Once I was cleared to play, I was back into abs, and I started pitching again, and then it took about a week and a half to get into my pitching groove.” “So I was getting my arms and legs back stronger to where they were. “Once I was cleared to do light exercises, I instantly hit my gym with my trainer, and he tailored exercises so that I wasn’t using my abs, so it didn’t hurt me,” Wurst said. Wurst continued to pitch with the tumor until a few days before the surgery on March 22. “It wasn’t just losing our pitcher, we lost our heart. Just because I know how much she loves this game and how important she is to our team, and just what she brings to the team - her heart, her desire, her poise on the mound, her leadership.” King said learning about Wurst’s diagnosis in early March “was like a gut punch.
The Stallions went 2-4 in Wurst’s absence, and their sub-.500 record put them in a position where they would not have made the playoffs had they not won the district championship.Īmerican Heritage-Delray softball players and coaches celebrate the Stallions' district title on May 5, 2022. But sometimes you’ve got to hold them back a little bit, get control and then make your move. She’s like a racehorse, she wants to run. Her coach, Janae King, attributed it to her “pulling off her back leg a little bit.” In the early innings, Wurst kept missing high with her fastball. “It didn’t get frustrating because my girls are always trying their absolute best, and I had breaks in between innings that were helping me.” I was focusing on using my curves and screws, and that was really helping me. “I think I was maybe just a little too excited, possibly,” Wurst said. A line-drive double play ended the fifth, and she struck out five of her final six batters. Clewiston (7-13) scored the opening run in the second inning with the help of a passed ball, took a 3-0 lead on an error in the fourth, and pushed its lead to 4-2 when American Heritage (7-8) dropped back-to-back popups in the fifth.Īt that point, Wurst found her groove. The Stallions couldn’t get a hit off Tigers starter Ryland Polhill until the fourth inning. That statement also applied to most of her teammates in the early innings. “I was definitely not 100 percent on my game,” Wurst said. She allowed only three hits and struck out 15, but walked four and threw two wild pitches. She threw a first-pitch ball to seven of her first 12 batters. Wurst needed 95 pitches to get through the first five innings. The next batter, Lucy Jacobowitz, singled in the go-ahead run. The next batter, seventh-grader Gracyn Needle, ripped a game-tying single and wound up on third after Clewiston’s center fielder misplayed it. One out later, Giada Napolitano hit an RBI triple. In the bottom of the sixth, Morgan Katz led off with a double. Find cell phone number, current address, address history, email, associated people and public records. American Heritage-Delray pitcher Aubrey Wurst celebrates the Stallions' district championship on May 5, 2022. Andrew Wurst found with addresses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and 12 other states.