Almost every team sport has a statistical category that tracks how many times one player helps others score. In soccer, the assist is straight forward. You pass to a teammate, that teammate scores off your pass, you get the assist.
Baseball has assists, too.
You throw to a base, the runner gets tagged out, you get an assist. The Sentinel Athletes of the Week this week are becoming known for their assists. East Pennsboro soccer player Amber Folk set a school record last week with five assists in one game against Susquenita. Shippensburg baseball player Jared Smith didn t set a school record, but he collected some assists, although not the conventional kind. When he took the mound last week to pitch against Fairfield, Smith assisted 16 Green Knights back to the bench.