Hastings’ Ace Pitcher Billy Murnighan Takes His Arm to California

From the Hudson Independent

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By Tom Pedulla–

All athletes emphasize the importance of getting into the zone by eliminating crowd noise and whatever else might create a distraction. That goal is, of course, admirable. The ability to get to that special place is rare.

Not for Hastings High School senior Billy Murnighan. The ace right-hander used his power of concentration to complete a senior season he will never forget. He compiled a 6-1 regular season record with a 1.83 ERA to go with 53 strikeouts in 45 2/3 innings to earn League Pitcher of the Year honors.

Murnighan cred­its the men­tal as­pect at least as much as his phys­i­cal abil­ity in dis­cussing his suc­cess. “I zone out every­thing go­ing on around me and I fully lock in on the catcher, the bat­ter and the ball,” he said. “Noth­ing else mat­ters.”

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