In the All
Conference selections Ashley Dalke and Bonnie Harthun
made the 2nd Team and Erika Jach made Honorable Mention.
Pictured left to right are: Coach Jim Sigman, Ashley
Dalke , Erika Jach, Bonnie Harthun and Coach Kathy
Fenstermacher.
Introduced as
"the girls that held the team together" ,
Danielle LaRue, Ashley Dalke and Ashley Peterson accept
their Tri-Captain awards. All three were the Seniors on
this team and have at times, struggled to keep a team
going over the years. Refusing to not have team, they
recruited team members and even searched for a coach.
They were the back-bone that kept OHS Softball alive.
Summing up the Evening:
VARSITY LETTERS:
- Joleen Dalke
- Amber Johnson
- Sara Schmoke
TEAM SPIRIT:
MOST IMPROVED:
UTILITY PLAYER:
COACH'S AWARD:
POWER HOUSE:
BEST OFFENSE:
TRI-CAPTAINS:
- Ashley Dalke
- Ashley Peterson
- Danielle LaRue
ALL CONFERENCE 2nd
TEAM:
- Ashley Dalke
- Bonnie Harthun
ALL CONFERENCE
HONORABLE MENTION:
ALL DISTRICT:
- Bonnie Harthun
- Ashley Peterson
ALL DISTRICT HONORABLE
MENTION:
Danielle LaRue accepts the
award for having the most team spirit from Coach
Fenstermacher.
Danielle's bobble head most
spirited trophy sat there bobbing its head after the
awards as if it were acknowledging that yes, the team had
a great year! They finished fourth in the conference
after a few close losses. They won the first game of the
District Playoffs knocking off Freesoil and went on to
battle Brethren for the Championship. With a little more
fine-tuning they hope to take the title next year. After
following the team all season, I believe they can achieve
it. While they are losing some great senior players, they
have some outstanding underclassmen coming back. Coach
Fenstermacher can't wait until next year! With the help
of Coach Sigman, the girls learned a better way to bat
this year and he is willing to work on pitching as well.
OHS softball has turned around for the better and are now
making other teams look twice. Until next year, you can
catch some of the team members playing summer league
ball. Applause!, Applause! team for a great season!
Erika Jach earned the
prestigious Coaches Award this year.
Tara Lyman's batting
average of 490 earned her the Power House award.
Reporter/Photographer:
Gwen Smith
Main Softball Page for 2004
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It doesn't
matter if they are male or female ...athletes can and
will eat! But,how could anyone resist when it all looks
sooooo good!
Tara Lyman's
mother accepted her thank you gift from Coach
Fenstermacher for helping with stats throughout the
season.
Mr. Carlson
accepted his wife's thank you gift in her absence for
also taking stats. She also kept all of us in the dugout
fully informed as to score and outs as well as who was up
to bat next.
Joleen Dalke earned her
Varsity "O" this season.
Amber Johnson
also earned her Varsity "O", as well as Sarah
Schmoke.
Never, ever,
having received a Varsity letter for anything before, the
team and Coach Fenstermacher awarded assistant Ilona a
Varsity "O" for her help this year. (She is the
one taking a photo of me as I am taking a photo of her)!
Amber Johnson
received Most Improved. Amber will be most likely taking
of the reins of catcher from senior LaRue next year. She
did a super job this year in all aspects of the game as
well as catcher.
Ashley
Peterson received the Utility Player award. Ashley could
play any position and was an asset to the team and will
be missed next year.
Bonnie Harthun
earned the award for Best Offense. Her trophy had not
arrived yet, so Kathy made her a necklace with baseball
charms on it. Bonnie's trophy will look like the
Tri-Captain's award, a softball glove that holds a ball
Both Coaches
said this award moment is always the hardest as they know
they are also saying goodbye to the seniors. Tears were
choked back, hand shakes just wouldn't do as they gave
each other hugs. Best wishes to our exiting seniors!
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