Van Buren County’s Huff garners Super Conferece POY honor

Chelsey Huff led Class 2A in hitting last softball season. This season she garnered quite an honor when the Southeast Iowa Super Conference picked its softball teams for all-division honors.

Huff, of Van Buren County, was picked as Player of the Year for the Super Conference South Division team, sharing the honor with fellow pitcher West Burlington/Notre Dame’s Lauren Summers. Summers (26, 1.04, 247) and Huff (14, 1.16, 165) were first and second in wins, earned run average and strikeouts. Huff was first in opponents’ batting average at .159, Summers second at .177.

Huff’s batting average of .506 was third in the South and her five home runs tied for second with Summers and teammate Ally Campbell. WB/ND’s Logan Kelley was first with 17 and first in RBI at 51. Huff was second with 36. Huff and Summers tied for second in total bases at 73. Huff was second in slugging percentage at .880. Huff had the most sacrifice flies and was second in strikeouts, fanning just four times.

Two of Huff’s teammates — Isabel Manning and Ivy Davidson — were unanimous choices for the South Division team. Manning’s .441 batting average was sixth in the South. Davidson’s was .383.

Cardinal’s Emma Becker led the South in stolen bases with 21 and teammate Alexia McClure tied for third. Both were first team picks in the South as was Nicoa McClure (fourth in ERA, third in strikeouts at 88) and Brinlee Ostrander, who was one of seven players with two errors or less.

New London’s Elly Manning made first team as a utility pick. Her batting average of .422 was ninth and opponents batting average of. .249 was fourth.

In the North, Winfield-Mount Union’s Madie Anderson was unanimous as was Emma Milder of Columbus and Highland’s Sarah Burton. Burton was second in hits at 39 and runs at 40.

Anderson was led the North in opponents batting average (. 114), ERA (0.58), wins (17), innings pitched (157), and WHIP (0.57). Burton was first in the North with 29 stolen bases and Milder third at 24.

Highland placed the battery combination of Grace Batcheller and Abbi Stransky on the first team, pitcher Jessica Kraus and outfielder Katelyn Waters. Batcheller was second in wins, third in strikeouts (105) and fourth in ERA at 2.27, behind Kraus in third at 1.71. Stransky was fourth in RBIs with 24. Waters tied for first in the North in sacrifice bunts.

Madeline Fox of Hillcrest, Jobey Malone of WMU and Lily Coil of Columbus landed on the first team for the North. Malone was sixth in the North with a batting average of .446 and Fox was 11th at .415. Coil was second in stolen bases (25), third in hits (36), slugging percentage at .705 and total bases at 55.

ALL-SOUTHEAST IOWA SUPERCONFERENCE TEAMS

NORTH DIVISION

FIRST TEAM

Player of the Year — Kylee Sanders, sr., Louisa-Muscatine

Pitcher — *Madie Anderson, sr., Winfield-Mount Union

Pitcher — Grace Batcheller, jr., Highland

Catcher — Toni Bohlen, sr., Wapello

Catcher — Abi Stransky, so., Highland

Infield — *Sarah Burton, fr., Highland

Infield — *Makenna Hohenadel, jr., Louisa-Muscatine

Infield — Madeline Fox, sr., Hillcrest Academy

Infield — Jobey Malone, jr., Winfield-Mount Union

Infield — Serah Shafer, jr., Wapello

Outfield — *McKenzie Kissell, so., Louisa-Muscatine

Outfield — *Emma Milder, sr., Columbus

Outfield — Jersey Lessenger, so., Louisa-Muscatine

Outfield — Katelyn Waters, so., Highland

Utility — Jayde Eberhardt, jr., Mediapolis

Utility — Lili Coil, 8th, Columbus

Utility — Jessica Krauss, so., Highland

Coach of the Year — Bryan Butler, Louisa-Muscatine

SECOND TEAM

Pitcher — Piper Brant, jr., Louisa-Muscatine

Pitcher — Aliyah Lolling, sr., Wapello

Catcher — Anna Anderson, so., Winfield-Mount Union

Catcher — Mallory Mashek, sr., Louisa-Muscatine

Infield — Sammy Ewart, sr., Wapello.

