CAPTION: Airport High School softball players Avery Ingram, left, Emma Maynor and Macie McCracken at Thursday’s signing ...

Gray Collegiate, Summerville and Byrnes – sit atop the preseason Top 25; Lexington and Catawba Ridge round out the Top 5.

Currently, the girl's fastpitch softball team shares fields with the city, but those fields have maintenance issues such as flooding.