Confident slapper Keira Hayton keeps using her speed while batting third for West Aurora. ‘It’s gonna go well.’

Confident slapper Keira Hayton keeps using her speed while batting third for West Aurora. ‘It’s gonna go well.’

Keira Hayton feels the need for speed, even if she happens to be slotted into a traditional power spot by batting third in West Aurora’s lineup. The 5-foot-4 senior, who signed in February with Missouri-St. Louis, has a game based on speed as she patrols center field for coach Randy Hayslett. Hayslett has three speedsters at the top of his batting order, led by senior shortstop Sara Tarr and followed by strong slappers in sophomore left fielder …