Early in his tenure when he took the Berwick High School softball program over, Coach Joe Russo told his squad that they were not going to look back, only forward. That they would try to become the best team they could be. However, it would take a few years to build the program.
“(Senior) Alyssa Gray stopped me when I said that and said, ‘Coach, we don’t want to wait a few years. We want it now for the seniors,’” Russo recalled Sunday.
With Friday’s 5-3 first-round upset of No. 15 North Webster, No. 18 Berwick High School achieved one of its ...