Softball

Cox, Fetters lead all-SVC selections

05/11/04

The rewards for going 28-0 the past two seasons in Scioto Valley Conference softball are second consecutive player and coach of the year honors for Zane Trace's Allison Cox and Bill Fetters on the 2003-04 all-league softball team.

Melissa Short of Piketon was named an honorary member of the all-league team. Short was killed in a traffic accident following a Piketon game at Southeastern late in the regular season.

Cox -- 29-6 in her first two seasons -- finished the regular season with a 16-4 record.

Fetters -- the dean of SVC softball coaches -- led the Lady Pioneers to a 19-5 regular season record, giving him 224 career victories.

Underclassmen dominate the 2003-04 all-league teams with just one senior -- Zane Trace's Amanda Renner -- on the first team. Cox is one of five sophomores named to the first team along with a trio of juniors.

Only three seniors -- Tiffany Carroll of Huntington, Cassi Wertman of Zane Trace and Jessica Perkins of Unioto -- made the second team.

Scioto Valley Conference

all-league softball team

2003-04

Player of the year: Allison Cox, Zane Trace.

Coach of the year: Bill Fetters, Zane Trace.

Honorary member of all-league team: Melissa Short, Piketon.

First team

Player                               School               Year

Katie Roush                   Adena               11

Daphene Butcher            Huntington         11

Amanda Doyle                Huntington         10

Julie Patterson               Southeastern      10

Kari Rodgers                  Westfall             10

Allison Cox                     Zane Trace        10

Amanda Renner               Zane Trace        12

Leah Jadwin                   Unioto               10

Amanda Angles               Westfall             11

Second team

Tiffany Carroll                 Huntington         12

Meggan Ward                  Paint Valley        11

Ali Smith                         Piketon             11

Hilary Days                      Piketon             11

Nikki Young                     Southeastern      11

Jessica Lewis                   Unioto               11

Jessica Perkins                 Unioto               12

Randi Rodgers                  Westfall             11

Cassi Wertman                 Zane Trace        12

Anna Gray                       Zane Trace        10

Honorable mention

Whitney Houser                Adena

Lindsey Grubb                  Huntington

Nikkita Carroll                   Huntington

Amy Bolles                       Paint Valley

Maggie Cooper                  Paint Valley

Hope Robbins                    Piketon

Sheena Spurgeon              Piketon

Annie Cooper                    Southeastern

Terra Kinzer                     Southeastern

Lindsey Dix                       Unioto

Sara Sullivan                     Unioto

Beth Reed                         Westfall

Brittany Mullins                  Westfall

Katie Bost                         Zane Trace

Jessica Graves                   Zane Trace

Zane Trace loses twice

05/08/04

Zane Trace's Scioto Valley Conference champions suffered a pair of setbacks in non-conference softball Saturday, losing to Circleville 7-2 and Teays Valley 2-0.

Circleville 7, Zane Trace 2

Zane Trace outhit the Lady Tigers out of the Mid-State League 5-4, but committed four errors -- three in a costly four-run fourth inning.

Cassi Wertman had a pair of singles to lead the Lady Pioneers.

Allison Cox suffered her third loss of the season, going four and a third innings before being relieved.

                                                R  H  E

Circleville           0 0 0  4 2 1  0  --  7  4  2

Zane Trace         0 2 0  0 0 0  0  --  2  5  4

WP -- Williams; LP -- Allison Cox (16-3)

Teays Valley 2, Zane Trace 0

Amanda Renner, Allison Cox and Anna Gray were each 2-for-4 as Zane Trace outhit the Lady Vikings 8-2, but couldn't get a hit with runners in scoring position.

Cox -- who came into Saturday's games with just two losses -- suffered her fourth loss in 20 decisions.

                                                            R  H  E

Zane Trace          0 0 0  0 0 0  0  --  0  8  2

Teays Valley       1 1 0  0 0 0  x  --  2  2  0

WP -- Helfrey; LP -- Allison Cox (16-4)

Huntington wins SVC finale 8-7

05/07/04

Huntington capped its best finish in Scioto Valley Conference softball in school history Friday evening, but needed eight innings to dispose of a pesky Piketon team 8-7.

