Cornbelt Awards Post-Season Softball Honors
Several area players received post season honors for their play on the diamond in the 2009 softball season. The 2009 Cornbelt Conference All Conference Teams were selected by the league coaches at the conclusion of the campaign in July.
The West Bend-Mallard Lady Wolverines saw seven players earn post-season honors. A trio of Lady Wolverines earned First Team honors, starting with senior pitcher Michaela Grimm and senior utility player Kayla Hartman, along with junior catcher Missy Abrahamson.
Earning second team honors for West Bend-Mallard were junior utility player Nicole Gearhart and junior outfielder Carrie Hefty, along wtih freshman second baseman Wendy Grimm.
Rounding out the selections for the Lady Wolverines was freshman outfielder Jessie Abrahamson, who was accorded Honorable Mention honors.
Graettinger/Terril had a half-dozen players receive honors, starting with junior third baseman Dakota Hovinga and junior outfielder Tasha Neilson being named to the First Team unit.
Earning Second team honors for the Knights were senior shortstop Theresa Peterson and senior utility player Malorie Girres.
Graettinger/Terril had sophomore Lindsay Flaharty, an outfielder, and freshman Maddy Schany, a catcher, receive Honorable Mention honors for their play during the season.
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Raiders had a Second Team All Conference selection this season, as senior Cassidy Smith was honored as pitcher for the Raiders.
The complete 2009 Cornbelt Conference All Conference Teams are as follows:
2009 Cornbelt Conference Final Standings
Overall Standings
*Armstrong-Ringsted 8-1
*North Sentral Kossuth 8-1
West Bend-Mallard 7-2
Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka 6-3
Graettinger/Terril 5-4
Harris-Lake Park 5-4
Twin River Valley 3-6
Clay Central Everly 2-7
Ruthven-Ayrshire 1-8
Corwith-Wesley/LuVerne 0-9
*Overall Co-Champions
East Division Standings
North Sentral Kossuth 6-2
West Bend-Mallard 6-2
Woden Crystal Lake-Titonka 6-2
Twin River Valley 2-6
Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne 0-8
West Division Standings
Armstrong-Ringsted 7-1
Graettinger/Terril 7-1
Harris-Lake Park 4-4
Clay Central-Everly 2-6
Ruthven-Ayrshire 0-8
All-Conference Softball
First Team
Player Grade Position School
Michaela Grimm 12 Pitcher West Bend-Mallard
Amy Leach 12 Pitcher Armstrong-Ringsted
Jena Peters 11 Pitcher Harris-Lake Park
Missy Abrahamson 11 Catcher West Bend-Mallard
Alyssa Schwartz 12 Catcher Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka
Courtney Haag 12 First Base North Sentral Kossuth
Hannah Kofron 10 Second Base Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka
Rebecca Rolling 11 Shortstop North Sentral Kossuth
Dakota Hovinga 11 Third Base Graettinger/Terril
Rosie Cheever 12 Outfield Armstrong-Ringsted
Abby Ingalls 10 Outfield North Sentral Kossuth
Tasha Neilson 11 Outfield Graettinger/Terril
Kassie Atwood 12 Utility Twin River Valley
Jenna Biedenfeld 12 Utility Clay Central-Everly
Michelle Eden 11 Utility Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka
Shayna Geitzenauer 12 Utility North Sentral Kossuth
Morgan Grabinoski 12 Utility Armstrong-Ringsted
Kayla Hartman 12 Utility West Bend-Mallard
All-Conference Conference
Second Team
Player Grade Position School
Laura Brugman 12 Pitcher Clay Central-Everly
Allie Ingalls 8 Pitcher North Sentral Kossuth
Cassidy Smith 12 Pitcher Ruthven-Ayrshire
Lindsey Reese 12 Catcher Harris-Lake Park
Kirsty Riggert 8 Catcher Corwith-Wesley/Luverne
Leah Elsbecker 12 First Base Harris-Lake Park
Wendy Grimm 9 Second Base West Bend-Mallard
Theresa Petersen 12 Shortstop Graettinger/Terril
Amber Goraczkowski 10 Third Base North Sentral Kossuth
Brooke Bennett 10 Outfield Twin River Valley
Carrie Hefty 11 Outfield West Bend-Mallard
Deni Peters 11 Outfield Harris-Lake Park
Jenna Valvick 10 Outfield North Sentral Kossuth
Nicole Bannister 11 Utility Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka
Anna Brandt 10 Utility Harris-Lake Park
Jasmine Clausen 8 Utility Armstrong-Ringsted
Nicole Gearhart 11 Utility West Bend-Mallard
Malorie Girres 12 Utility Graettinger/Terril
Paige Heesch 10 Utility Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka
Shayla Simms 10 Utility Twin River Valley
All Conference
Honorable Mention
Player Grade Position School
Maddy Schany 9 Catcher Graettinger/Terril
Amber Streit 12 Second Base Twin River Valley
Lindsay Flaharty 10 Outfield Graettinger/Terril
Cassidy Cirks 11 Shortstop Twin River Valley
Sam Thilges 10 First Base Wooden-Crystal Lake/Titonka
Whitney Shellenberg 10 Outfield Corwith-Wesley/Luverne
Jessie Abrahamson 9 Outfield West Bend-Mallard
2009 Cornbelt Coach of the Year
Art Ingalls – North Sentral Kossuth