By Lana Hanania – News Editor

Junior Talia Salanto is a member of the Jonathan Law softball team. The Lawmen play Bristol Central in the semifinals of the Class L State Tournament on June 5 at West Haven High School at 7:00. Advocate News Editor Lana Hanania interviewed Salanto about the team’s season.

Lana Hanania: What are you focusing on the most as the state tournament goes on?

Talia Salanto: I think I need to work on how I contribute to mentally preparing my team for postseason games because it’s easy to make mistakes in stressful games like these, we all know when we lose we’re done and that’s a big deal for our team. 

LH: What has been your proudest moment this season?

TS: My proudest moment this season has been how the team has overall become really close and have adjusted to everything that has been thrown at us. We started off a little quiet and we have become a team and not just a bunch of individuals playing on a team.

LH: How do you want to end the season? 

TS: I want to end the season being satisfied. Whether that is winning the state championship or coming up short but knowing we did everything we could to put ourselves in a position to succeed.

LH: What is your role as a team leader?

TS: I help my team by being a leader and pushing them all to never work at  anything less than 110%. I also do all of their eye black because they can’t do it themselves.

LH: Overall what does your team need to continue to work on? 

TS:  We are in the part of our season where we are no longer working on certain things and that we are now preparing for games. I don’t think there’s anything that needs to be worked on as a team.