The Atlantic Trojans girls softball team will open up their 2018 season tonight against Missouri Valley and we will have coverage on KJAN. The Trojans are coming off a 32-9 season that ended a step away from the State Tournament. The 2017 season ended with a Regional final loss at home to West Marshall 3-2, putting the Trojans just shy of heading to back to back State Tournament appearances.

Atlantic has their sites set on another run to Fort Dodge in the 2018 campaign with just one senior lost from last year’s squad in Catherine Leonard.

Atlantic returns pitching ace Ally Anderson who finished last year with a 27-9 record in 38 appearances. She had 237 strikeouts, just 10 walks, and held a 1.62 ERA in 2017.

Alexis Handel returns as a big bat at the plate. The UMKC recruit had a .509 average last season with 17 home-runs and 56 RBI’s.

Missouri Valley was 22-11 in the 2017 campaign and reached the second round of Regional play before falling to Logan-Magnolia.

We’ll have coverage of the game tonight on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1. Pregame will be at 7:15pm with first pitch approximately 7:30pm in Atlantic. You can also listen online or on the KJAN app.