Kennedale ex finding 1st year coaching success at the 5A Level

The following is part of an article published in the Mansfield

News Mirror this past week about Amy (Kirkpatrick) Prater?s first year at

Legacy High School in Mansfield. Prater

coached the Kennedale LadyKats softball team for nine years before going to

Legacy last year. Read the full article

here Mansfield News Mirror

Legacy made it three rounds deep into the playoffs only to face the state?s third-ranked Hallsville and drop the series in two games at Forney last week. {{more}}

Legacy ends the season at 19-8 after having finished third in District 14-5A.

The season was a test each week for the Lady Broncos, whose youth was only honed for a likely more productive season next year.

?We?re young and have no seniors, but just a few players with any playoff experience from their freshman year,? Legacy head coach Amie Prater said at the start of the playoff season.

Now, there can be nothing but excitement in the Legacy softball camp once the disappointment of the loss settles.

Legacy should contend for a district title and give Ennis and Timberview a run for their money.

What remains is the foundation which first-year Legacy coach Amie Prater has set for the program going forward.

 

The following is information supplied by the Kennedale News.

 

Prater arrived at Legacy this year after coaching at Kennedale for 9 years with a record of 204-103-3.

Prater grew up playing softball, attending school in Kennedale and graduating in 1999 from Kennedale High School. She was a junior, playing as the starting catcher, when Kennedale won its first state title in any sport in 1998 in softball.

 

After graduating from Tarleton State, she came back to teach at Kennedale High School and coach softball. She taught World History and AP World History while taking the LadyKats into the playoffs each year, twice reaching the quarterfinals and twice the region finals.