Kaden Poppe’s move to designated player lets her ‘focus on hitting.’ Her bat lets Hanover Central win.

Kaden Poppe’s move to designated player lets her ‘focus on hitting.’ Her bat lets Hanover Central win.

No matter how much Hanover Central junior Kaden Poppe invested, defense remained her greatest nemesis. Instead of having Poppe spend more time on a part of her game that wasn’t clicking, Wildcats coach Sam Antkiewicz gave her a different option: forget about defense altogether and become the designated player. For Poppe, the move worked. “It made me focus on hitting,” she said. “That’s all I had to do, just hit. I didn’t have to worry about anyt…