Calhoun had some of top numbers in Region 7
The Calhoun High School softball team made it to the 5A state tournament this year and were one of the best teams in Region 7 as well, so it’s no surprise that a number of its players were among the league’s statistical leaders this year.
Seven Calhoun hitters were among the top 18 batters average-wise in the league and that included two of the four highest and four of the nine highest.
Senior catcher Paris Kirby was second in the Region with a .484 batting average. In 31 games, Kirby had 44 hits in 91 at-bats. A total of 18 of her hits were doubles and she also hit three home runs.
Blessed Trinity senior Sydney Lancaster led the league in hitting with a .510 batting average and she was the only player in the league with enough at-bats to qualify to finish with an average above .500.
Freshman outfielder Lyla West an excellent rookie campaign, finishing second on her team in batting average and fourth in the region with a .442 average. West had 38 hits in 86 trips to the plate. And she showed some power as well with six doubles.
West and Kirby were two of the only four players in the league that finished with a .400 batting average or higher.
Senior outfielder Macy Brown had the Jackets’ third best batting average on her team and she was eighth in the league with a .345 batting norm. Brown had 30 hits in 87 at-bats and six of those were doubles and two were homers.
Junior infielder Aryian Berner finished a point ahead of senior Espee Reyes for the fourth highest batting average on the team as Burner closed with a .312 and Reyes had a .311.
Berner had 24 hits in 77 official at-bats and she hammered out four doubles, a triple, and one home run.
Reyes had 23 hits in 77 at-bats and she also clobbered six doubles and a home run.
Senior first baseman Molly Banks was 15th in the region and sixth for Calhoun with a .300 even batting average. Banks had 24 hits in 80 at- bats and half of her hits were for extra bases has she had six doubles and six home runs.
Those half-dozen round-trippers put her second in that category in the region.
Senior Malysha Winston led the region in round-trippers with nine of them to go along with her superb .294 batting average.