-8). 

Mansfield: Second in District 11. Crushed Belton in bidistrict, 2-0 (13-8, 13-0); lost to Rockwal in region, 1-2 (0-5, 7-0, 0-1). 

Mansfield Lake Ridge: Third in District 11. Crushed Copperas Cove in bidistrict, 2-0 (6-0, 7-2); lost to Wylie in region, 1-2 (4-3, 6-7, 4-18). 

Waxahachie: Fourth in District 11. Lost to Bryan in bidistrict, 0-2 (3-9, 0-13). 

Class 5A 

Mansfield Legacy: Third in District 8. Crushed Saginaw in bidistrict, 2-0 (11-5, 17-3); lost to Colleyville Heritage in region, 0 (2-13, 1-11). 

Midlothian: Third in District 14: Lost to Forney in bidistrict, 0-2 (4-7, 4-7). 

Red Oak: Won District 14. Crushed North Forney in bidistrict, 2-0 (8-7, 17-6); lost to Hallsville in region, 0-2 (0-18, 2-22). 

Class 4A 

Venus: Won District 11. Crushed Wilmer-Hutchins in bidistrict, 16-0; crushed Celina in region, 5-0; lost to Van Alstyne in local quarterfinals, 0-2 (0-1, 1-3). 

Midlothian Heritage: Second in District 10. Lost to Celina in bidistrict, 1-2 (0-6, 13-12, 9-11). 

Wilmer-Hutchins: Fourth in District 12. Lost to Venus in bidistrict, 0-16.