Infield — Payton Brun, fr., Highland

Infield — Ellen Carrow, jr., Lone Tree

Infield — Brynn Jeambey, jr., Louisa-Muscatine

Infield — Kinze Hora, jr., Highland

Outfield — Molly Miller, sr., Winfield-Mount Union

Outfield — Esther Hughes, jr., Hillcrest Academy

Outfield — JoJo Fulton, so., Columbus

Outfield — Mae Cox, sr., Louisa-Muscatine

Utility — Arlie Lorak, jr., Lone Tree

Utility — Jenna Sands, sr., Highland

Utility — Brooke Miller, so., Pekin

HONORABLE MENTION

Columbus — Victoria Howell, so., Sara Vela, so.

Highland — Kayla Cerny, so., Mylei Smith, so.

Hillcrest Academy — Malia Yoder, 8th., Evelyn Gerber, jr.

Lone Tree — Kayleigh Rundlett, 8th., Alex Dautremont, 8th

Louisa-Muscatine — Rylee Cole, so., Emily Salek, so.

Mediapolis — Hallie Mohr, jr., Payton Anderson, so.

Pekin — Emi Zook, sr., Taylor Parmenter, sr.

Wapello — Liv Fuller, so., Quinn Veach, so.

Winfield-Mount Union — Carlee Sloan, jr., Kayreanna Sharar, so.

SOUTH DIVISION

FIRST TEAM

Players of the Year — Chelsey Huff, Van Buren County and Lauren Summers, West Burlington-Notre Dame.

Pitcher — Nicoa McClure, Cardinal.

Pitcher — Sophie Turner, Central Lee.

Pitcher — Mary Hellige, Holy Trinity.

Catcher — *Logan Kelley, West Burlington-Notre Dame.

Catcher — Halo Arrowood, Central Lee.

Catcher — Brinlee Ostrander, Cardinal.

Infield — *Reagan Engberg, West Burlington-Notre Dame.

Infield — *Isabel Manning, Van Buren County.

Infield — Lauren Krieger, West Burlington-Notre Dame.

Infield — Shanna Buford, Central Lee.

Infield — Emma Becker, Cardinal

Outfield — *Ivy Davison, Van Buren County

Outfield — Alexia McClure, Cardinal

Outfield — Haiden Molter, Danville

Outfield — Meghan Hopp, Central Lee

Utility — Lyndsey Kelley, West Burlington-Notre Dame

Utility — Carlea Beckman, Danville

Utility — Elly Manning, New London

Coach of the Year — David Oleson, West Burlington/Notre Dame

SECOND TEAM

Pitcher — Ava Smith, Danville

Pitcher — Ally Cambell, Van Buren County

Pitcher — Ava Ferrell, Cardinal

Catcher — Brooke Mueller, Holy Trinity

Catcher — Brooklyn Cormier, Van Buren County

Catcher — Marah Hartrick, New London

Infield — Ashlyn McSorley, New London

Infield — Abbey Bence, West Burlington-Notre Dame

Infield — Morgan Waste, Danville

Infield — Annabell Cormier, Van Buren County

Infield — Anna Sobczak, Holy Trinity

Outfield — Kylee Logan, West Burlington-Notre Dame

Outfield — Makayla Morrison, Central Lee

Outfield — Haile Cain, Holy Trinity

Outfield — Abby Simmons, Central Lee

Utility — Caitlyn Reber, Cardinal

Utility — Callie Kracht, Van Buren County

Utility — Elise Oleson, West Burlington/Notre Dame

Utility — Kayla Box, Holy Trinity

HONORABLE MENTION

Cardinal — Kinsey Hissem, Riley Bears

Central Lee — Macy Watkins, Carlee Pezley

Danville — Makenzie Morris, Graci Walker

Holy Trinity — Jenna DiPrima, Teagan Snaadt

New London — Claire Jones, Hailey Rohdy

Van Buren County — Cala Smith, Tessa Sayre

West Burlington/Notre Dame — Riley Richards, Isabella Blaufuss

*Denotes unanimous selection

Southeast Iowa Super Conference final standings

SOUTH DIVISION Records South Overall

1. West Burlington/Notre Dame 12-0 26-2

2. Van Buren County 9-3 22-6

3. Central Lee 8-4 16-11

4. Cardinal 7-5 17-14

5. Holy Trinity 4-8 6-16

6. Danville 2-10 9-12

7. New London 0-12 7-17

NORTH DIVISION Records North Overall

1. Louisa-Muscatine 14-1 20-9

2. Winfield-Mount Union 12-4 17-6

3. Highland 11-4 22-7

3. Wapello 11-4 17-6

5. Pekin 8-8 9-14

6. Columbus 7-8 10-16

7. Lone Tree 4-9 9-13

8. Mediapolis 2-14 2-21

9. Hillcrest 0-16 0-23