Golden Tornado head softball coach Vanessa Hernandez has coached the Lamesa High School sluggers to the playoffs in nine of her 13 years at the helm.
It looked pretty promising that the Golden Tors would be heading back to the post-season last year. But then COVID-19 pulled the plug on the 2020 season in mid March.
“Everybody that knew anything about us or our program that last season knew that it had the makings of being one of our top years,” Hernandez said. “Up to that point, we had lost only one game last year and that was to (5A) Amarillo High ...