Column: Balancing No More

Busy Malandrucco steps down as PHS softball coach to focus on family

  • Palatka High School softball coach Brandi Malandrucco (left) listens as assistant coach Mindi Buckles talks to the team after Palatka lost to Eustis, 1-0, in the FHSAA Region 2-5A tournament in 2019. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Palatka High School softball coach Brandi Malandrucco (left) listens as assistant coach Mindi Buckles talks to the team after Palatka lost to Eustis, 1-0, in the FHSAA Region 2-5A tournament in 2019. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
Taking on a head coaching position at any level is a piece of cake … said no one ever. And in the summer of 2018, Brandi Malandrucco, who was a standout catcher in the early part of the 21st century…

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