Fastpitch softball practices started in earnest last week, with most area schools on the diamond. Goi clockwise from upper left are Davenport junior Anna Bryant; Chandler freshman Savannah Miller; Meeker’s Tatum Pino; Icle Brewer from Meeker, Hannah Edmonds from Chandler, Landry Miller of Davenport and North Rock Creek freshman Sarah Campbell. In the center photos are North Rock Creek’s Lydia VanAntwerp, left, and Chandler’s Halle Pittman. Photos/Brian Blansett