Coach Sam Beeler's Lady Huntsmen finish second behind Zane Trace in the final SVC standings with an 11-3 league record, surpassing last year's 10-4, third place finish. Huntington -- 15-4 overall -- has won a school record 15 games in each of the last three seasons.

Amber Kerns inside-the-park homerun leading off the eighth inning provided Huntington's winning run after both teams had scored three runs in the seventh inning.

After Piketon tied the game 4-4 in the bottom of the third, the two teams battled through three scoreless innings before Nikkita Carroll's two-run single to left field and a run-scoring single by freshman Samantha Messer gave Huntington a 7-4 lead in the top of the seventh.

The Lady Redstreaks (4-11, 4-10) answered with three in the bottom half of the frame on run-scoring singles by Hope Robbins, Ali Smith and Hilary Days.

That set the stage for Kerns who rounded the bases on a blast over the head of the rightfielder and beat the relay throw home.

Winner Daphene Butcher had three hits for the Lady Huntsmen and Lindsey Grubb and Messer two each. Laranda Riley led Piketon with three hits and Smith and Days added two each.

                                                   R   H  E

Huntington      0 3 1  0 0 0  3  1  --  8  12  2

Piketon             0 0 4  0 0 0  3  0  --  7  10  1

WP -- Daphene Butcher (14-4); LP -- Ali Smith  

Back-to-back titles for Lady Pioneers

05/06/04

Zane Trace capped its second straight 14-0 Scioto Valley Conference softball campaign with a 9-2 win over Westfall Thusday evening.

Coach Bill Fetters' Lady Pioneers have won three gold softball trophies signifying an unbeaten SVC season in the past six years -- the first coming in 1999.

Zane Trace (19-3, 14-0) put six runs on the board in the first two innings and Allison Cox held the Lady Mustangs (10-11, 7-7) in check until the sixth inning when they scored their two runs. Cox gave up just three hits and walked one while striking out 15 in her 16th win of the season.

After scoring twice in the first inning, Zane Trace added four in the second as Amanda Renner drove in a run with a single and Cox followed with a two-run base hit.

Renner and Cox had two hits each for the Lady Pioneers and Shayna Cox chipped in with a two-bagger.

Jessica Link had two of Westfall's three hits.

                                                 R  H  E

Westfall               0 0 0  0 0 2  0  --  2  3  3

Zane Trace          2 4 0  0 2 1  x  --  9  8  0

WP -- Allison Cox (16-2); Kaylyn Dick (4-4)

Zane Trace wins 1-0 duel

05/05/04

Two of the best pitchers to grace the Scioto Valley Conference softball scene put on a sensational duel Wednesday evening with Zane Trace emerging with a 1-0 victory to wrap up the Lady Pioneers' second straight league championship.

Westfall shaded Unioto 4-2 in another makeup game Wednesday evening.

Zane Trace 1, Huntington 0

All that stands between the Lady Pioneers and a second straight unbeaten SVC campaign now is Westfall, which invades Kinnikinnick Thursday in a makeup game that ends the league season for both teams.

Zane Trace ace Allison Cox and Huntington's Daphene Butcher put on a clinic Wednesday evening with Cox allowing just two hits and striking out 11 while Butcher gave up just one hit and fanned 10.

The Lady Pioneers (18-3, 13-0) scored the game's only run without a hit in the first inning as the Lady Huntsmen (14-4, 10-3) committed their only two errors of the game.

After Butcher fanned the lead-off batter, Zane Trace's Jessica Graves was safe on an error and raced all the way to third as Huntington muffed a bunt by Amanda Renner. Graves broke for home as Cox grounded out to first and beat the throw home.

The lone hit off Butcher was a single by Shayna Cox in the fifth inning and Huntington's two hits were singles by Samantha Messer in the fifth and Lindsey Grubb in the seventh.

