Fastpitch softball returns to Havre after 50-year absence

After a nearly 50-year absence, fastpitch softball is returning to Havre.

Dana Seidel, president of the Havre Girls Softball Association, said Havre had fastpitch softball during the 1940s but switched to slowpitch early in the 1950s.

But now, fewer people are playing slowpitch so Havre is hoping a switch back to fastpitch will help draw interest.

With basketball and volleyball camps and tournaments in the summer, Seidel said, fewer players were willing to make the commitment to softball.

"The problem we see now is that it used to be the summer was for softball," she said. "But it's not all...