Softball notes: Heavyweights square off earlier than normal

One pitch at a time. One inning at a time. One game at a time.
It is a cliché, but in the one-and-done nature of the postseason, it is what every coach is preaching inside his or her dugout. And for good reason.
“We all know it’s going to get tougher,” La Habra softball coach Steve Harrington said. “As the games go on, you’re going to go back-and-forth like it’s tug-of-war. Now it’s being able to wrestle your way past seven rounds, so to speak. It