Our Team

Brittani goettsch

Brittani is a well rounded softball instructor, with the ability to coach all aspects of the game. She started her playing Career in 1994 with the Mississauga Tigers. She moved to Barrie in 1998 where she played for the BDGSA before continuing to played for numerous teams throughout Ontario and in the Premier League.
In 2008 she was offered multiple scholarships from both NCAA and NJCAA schools, eventually landing at Aiken Technical College in South Carolina NJCAA D1. From there she transferred to Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee, NCAA DII. While there she obtained a dual scholarship for both Softball and Dance. It was during these years at LMU that she started coaching with her school, that then sparked her career path of coaching the sport at a more professional level. After completing her Bachelor Degree in Kinesiology she started coaching youth softball and baseball players.

  • 2012 she became the head coach at the Canadian Baseball Academy

  • 2013 Became Strength and Conditioning/ Assistant Coach for the Barrie Storm U15 that won multiple medals.

  • 2014-2020 Started coaching private softball and baseball lessons for Smith Brother's Baseball Central, as well as being the facilities administrator.

  • 2019 Became the Head Coach for the 11U Central Ontario Reds in the Fergie Jenkins League

  • 2020- 2026 Started Coaching Private Lessons at the Kage and became full time Manager where she organized a ran large events like "Softball Day at The Kage"

  • 2024-2025 Season - Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the U15 SR Barrie Storm Team

  • 2025 Became a Certified CAN -PITCH instructor

  • 2026 Brittani is now the head coach and Director of Operations of Between the Lines.

Owner/Coach

Crystal Graveson

Crystal has been around the game of softball for years. both playing organizing and coaching various teams. Crystal grew up playing softball in Toronto.

Owner
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Marcus brings a dynamic and well-rounded approach to player development, with a strong foundation in hitting, infield/outfield defense, and athletic performance. His commitment to developing the complete athlete sets him apart, as he is not only a dedicated coach but also a certified nutritionist and strength and conditioning specialist.

A native of Canada, Marcus grew up immersed in a variety of sports, but baseball always remained his passion. His talent and determination earned him a college baseball scholarship in Iowa, where he played at the junior college level for a year and a half. Despite the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, which cut his collegiate playing career short, Marcus's love for the game never wavered. He returned home and transitioned into coaching, bringing with him valuable firsthand experience and insight into the demands of high-level competition. Marcus is still young but continues to add to his resume contributing to multiple programs thus far into his coaching career, including

-Strength & Conditioning Coach – Team Ontario Astros, The Kage

-Assistant Coach – 14U Team Ontario Astros

-Head Coach – The Kage Warriors 14U

-Volunteer Assistant Coach – Nantyr Shores Tritons

-Has trained national teams

Worked with 50+ athletes that have went on to play at the next level

-Head Instructor of Max Power Hitting Program 

-Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of Max Velocity Pitching Program

Baseball Coach

Marcus Pronay

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Coach Chris specializes in Pitching with an emphasis on arm care and pitch design. Through his years of experience as a coach and playing NJCAA baseball Coach Chris is extremely familiar with what it takes to play at the next level and how to train like a college athlete. 

Collegiately, Coach Chris attended SUNY Jefferson in upstate New York where he served as the Closer and helped his team to a Final Four appearance in his Sophmore year.  After SUNY Jefferson, Coach Chris chose to come back to Canada and attended the University of Toronto where he studied philosophy and political science. In 2017 Coach Chris was a member of the UofT OUA championship team as a veteran presence in high leverage situations.

Coach Chris’ background in Philosophy has been invaluable in helping finding different approaches for different players. In turn helping a player throughly understand concepts faster and improving quicker.

Coach Chris has experience using Rapsodo and HitTrax software to help analyze both pitching and hitting metrics to aid all levels of player.

Baseball Coach

Chris Johannesson

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Ryley is a Zone 4 alumni, spending his minor Lacrosse career in the Barrie Minor system. Ryley is a former member of both the Barrie Bomber’s Jr. Lacrosse Club team and captain of the Nipissing Laker’s (CUFLA)! In addition, Ryley brings international play experience, as he was a member of the Team Germany U19 in 2015 during the World Lacrosse Challenge! On top of his lacrosse playing experience, Ryley has coaching experience, coaching the Bombers U17 team the last two years where he became the first Bomber to play and coach in the Ontario A Qualifiers. Ryley is excited to share his knowledge of the game and continue to grow the Lacrosse in Zone 4

Lacrosse Coach

Ryley Ruff

Morgan Duval

Morgan’s softball journey began at four years old with BDGSA, where a simple introduction to the game quickly turned into a lifelong passion. As Morgan progressed from house league to select and eventually rep softball at the U12 level, pitching became my focus. Morgan attended every pitching clinic available and continuously sought opportunities to improve.

Softball has shaped Morgan both as an athlete and as a person, building my competitiveness, confidence, and work ethic. With the goal of playing college softball in the United States, Morgan committed myself to consistent training, extra lessons, and trusting the long-term process.

By U17, her team earned a bronze medal at provincials, and Morgan was fortunate to experience significant success the following season, winning multiple medals at high-level competitions. Morgan also competed at the Eastern Canadian Championships as a U15 and U17 athlete, gaining valuable experience against top programs across the country.

Morgan is now committed under full scholarship to go play in Nebraska at McCook University. 

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