Sisters Jaylen and Kenzi Fourkiller are in the midst of this year’s fast pitch softball season with some added incentive to do well.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Wagoner’s first ever trip to the state softball championships in 1999. One of the members of that team is the sister’s mother Amanda (Marsey) Fourkiller and the sisters think nothing would be better than to be able to follow in their mother’s footsteps in 2024.
“We’ve talked about it some as a family, but I haven’t really dwelled on it because I want the focus to be on the girls and not on what I did,” said mom who played third base for the Bulldogs on that team. “I just remember the excitement of being the first Wagoner softball team to make it to state and being there with all my friends even though we just got to play one game.”
“My nana first brought it up and how exciting it was that my mother had gone to state and 25 years later we might be able to follow in her footsteps,” said Jaylen the senior shortstop.”
Kenzi the junior first baseman elaborated a bit more on the subject.
“It would really be special to me because she went and 25 years later we might be able to do the same. Mom has really been a great role model for us, and she’s got really high expectations for Jaylen and me in sports and in life in general.”
“I grew up with the idea that if you wanted something badly enough you had to work for it,” said Amanda. “And that’s something I’ve tried to instill in the girls whether it’s a sports goal or anything in life.”
The Bulldogs return several starters off last year’s team that was 23-11 including the Fourkiller sisters, ace pitcher Zoie Griffin and catcher Goose Hutchens who was injured last season. So far they’re undefeated in their first eleven games this year and so the idea of following mom to state 25 years later is becoming more and more of a possibility for Jaylen and Kenzi.
