Lady Jackets claim several district honors

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Lady Jackets claim several district honors

Lady Jackets claim several district honors

Kingfisher’s historic softball season resulted in multiple all-district honors for players and its coach.

Tiffany Goodwin was named the District 4A-3 Coach of the Year, it was announced after a vote of coaches on Wednesday.

Senior Adlee Friesen was named the district’s Catcher of the Year and junior Lily Voth the Pitcher of the Year to lead a group of nine Lady Jackets to earn all-district honors.

Also named to the first team were Kinlee East at pitcher, Kendall Farrar as an outfielder and Liliana Garramome as a utility player.

Honorable mention was earned by Addison Johnson, Ryan Scammahorn, Callie Blair and Avery Harder.

In her first season as head coach, Goodwin guided KHS to an 11-1 record in 4A-3 and the program’s first ever regular season district title.

The Lady Jackets went on to claim their first ever regional championship and fell one game short of qualifying for state. They finished with a 24-9 overall record.

Friesen hit .404 and tied for third on the team with 42 hits and was second with 43 runs scored while batting leadoff.

She added eight doubles, two homers and drove in 19 runs.

Friesen also led the team with 26 stolen bases and was perfect in those attempts.

A senior, Friesen caught every inning for the Lady Jackets this season and managed a .995 fielding percentage. She was charged with just one error in 184 total chances.

Voth carried a bulk of the team’s pitching load as she threw 117 1/3 innings.

During that time, she gave up 65 runs, 43 of which were earned for a 2.565 ERA.

The junior allowed 118 hits, struck out 91 batters and walked 39.

Offensively, Voth was second on the team in batting average (.460), on-base percentage (.509), hits (46), triples (3) and third in RBIs (33).

She was tied for the team lead in homers with seven and in doubles with 13.

East pitched the other 72.0 innings for the Lady Jackets during her senior campaign.

She allowed 81 hits and 66 runs, 45 of which were earned for a 4.375 ERA.

East struck out 72 batters and walked 39.

East also hit .400 for the season while managing 40 hits on the offensive side.

She collected a team-high 13 doubles and was second on the team with 34 RBIs. East had two homers this year and scored 17 runs.

Farrar led the team in nearly every offensive category.

The junior was first on the team in average (.519), on-base percentage (.550), slugging percentage (.926), hits (56), triples (11), RBIs (3) and runs scored (45).

She was third on the team in both doubles (10), home runs (4) and stolen bases (18).

Her triple total was nearly half of the team’s 23.

Manning centerfield, she had a .982 fielding percentage.

Garramone finished at .400 in batting average. She produced 32 hits, which included five doubles and a home run.

The senior scored 21 runs and had 10 RBIs.

Garramone also had a 1.000 fielding percentage playing left field as she had no errors in 36 total chances.

Johnson finished third on the team in batting average (.438), on-base percentage (.481) and hits (42).

She tied Voth with a team-high seven home runs and was fourth with 31 RBIs.

Blair hit .297 on the season, which included 27 hits, 16 RBIs and 13 runs scored.

Scammahorn hit .291. She had 23 hits on the season, 10 RBIs and scored 20 times. The junior also had a team-high nine sacrifices on the season.

Only a freshman, Harder started much of the season at second base and managed an .875 fielding percentage.

Woodward’s Kaleigh Mills was named the district’s Player of the Year.

Both in the circle and at the plate, she helped guide Woodward to a 25-4 record. Two of those losses - the only two in the regular season - came at the hands of KHS.

Jossalyn Schulz of Weatherford was named the Offensive Player of the Year and Blakely Ball of Elk City the Defensive Player of the Year.