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Private gurus paying off for top softball pitchers

Top softball pitchers often rely on private coaches to hone their skills

By Phil Perry

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 15, 2012

Meg Rico is the ace of the two-time defending Division 1 state champion King Philip softball program. She was 21-0 as a junior, with a whopping 313 strikeouts. She is headed to George Washington University this fall on scholarship. But this spring, she feels a little lost minus Peter Looney, her longtime pitching guru who died in December from brain cancer.

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