The Grand River Conference has announced softball selections for first team, second team, and honorable mention status for the eight-team Eastern Division, with the champion Polo Lady Panthers having a total of seven players honored.
Trenton High School junior Jena Harris was named as a first-team selection, as one of two players out of the 10 on the squad named without unanimous selection. The other was Polo sophomore Mya Heil.
Eight players received unanimous selections to the GRC East first team, led by Polo junior pitcher Hanna Vaught and senior infielder Chloe Gilbert. Others on the squad are the Princeton tandem of sophomore Addy Henke and senior Carsey Brown, Gallatin senior Presley Wells and junior AnnaBelle Ball, and South Harrison’s Kaliska Madison and Hannah Carter.
Two Trenton Lady Bulldogs were named as second team selections, in junior Madi Moore and freshman Kaylor Hodge, with others on that squad named as Polo’s Kendyl Fitzwater and Kenley Moore, South Harrison’s Lexi Hunter, Gallatin’s Ashley Feiden and Brynn Bird, Princeton’s Makenzie Dunkin, and Putnam County’s Jenna Knowles.
Named GRC East honorable mention were Polo’s Haley Barnett and Jade Misel, South Harrison’s Abbey Henry, Saige Bennett, and Cassidy Davidson, Milan’s Gracie Dickson, Emerson Pauley, and Amy Pickering, Gallatin’s Karydon Jones, Princeton’s Megan Spencer, and Maysville’s Bella Redman.
Polo went 7-0 to win the GRC East, then beat King City 12-2 in the GRC championship game. South Harrison went 6-1, Gallatin 5-2, Trenton 4-3, Princeton 3-4, Putnam County 2-5, Milan 1-6, and Maysville 0-7.
Trenton, having lost to eventual champion Marceline 7-3 in the Class 2, District 6 semifinal round, was well represented in the All-District first team, with Madi Moore, Avery Clark, and Kaylor Hodge named first team selections. Jena Harris and Mirena King were second team selections.
Here are the selections for the Grand River Conference’s Western Division:Â
First Team (All in unanimous fashion):
Emberlyn Medsker, Sr, King CityÂ
Taryn Hunter, Sr, King CityÂ
Kynah Steele, Jr, Worth CountyÂ
Hailey Adwell, Sr, Worth CountyÂ
Jayleigh Robins, Sr, North HarrisonÂ
Amelia Wallace, Jr, StanberryÂ
Addisyn Crawford, Jr, AlbanyÂ
Madison Curran, Sr, North Andrew
Cassidy Brittain, Sr, North Andrew
Teigan Miller, Fr, North Andrew
Second Team:Â
Carleen Gilbert, Jr, King City
Tacee Catlett, Jr, King CityÂ
Autumn Cousatte, Jr, Worth CountyÂ
Ali Brown, Sr, Worth CountyÂ
Erica Gerkin, Jr, North HarrisonÂ
Ruby Heintz, Jr, North HarrisonÂ
Katlyn James, Jr, Stanberry
Kiley Mattson, Sr, Stanberry
Michaela Sybert, Sr, North Andrew
Katryna Warren, Jr, North Andrew
Kinzie Wilmes, Jr, North Andrew
Honorable Mention:
Kinzie Pettijohn, Fr, King CityÂ
Jaci Davis, Jr, North HarrisonÂ
Cory Worrell, Sr, Albany
Brea Jenson, So, AlbanyÂ
Piper Cook, So, North Andrew
