By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural junior Olivia Koch was a repeat selection as the Centennial League softball player of the year as city players earned eight of 11 first-team spots.
Washburn Rural junior Olivia Koch has been named the Centennial League softball player of the year for the second straight season. [File photo/TSN]
Koch is joined on the all-league first team by senior Henley Rapp and junior Justice McBurney after the Junior Blues went undefeated in league play while Topeka High, third in Class 6A, is represented by sophomore London Backman and juniors Campbell Dawson and Kenslee Young and Hayden by junior Emberly Connell and sophomore Blakeley Walter.
Topeka High's Shane Miles was voted the Centennial League coach of the year while Mamhattan's Foveaux was named the newcomer of the year.
City players combined to put seven players on the second team while 10 players received honorable mention.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE SOFTBALL
First team
London Backman, so, Topeka High; Kat Ball, sr., Manhattan; Emberly Connell, jr., Hayden; Campbell Dawson, jr., Topeka High; Azzie Foveaux, fr., Manhattan; Olivia Koch, jr., Washburn Rural; Justice McBurney, jr., Washburn Rural; Gracyn Neitzel, jr., Manhattan; Henley Rapp, sr., Washburn Rural; Blakely Walter, so., Hayden; Kenslee Young, jr., Topeka High.
Second team
Adrianna Adame, so., Topeka High; Josi Alexana, so., Manhattan; Alivia Barrett, sr., Emporia; Reagan Chapman, sr., Washburn Rural; Zoie Duran, so., Washburn Rural; Becca Gateley, jr., Topeka High; Taimane Isaia, sr., Topeka High; Morgan Nabus, sr., Junction City; Emily Peterson, sr., Hayden; Madilyn Poole, jr., Topeka High; TT Young, jr., Manhattan.
Honorable mention
Emporia: Delaney Davis, fr.; Oaklie Dawson, fr.; Marley Sewell, sr.; Yzabel Ulteras, sr.; Molly Williams, sr. Hayden: Maddie Gaggero, sr.; Carly McAlister-Mauldin, so.; Katie Mead, sr.; Maura Valdivia, jr. Topeka High: Masyn Chard, so.; Remi Cushinberry, so. Washburn Rural: Adda Boleski, sr.; Josie Carlgren, sr.; Emma Duran, sr.; Sami McIntosh, sr.
Player of the year -- Olivia Koch, Washburn Rural.
Newcomer of the year -- Azzie Foveaux, Manhattan.
Coach of the year -- Shane Miles, Topeka High.
