The Warrenton softball team is working on rebuilding its confidence after suffering its 19th loss of the season on Sept. 29, falling 9-2 to Montgomery County. 

As the Warriors work through the rest of their season, coach Chad Berrey is hoping to reignite a mindset of a “goldfish.”

“The failure of yesterday doesn’t have to be today’s results. Sometimes when the ball comes to them, it’s like I messed up last time and I don’t want to mess up this time so we have to reinstill that confidence,” Berrey said. 

Berrey believes the main way to regain that confidence is to win games, which he is hoping his team can achieve later this week. Warrenton was scheduled to play Orchard Farm on Sept. 30 and St. Charles West on Oct. 1. It will play a road game against St. Charles on Oct. 2 and a home game against Fort Zumwalt East the following day. The Warriors lost 16-11 to St. Charles in a previous matchup on Sept. 16.

“We’re really looking forward to getting back on the horse to hopefully change the tone of the season,” Berrey said. 

With senior Makayla Witthaus out for the season due to injury and other players dealing with some nagging injuries, Berrey said the team’s versatility has been a silver lining. 

“We’re still trying to find the perfect recipe for spots in our lineup and we’re trying to keep good grades and trying to stay healthy, so we can put something together that we can work with day in and day out,” he said. “We became a more versatile team at the beginning and now we have to play in spots that we don’t usually play in. It doesn’t show it on the scoreboard, but the girls are competing out there.” 

Things that are not necessarily shown on a scoreboard are the emerging leadership of Brylen Shoults, the offensive prowess of Audrey Lanzone and the stability of pitchers Ali Neidlinger and Hannah Gibson. 

“Vocally, (Shoults) helps the girls stay in the game. (Lanzone) has picked it up offensively. (Neidlinger) went out against Montgomery, who’s a really good hitting team, and pitched six innings with only two earned runs and (Gibson) has been doing a really good job in relief and coming in and shutting the door.” 

As the postseason lingers, Berrey is hopeful his team can break through. 

“If we can turn the page and play like we know how, we might make some noise in the postseason. We as a collective whole, just have to decide to forget about the past and look into the future,” Berrey said. “We just need that breakout game.”