Red Bank Catholic is one of the better softball teams in the state this season. Still, Southern Regional coach Jamie Olsen didn’t mind having the high-powered Caseys on her team’s schedule.

“We play these games to prepare the team for later and make the girls better,” said Olsen shortly after the Rams lost an 11-5 decision against RBC on April 25. “Our schedule is hard so the girls can learn from their mistakes and improve from them. And I believe we can compete against these teams.”

If not for one inning – it just happened to be the first, when the Caseys took a 7-0 lead before the Rams (5-5) even…