Grubb reached second base with one out, but Cox buckled down to get the final two outs to preserve the win.

"It was a good game," Huntington coach Sam Beeler said. "Two great pitchers.

"You've got to be proud of the kids," the veteran Lady Huntsmen coach said of his charges.

                                               R  H  E

Zane Trace        1 0 0  0 0 0  0  --  1  1  1

Huntington        0 0 0  0 0 0  0  --  0  2  2

WP -- Allison Cox (15-2); LP -- Daphene Butcher (13-4)

Westfall 4, Unioto 2

Kari Rodgers staked Westfall to a 3-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run single and Brittany Mullins faced just 23 batters in setting Unioto down on two hits.

Amanda Angles had three of the six Lady Mustang hits -- including a double -- and scored a run.

The Lady Shermans (11-12, 8-6) scored both runs in the third inning on a triple by Jessica Lewis and Leah Jadwin's single.

                                              R  H  E

Westfall            3 0 0  1 0 0  0  --  4  6  1

Unioto               0 0 2  0 0 0  0  --  2  2  3

WP -- Brittany Mullins (6-5); LP -- Jessica Perkins

Unioto upset by Southeastern 5-3

05/04/04

One night after upsetting Huntington, Unioto fell victim to the upset bug itself as Southeastern scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 5-3 win over the Lady Shermans in Scioto Valley Conference softball Tuesday evening.

In another extra inning game Tuesday evening, Paint Valley scored four runs in the top of the eighth to hand Adena a 9-5 loss. Westfall scored three runs in the top of the seventh to down Piketon 6-3.

In a pair of non-conference outings, Zane Trace defeated Washington CH and Huntington downed West Union by identical 4-1 scores.

Southeastern 4, Unioto 3 (8 innings)

Trailing 3-1, Southeastern tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on winner Julie Patterson's two-run single and scored the winning run on Laura Hall's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth.

Hall, Kacie Seitz and Megan Patterson singled to load the bases for Julie Patterson in the seventh and Annie Cooper's double, a single by Nikki Young and an intentional walk to Terra Kinzer loaded the sacks for Hall in the eighth.

Southeastern (7-10, 6-8) outhit the Lady Shermans (11-11, 8-5) with Cooper collecting three hits, including a pair of doubles. Hall and Young added two singles each.

Leah Jadwin had a pair of doubles and Sara Sullivan another for Unioto.

                                                  R   H  E

Unioto                0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0  --  3    4  1

Southeastern   1 0 0  0 0 0  2 1  --  4  11  1

WP -- Julie Patterson (7-7); LP -- Jessica Perkins

Paint Valley 9, Adena 5 (8 innings)

Maggie Cooper's two-run double capped Paint Valley's four-run eighth inning after Adena had scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to force the extra frame.

Cooper had three hits, including a pair of doubles, two walks and scored three runs for the Lady Bearcats (4-13, 4-10). Kelsey Lloyd and Chelsey Wright added two hits each with Wright rapping a double.

Katie Roush homered to lead off the fourth inning for the first run of the game for the Lady Warriors (2-16, 2-12) and Tara Knauff and Catherine Glandon chipped in with two hits each. Glandon had a triple.

                                                  R  H  E

Paint Valley       1 3 0  1 0 0  0 4  --  9  9  2

Adena                 0 0 0  1 2 0  2 0  --  5  7  2

WP -- Ashley Pierce; LP -- Katie Roush (2-12)

Westfall 6, Piketon 3

Randi Rodgers drove in two runs with a fifth inning double and Kari Rodgers and Beth Reed provided run-scoring singles in Westfall's three-run seventh.

Wesfall (9-10, 6-6) outhit Piketon (4-10, 4-9) 11-3 with Amanda Angles collecting three hits and Randi Rodgers two.

Sheena Spurgeon had two of the Lady Redstreaks' three hits off winner Kaylyn Dick.

