Weekly Spotlight -- Whitney Beggs

School: Kelly

Class: Senior

Sport: Softball

Accomplishment: Beggs threw a no-hitter and struck out seven batters to defeat Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) in the Incarnate Word Softball Tournament semifinals on Saturday, then struck out six to help Kelly post a 2-0 championship victory over Notre Dame (De Sion) the same day.

Beggs: "Notre Dame (Cape) is a pretty big rival, so we worked extra hard for that game. I wasn't really tired after the first one; I was actually more energetic as the day kept going on. I was ready to go in the championship game. It felt good to win because we weren't expected to go very far, and we showed everybody what we could do."

Coach Rhonda Ratledge: "I couldn't have asked anything more out of that young lady. I coached her older sisters, and every time we were at a ball game, she was there throwing. She's been throwing since she was 6 years old. You can't take anything away from her; she's definitely worked for it. Her pitches were working for her Saturday, and she just shut Notre Dame down. She was ready to go after it, and she did."