Marty Gordon
NRVsports@mainstreetnewspapers.com
Eastern Montgomery High School has announced the appointment of Neil Artip as its new head softball coach.
Artrip had previously served as the program’s junior varsity coach.
“When the opportunity to become the varsity head coach presented itself, I felt this was my opportunity to not only advance myself as a coach, but to also have the opportunity along with the help of the coaching staff to advance our softball program at all levels,” he said.
Artrip became the junior varsity coach in 2024 after previously coaching softball in the local recreation department for over 12 years.
Eastern Montgomery finished last year at 11-7 but is 39-46 in the past five years as a member of the Pioneer District.
“As always your goal is to win games, but as a coach I want to also continue to help our softball program grow in both strength and numbers,” said Artrip. “We as a coaching staff want our program to be competitive not only in our district but also at the region and state levels.”
Both Blacksburg and Christiansburg high schools still have softball openings.
