DARKE COUNTY – Arcanum won a share of the 2017 Cross County Conference softball championship along with Covington, National Trail and Newton.
All four teams finished conference play with 10-2 records. Franklin Monroe finished fifth in the league at 9-3 while Bradford and Tri-Village tied for sixth at 7-5. Tri-County North finished eighth with a 5-7 record, Ansonia was ninth at 4-8, Twin Valley South finished 10th with a 3-9 record, Bethel finished 11th at 2-10, Mississinawa Valley was 12th at 1-11, and Miami East finished 13th at 0-12.
Ansonia’s Trinity Henderson, Arcanum’s Brittany Kinney, Arcanum’s McKenzie Sharritts, Bradford’s Tatyana Cottrell, Franklin Monroe’s Emilee Morris, Franklin Monroe’s Kennedy Morris and Tri-Village’s Trisa Porter were named first team all-CCC.
Ansonia’s Jailyn Thwaits, Arcanum’s Gracie Garno, Arcanum’s Elle Siculan, Bradford’s Olivia Hart, Bradford’s Bianca Keener and Tri-Village’s Allie Downing were named second team all-conference.
Ansonia’s Kayla Saintignon, Arcanum’s Shai Robinson, Bradford’s Bailey Wysong, Franklin Monroe’s Kinsey Goins, Mississinawa Valley’s Bailey Johnson and Tri-Village’s Payge Malott made the CCC’s special mention team.
All-CCC softball
First team
Trinity Henderson, Ansonia
Brittany Kinney, Arcanum
McKenzie Sharritts, Arcanum
Tatyana Cottrell, Bradford
Sarah Hubbard, Covington
Justice Warner, Covington
Emilee Morris, Franklin Monroe
Kennedy Morris, Franklin Monroe
Savanna Abner, National Trail
Kerestin Nugent, National Trail
Kristen Rappold, Newton
Kacie Tackett, Newton
Riley Cruse, Tri-County North
Trisa Porter, Tri-Village
Kelsie Shafer, Twin Valley South
Player of the year: Justice Warner, Covington
Coach of the year: Krista Alldred, National Trail; Mark Gibson, Newton
Second team
Jailyn Thwaits, Ansonia
Gracie Garno, Arcanum
Elle Siculan, Arcanum
Grace Anthony, Bethel
Olivia Hart, Bradford
Bianca Keener, Bradford
Ashley Cecil, Covington
Emma Dammeyer, Covington
Lexie Long, Covington
Alyssa Francis, Miami East
Gracie Jones, National Trail
Haley Pack, Newton
Morgan Helman, Tri-County North
Allie Downing, Tri-Village
Shelby Denlinger, Twin Valley South
Special mention team
Kayla Saintignon, Ansonia
Shai Robinson, Arcanum
Becky Schweiterman, Bethel
Bailey Wysong, Bradford
Kenzie Long, Covington
Kinsey Goins, Franklin Monroe
Emily Adkins, Miami East
Bailey Johnson, Mississinawa Valley
Ariel Lee, National Trail
Kylee Fisher, Newton
Taylor Green, Tri-County North
Payge Malott, Tri-Village
Lacey Emrick, Twin Valley South
