Tuttle’s McAdoo finishes strong following hiccup
TUTTLE — Macy McAdoo stood on the firstbase line at Carl Albert High School crying.
Tuttle’s ace pitcher was reeling from the previous inning. She couldn’t throw a strike. When she did, Carl Albert was hitting her hard.
Two days before the regional tournament opener, one of the state’s top pitchers was having a meltdown.
“It scared me a lot,” McAdoo said. “It really did.”
But in a moment where breaking down could derail Tuttle’s quest for a third straight Class
4A state championship, Tigers coach Rebecca Cobb had a simple reminder.
“You’re Macy McAdoo,” Cobb told her star senior. “Your worst day is someone’s best day, so pull it together. You’re all right.”
It was the moment that propelled McAdoo back to the top.
She settled down and was nearly untouchable in the postseason again, leading the way to the state title and earning The Oklahoman’s Little All-City Player of the Year honor for a second straight year.
“It was an eye opener,” McAdoo said.
McAdoo, who has signed with Oklahoma, was her old self outside of the one hiccup. She was a perfect 24-0 in the circle with a 1.00 ERA and 228 strikeouts. She finished her career with 824 strikeouts and an 80-13 record.
As a freshman pitcher, she was prone to those meltdowns. The past two
years, she was so dominant they disappeared.
But her final season wasn’t as easy.
Cobb said McAdoo’s command was shaky early. She rediscovered the strike zone, only to run into powerhouse
Carl Albert.
After that game, she met with Cobb’s father, Bill Robinett, each night for pitching practice. They had worked together for years. McAdoo spent hours practicing.
Only five runs were scored against Tuttle in the postseason and the only crying from McAdoo came holding another championship
trophy.
“Sometimes you have a bump in the road, but it’s OK,” McAdoo said. “I honestly think it was good for me to have that breakdown so I could work harder and really get the feel of getting back into myself.
"I feel like if I didn’t have that meltdown we wouldn’t have won state because we would have had our heads so big.”