By Mark Carpenter
People’s Defender
On the strength of her .463 batting average and 14 wins in the center circle, Manchester junior Rylie Young recently made school softball history, boldly going where no Lady Hound had gone before. Beating out some stiff competition, Young became the first Lady Hound in school history to be named Southeast District Player of the Year in Division IV, chosen by the district coaches association.
Young took the top prize but seven other players from Adams County schools garnered district honors for the coaches. Those included:
• Kaelyn Musser, Peebles (Division III Honorable Mention)
• Caydence Carroll, Peebles (Division III Honorable Mention)
• Carlee Garrison, North Adams (Division III Honorable Mention)
• Paige Evans, North Adams (Division III Honorable Mention)
• Jenna Campbell, Manchester (Division IV Second Team)
• Brislynn McClanahan, Manchester (Division IV Honorable Mention)
• Addilyn Hunter, Manchester (Division IV Honorable Mention)
In total, 18 players from the Southern Hills Athletic Conference received All-District recognition, with Fairfield’s Caitlyn Quickle being named the Division III Co-Player of the Year.
The entire All-District softball list is as follows.
Division III
Coach of the Year- Teresa Ruby, Wheelersburg
First Team
Caitlyn Quickle, Fairfield (12) Co-Player of the Year, Catie Boggs, Wheelersburg (11) Co-Player of the Year, AndiJo Howard, Wheelersburg (12), Skylar Zimmerman, South Webster (12), Hannah Potts, Wellston (11), Savannah Bushatz, Huntington (11), Kate Rollins, Portsmouth West (12), Kaylynn Carter, Wheelersburg (11), Maddie Childers, Wellston (10), Kiera Williams, Adena (12), Jaylin Forbes, Piketon (9), Lauren Redoutey, Northwest (12), Abbie Deeds, Coal Grove (11), Lauren Kaltenbach, South Webster (11), Delana Landefeld, Westfall (12), Ava Estep, Wheelersburg (10), Gracie Brammer, Ironton (12), Khamil Martin, Ironton (10), Jobey Hattan, Fairfield (11), Kaylor Pickelsimer, Portsmouth West (12), Makayla Carmichael, Belpre (12), Delana Wright, Meigs (12)
Second Team
Olivia Dickerson, Portsmouth (12), Brynn Wipert, Zane Trace (11), Bella Roush, Meigs (10), Emma Garrison, Adena (12), Karlee Gillispie, Rock Hill (12), Allie Baker, Huntington (11), Noel Barnhill, Lynchburg Clay (10), Emmie Fowler, Nelsonville-York (11), Natalie Goode, Meigs (10), Kaylee Hudnall, Alexander (10), Sydney Fuller, Westfall (11), Adyson Copley, South Point (9), Brynn Lundell, Crooksville (11), Bella Claxon, South Webster (12), Abby Guffey, Zane Trace (12), Emmi Vance, Fairfield (12), Hannah Webb, Chesapeake (12), Jozy Lougheed, Southeastern (11), Emily Cheatham, Portsmouth (12), Brooke Hawes, Northwest (12), Braylin Wallace, Ironton (12), Emily Moore, Portsmouth West (12)
Honorable Mention
Sonni Nelson, Crooksville (12), Gracie Peck, Crooksville (12), Rylee Chamberlain, Crooksville (11), Carly Jones, Oak Hill (12), Brynlee Stickley, Oak Hill (9), Gracie Evans, Oak Hill (9), Haley Krannitz, Oak Hill (12), Harli Lenegar, Minford (9), Miranda Johnson, Minford (12), Harley Lute, Minford (12), Addi Lute, Minford (12), Katie Ankrom, Portsmouth (10), Bailey Waughtel, Portsmouth (10), Rylee Black, Coal Grove (11), Mia Haynes, Coal Grove (10), Izzy Kitts, Coal Grove (9), Reagan Arthurs, Zane Trace (11), Rachael Chamberlain, Zane Trace (10), Madison Potts, Wellston (12), Allison