The past two weekends have been very busy for the U14 DR Quarriers softball team. They played in the Denny Sanford Memorial Day Tournament the weekend of June 2nd in Sioux Falls, and took 2nd place! They also played in the Brookings Softball Tournament on June 9th weekend and took 2nd place. Kylie Bittner led the team with pitching a total of 370 pitches over the weekends. She pitched a total of 288 stikes, and 82 balls; she struck out 25 batters and walked six. The MVP’s picked by the opposing teams were Kylie Bittner (for her pitching), Haileigh Barnhart (for her amazing diving catch in left field), and Leigha Lacey (for her outstanding catcher abilities) in the Denny Sanford Tourney. The MVP’s from the Brookings tournament were Cara Rice (for her awesome team spirit), Leigha Lacey (for her hustle at catcher), Kenzie Garry (for her long stride at 1st base), Autumn Tomes (for her glove playing 3rd base), and Kylie Bittner (for her pitching).
The DR Quarriers bats were on fire these weekends! The leaders were Kenzie Garry and Kylie Bittner with a .818 batting average on the weekends. Leigha Lacey, Autum Tomes, and Cora Alderson had a .727 batting averages; Cara Rice had a .636 batting average!
Top Row: (left to right) Coach Ryan Rinehart, Coach Steph Bittner, Rylee Rinehart, Mallory Krempges, Cora Alderson, Kenzie Garry, Cara Rice, and Coach Amber Fountain.
Bottom Row: (left to right) Autumn Tomes, Makayla Duinkerken, Audi Urquijo, Leigha Lacey, Haileigh Barnhart, and Kylie Bittner.