FLOYDS KNOBS, Ind. (WDRB) – They hadn’t even stepped into the gym yet. From the hallway outside, the Floyds Knobs 12-under Little League Softball World Series runners-up could hear it — the rumble of packed bleachers, the chants of “F-K-C-C!” rolling toward them. Fans had spotted the team lining up behind oversized championship banners, ready to make their entrance.
They were tired — 24 games in 31 days will do that to you — but this was the good kind of exhaustion. The kind that comes with adoring fans, an invitation from Caitlin Clark to an Indiana Fever game, and the pride of a state ready to rain down on them.
Tuesday morning, they’ll be back in homeroom. One night, you’re the lead-in for the Disney movie of the week on ABC. The next, your coach has turned back into a pumpkin and you’re staring at a stack of homework…