Kilgour, Wellston, (12), Rilee Quickle, Fairfield (10), Jenna Hines, Federal Hocking (9), Audrey Clingenpeel, Federal Hocking (11), Emma Sayers, Federal Hocking (12), Karleigh Biggins, Federal Hocking (10), Dylan Skaggs, Southeastern (9), Ally Fisher, Southeastern (10), Emily Moore, Portsmouth West (12), Maci Bradford, Portsmouth West (11), Alli Stidham, South Point (11), Maddy Evans, South Point (12), Kaylee Stidham, South Point (9), Mackenzie Paugh, Huntington (10), Nora Moore, Huntington (12), Allie Grooms, Eastern Brown (11), Addison Arey, Eastern Brown (10), Caitlyn Collins, Lynchburg Clay (10), Autumn Griffith, Lynchburg Clay (12), Sophia Michael, Lynchburg Clay (10), Ava Messer, South Webster (12), Abby Throckmorton, Northwest (11), Jeanette Mustain, Northwest (12), Riley Issacs, Chesapeake (12), McKenna Brown, Chesapeake (12), Addison Maynard, Chesapeake (10), Marly Halcomb, Adena (9), Aubrey Ferguson, Ironton (10), Neveah Hackworth, Rock Hill (12), Charlee Long, Rock Hill (11), Bridget Stapleton, Rock Hill (9), Kaelyn Musser, Peebles (10), Caydence Carroll, Peebles (12), Carlee Garrison, North Adams (10), Paige Evans, North Adams (10), Kyndall Carroll, Piketon (11), Paige Helton, Piketon (9), Aubrey Heath, Piketon (9), Lucy Ruble, Belpre (10)
Division IV
Coach of the Year- Kayla Taulbee, Valley
First Team
Rylie Young, Manchester (11), Player of the Year, Emilie Johnson, Valley (12), Desiree Simpson, Symmes Valley (12), Jayden Agriesti, Miller (12), Gwen Sparks, Portsmouth Notre Dame (12), Megan Nickell, Eastern Pike (12), Sarah Cassidy, Clay (11), Jadelyn Lawson, Glenwood (12), Jaylynn Hupp, Southern (10), Ryleigh Weeks, Valley (10), Sophie Huffman, Waterford (12), Brenna Tibbs, Symmes Valley (10), Emma Putman, Reedsville Eastern (11), Sophie Stauffer, Paint Valley (11), Alayla Soard, Portsmouth Notre Dame (10), Lauren Smith, Southern (12), Maycee Ford, Portsmouth Notre Dame (10), Hannah Felts, Eastern Pike (12)
Second Team
Megan Whitley, Western Pike (11), Joelle Richards, Trimble (11), Maddie Entler, Portsmouth Notre Dame (11), Jaylie Parr, Whiteoak (12), Jenna Campbell, Manchester (12), Ryleigh McDavid, Green (12), Shea Rawlins, Clay (12), Bailee Guido, East (11), Olivia Kasler, Trimble (10), Karsyn Davis, Valley (12), Cassie Williams, Glenwood (12), Shelby Stover, Miller (11), Savannah Mart, Symmes Valley (12), Hope Reed, Reedsville Eastern (12), Ashlynn Thomas, Reedsville Eastern (9), Ella Shope, East (10), Addison Christian, Green (9), Charlie Shafer, Trimble (11)
Honorable Mention
Lynsey Loop, Clay (11), Sydney Hornsby, South Gallia (11), Kennedy Shamblin, South Gallia (11), Emilee Bowling, South Gallia (12), Leah Skillmore, South Gallia (12), Rylie White, Reedsville Eastern (9), Karleigh Lenney, East (12), Bethenny Kilgore, Green (10), Emma Brown, Green (10), Addy Brewster, Western Pike (10), Lauren Ware, Western Pike (12), Finley May, Western Pike (12), Madison Shuler, Eastern Pike (12), Marley Ferguson, Symmes Valley (9), Braxtyn Holbrook, Valley (11), Lakyn Brooker, Waterford (12), Shey Johnson, East (10), Madison Carver, Clay (9), Braelyn Bevins, Eastern (9), Lexi Smith, Southern (12), Hayden Turner, Southern (11), Leah Ryan, Waterford (12), Laykyn Jones, Waterford (12), Brislynn McClanahan, Manchester (9), Addilyn Hunter, Manchester (9), Kasarah Cantrell, Paint Valley (10)
