DARKE COUNTY – Arcanum received the Cross County Conference’s top awards for the 2016 softball season with Loganne Stone being named the player of the year and Rick Stone being named the coach of the year.
Loganne Stone, Arcanum’s starting shortstop, hit .533 for the CCC champion Trojans and drove in 40 runs.
Along with Loganne Stone, Ansonia’s Brooke Neal, Arcanum’s Abbie Bruns, Bradford’s Olivia Hart and Franklin Monroe’s Emilee Morris all were named first team all-CCC.
Ansonia’s Molly Walters, Arcanum’s Brittany Kinney, Bradford’s Tori Smith, Franklin Monroe’s Carrie Baker, Mississinawa Valley’s Leslie Dirksen and Tri-Village’s Brittany Kinney were named second team all-conference.
Ansonia’s Shelby Hartzell, Arcanum’s Kaitlyn Zell, Bradford’s Amanda Brewer, Franklin Monroe’s Kennedy Morris, Mississinawa Valley’s Paxton Scholl and Tri-Village’s Payge Malott were named to the CCC’s special mention team.
Arcanum won the CCC championship with a perfect 12-0 conference record. Covington finished second with an 11-1 record, Newton was third at 9-3, Ansonia and Franklin Monroe both finished 8-4 to tie for fourth, National Trail and Tri-County North tied for sixth with 7-5 records, and Bradford finished eighth at 6-6. Bethel, Miami East and Tri-Village tied for ninth as they each finished 2-10 while Mississinawa Valley and Twin Valley South tied for 12th by both finishing 1-11.
All-CCC softball
First team
Brooke Neal, Ansonia
Abbie Bruns, Arcanum
Loganne Stone, Arcanum
Grace Anthony, Bethel
Olivia Hart, Bradford
Brooke Gostomsky, Covington
Arianna Richards, Covington
Kara Schaffer, Covington
Emilee Morris, Franklin Monroe
Madison Mollette, Newton
Kristen Rappold, Newton
Megan Hemp, Tri-County North
CCC softball player of the year: Loganne Stone, Arcanum
CCC softball coach of the year: Rick Stone, Arcanum
Second team
Molly Walters, Ansonia
Brittany Kinney, Arcanum
Tori Smith, Bradford
Ashley Cecil, Covington
Carrie Baker, Franklin Monroe
Megan Pettit, Miami East
Leslie Dirksen, Mississinawa Valley
Alexus Acton, National Trail
Kylee Aldridge, National Trail
Kacie Tackett, Newton
Riley Cruse, Tri-County North
Shelby Holzapfel, Tri-Village
Special mention
Shelby Hartzell, Ansonia
Kaitlyn Zell, Arcanum
Becky Schwieterman, Bethel
Amanda Brewer, Bradford
Allison Babylon, Covington
Kennedy Morris, Franklin Monroe
Kati Runner, Miami East
Paxton Scholl, Mississinawa Valley
Payten Laird, National Trail
Kylee Fisher, Newton
Taylor Green, Tri-County North
Payge Malott, Tri-Village
Kelsie Shafer, Twin Valley South
