Delaney: IHC's Gullo teaching to the end

Tony Gullo didn't let his team scatter. The Watertown IHC softball team's season was over, but the Cavaliers coach still had a moment to teach. Mohawk defeated IHC 6-5 in the bottom of the seventh and then Gullo gathered his team in the dugout.

Starting center fielder Mikayla Kolb is a seventh grader who never played organized softball before this season. Left fielder Angie Garrabrant has two years of modified ball.

Before the Cavaliers' pre-game infield session, Gullo told his players about the Syracuse University men's lacrosse win over Cornell Monday. He told them about plays that set up other plays and the importance of those moments. During the game, Gallo talked to the players almost nonstop while coaching on the third base line.

At a school where girls soccer and basketball grab more attention, the seventh-year coach has one objective.

"We're a young team and the goal is to get better," the coach said.