A hair
bow rests on a bucket of softballs and not far away, between the sounds of bats
cracking and softballs thumping into gloves, there was chatter among the
players.
The
ball buzz was not of Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle, but of makeup, hair color,
necklaces, outfits and sunburns from a recent trip to the beach. One player
hoped Nike would come out with a dress, with the replay, “That would be so
awesome!”
The
Lakewood Ranch Mustangs softball team is on their way to the Class 6A Final
Four softball semifinals where they will play Pembroke Pines Charter High
School on Wednesday at the National Training Center Softball Complex in
Clermont.
Play well
and do not forget your hair bow.
-Grant Jefferies
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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