                                                 R   H  E

Westfall               0 0 0  1 2 0  3  --  6  11  0

Piketon                1 1 0  0 0 1  0  --  3    3  2

WP -- Kaylyn Dick (4-3); LP -- Ali Smith

Zane Trace 4, Washington CH 1

Allison Cox allowed three hits, struck out 15 and hammered a pair of doubles as the Zane Trace sophomore recorded her 14th win in 16 decisions.

Amanda Renner drove in two runs with a pair of hits and Jessica Graves added a pair of singles for the Lady Pioneers (17-3).

                                                   R  H  E

Zane Trace             1 0 0  0 2 0  1  --  4  9  1

Washington CH     0 0 0  0 0 1  0  --  1  3  2

WP -- Allison Cox (14-2); LP -- Johnson

Huntington 4, West Union 1

Daphene Butcher allowed just one hit, fanned 15 and contributed two hits in her 13th win of the season as the Lady Huntsmen's bounced back from an upset loss to Unioto Monday night.

The lone hit off the junior hurler came with two out in the seventh inning.

Tiffany Carroll also had two hits for the Lady Huntsmen (14-3) who scored three runs in the first inning as Butcher started the inning with a single. Butcher scored on a single by Carroll and Lindsey Grubb followed with a single to score Carroll. Grubb eventually scored on a wild pitch.

                                                  R  H  E

West Union           0 0 0  0 0 0  1  --  1  1  2

Huntington           3 0 0  1 0 0  x  --  4  7  2

WP -- Daphene Butcher (13-3)

Lady Pioneers clinch title share

05/03/04

Zane Trace's 8-0 win at Piketon -- coupled with Unioto's 7-1 upset of Huntington -- clinched at least a share of the Scioto Valley Conference softball title Monday evening.

The Lady Pioneers -- defending league champions -- lead Huntington by two games with two league games remaining, including a meeting Wednesday at Huntington.

Westfall defeated Adena 9-2 and Southeastern squeezed past Paint Valley 8-7 in nine innings to round out Monday's league action.

Zane Trace 8, Piketon 0

Allison Cox blanked the Lady Redstreaks on one hit -- a line single to right center by Laranda Riley -- to record her 13th win in 15 decisions.

Cox struck out 12 and was 2-for-2 at the plate with a double.

Anna Gray chipped in with three singles and drove in a pair of runs and Jessica Graves and Shayna Cox had two hits each. Shayna Cox belted a pair of triples and Graves and Gray drove in two runs each.

Graves, Allison Cox and Gray had singles in a three-run first inning for the Lady Pioneers (16-3, 12-0).

                                              R  H  E

Zane Trace      3 0 1  0 2 1  0  --  8  9  1

Piketon             0 0 0  0 0 0  0  --  0  1  4

WP -- Allison Cox (13-2); Ali Smith

Unioto 7, Huntington 1

Heather Keplinger had two key hits and Unioto took advantage of five Huntington errors to halt the Lady Huntsmen's 13-game winning streak.

Unioto (11-10, 8-4) scored twice in the first inning with the help of two Huntington errors and added another run in the fifth on a single by Keplinger and an error. Keplinger singled again in a three-run seventh.

Nikkita Carroll had two hits for the Lady Huntsmen (13-3, 10-2).

                                                         R  H  E

Unioto              2 0 0  0 1 1  3  --  7  4  2

Huntington     0 0 0  1 0 0  0  --  1  6  5

WP -- Jessica Perkins; LP -- Daphene Butcher (12-3)

Southeastern 8, Paint Valley 7 (9 innings)

After each team had scored twice in the eighth inning, Southeastern scored the winning run on a single by Nikki Young, who advanced to third on a stolen base and a passed ball.

Young scored when Paint Valley's Chriscia Dove made a sensational diving catch of a pop fly by the Lady Panthers' Kacie Seitz. Seitz was credited with a sacrifice fly.

Young and Laura Hall had two hits each for Southeastern (6-10, 5-8) and Megan Patterson a double.

