Billies softball grieving, growing

PLEASANT HILL – Tuesday, April 29, was a typical spring day, with crisp, blue skies and the Pleasant Hill Billies taking on Sisters in a league softball game. The Billies entered the contest 3-10 and the Outlaws were 2-14. Not much was on the line. 

Actually, it felt like everything was on the line.

The game would turn out to be an unofficial memorial celebration for Jami Strinz, a longtime local volleyball coach who died…