Softball Catcher Who Elbowed Opponents Received Threats After Incident

Earlier in June, a high school softball catcher in Texas made headlines when she elbowed two opposing players as they ran to home plate. Now, she’s getting some unwarranted abuse.

Needville High School’s catcher was disciplined for her vicious actions — which school superintendent Curt Rhodes told KHOU.com were “isolated incidents” that were “truly out of character” — during the school’s Texas 4A championship game loss. But that apparently didn’t stop people from sending her threats and hateful text messages.

The threats were concerning enough to get police involved, too.

“The local police have been called due to unidentified individuals lurking around her family’s home,” Rhodes said. “Our student-athlete and school district will be fine, but it is sad that we live in a world where adults work at harming our youth.”

Elbowing players in the face certainly isn’t OK, but neither is threatening a teenager for making a dumb decision, especially considering the other team actually won the Texas state championship.

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