Ask Plainfield Central senior Stephanie Kirkpatrick about her favorite home runs of the 2008 high school softball season and the answers flow as electric as the current produced by lightning during thunderstorms.
Science or art? Take your pick, but it was probably a generous portion of both. And when Kylie Schalz stepped onto the softball field this spring, the result was a thing of beauty as the Rosary senior made things happen.
A year ago, Plainfield Central shortstop Stephanie Kirkpatrick was a great softball player and a good hitter. In the last year, she has become a great hitter and the Chicago Sun-Times softball Player of the Year.