Amy Bolles had two singles, Maggie Cooper a triple and a single and Meggan Ward a double for Paint Valley (3-13, 3-10).

                                                                        R  H  E

Paint Valley             0 0 0  1 3 1  0 2 0  --  7  9  2

Southeastern          0 0 1  0 3 0  1 2 1  --  8  9  0

WP -- Julie Patterson (6-7); LP -- Ashley Pierce

Westfall 9, Adena 2

Westfall took advantage of four Adena errors and eight walks as the two teams combined for just seven hits.

Jessica Link singled and drew three walks to score three runs for the Lady Mustangs (8-10, 5-6) and Jessica Rodgers chipped in with a double.

Katie Roush was 3-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored for Adena (2-15, 2-11).

                                                                    R  H  E

Westfall                      1 1 3  1 0 3  0  --  9  3  0

Adena                          0 0 1  0 0 1  0  --  2  4  4

WP -- Brittany Mullins; LP -- Katie Roush

Lady Huntsmen sweep Adena

05/01/04

Huntington's Daphene Butcher flirted with no-hitters in both games as the Lady Huntsmen swept a pair of Scioto Valley Conference makeup softball games from Huntington Saturday 11-0 and 11-1.

The victories stretched Huntington's winning streak to 13 straight since opening the season with a pair of losses.

The only hit off Butcher -- who struck out 14 Lady Warriors in each game -- in the opener was a fourth inning double by Whitney Houser.

Tiffany Carroll collected a pair of hits and Amanda Doyle and Nikkita Carroll stroked doubles for the Lady Huntsmen in the first game.

Butcher helped her own cause in the nightcap with a pair of singles as she gave just three hits.

Tiffany Carroll, Doyle and Nikkita Carroll had two doubles apiece for Huntington off the Lady Warriors' Ryan Davis -- making her first mound appearance of the season -- in the second game.

Huntington (13-2, 10-1) played without freshman shortstop Lisa Doberstyn, who suffered an ankle injury sliding into second base in Friday night's game at Southeastern. Doberstyn may be sidelined until the Lady Huntsmen's tournament opener.

                                               R  H  E

Huntington      1 6 0  0 3 0  1  --  11  5  1

Adena               0 0 0  0 0 0  0  --    0  1  1

WP -- Daphene Butcher (11-2); LP -- Katie Roush (2-11)

                                                       R    H  E

Adena           0 0 0  0 0 0  1  --    1    3  4

Huntington  6 0 3  0 2 0  x  --  11  11  0

WP -- Daphene Butcher (12-2); LP -- Ryan Davis (0-1)

Huntington streak reaches 11

04/30/04

Huntington refuses to go away in the Scioto Valley Conference softball race as the Lady Huntsmen recorded their 11th straight win 9-6 over Southeastern Friday evening.

Huntington continues to nip at the heels of Zane Trace's unbeaten SVC leaders, trailing the Lady Pioneers by one game in the loss column. The two teams meet Wednesday at Huntington.

Zane Trace had its game Friday with Westfall postponed to May 6 because of muddy grounds, Unioto hammered Adena 22-3 and Paint Valley outlasted Piketon 19-16.

Huntington 9, Southeastern 6

Southeastern's Laura Hall broke out of an 0-for-27 slump with three hits off Huntington's Daphene Butcher, but the Lady Panthers couldn't hold onto a 6-4 lead after five innings.

Huntington (11-2, 8-1) took the lead with three runs in the sixth inning and added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh -- one on a homerun by Lindsey Grubb.

Amber Doyle had two hits, including a triple, and Ashley Darth two singles for Huntington.

Hall's three hits included a three-run double in Southeastern's five-run fifth inning. Annie Cooper had two hits, including a double, for the Lady Panthers (5-10, 4-8).

                                                 R  H  E

Huntington          0 2 0  2 0 3  2  --  9  9  2

Southeastern     1 0 0  0 5 0  0  --  6  7  2

WP -- Daphene Butcher (10-2); LP -- Julie Patterson (5-7)

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