The most successful Chillicothe High School sports team in more than a dozen years was honored last night at the Lady Hornets softball banquet. Coach Stan Baldwin honored his team that took 2nd place in the Class 3 state Girls Softball tournament.
Baldwin cut back on the number of awards, stating this year was strictly a team effort. The Hustle Award was presented to Brooke Thomas and the Coaches Award was presented to Brooke Doss and Annie Turbyfill, but he did not present any “statistical awards” this year.
     The team will lose six seniors off the squad, who went 92 -19 in their four years of softball.
Junior Varsity coach Mike Jones presented three awards to his 12-5 JV team. The 10th Man Award went to Haelee Shady; the Star of Tomorrow award was shared by Brooke Nelson and Lauren Jones and the JV Coaches Award went to Nikki Hague and Crysten Lollar.
     Several members of the Lady Hornets softball team earned post season honors.
     Named to the All Conference first team was Sarah Baldwin and Samantha Baldwin, named to the 2nd team were Annie Turbyfill, Maura Sturguess, Addie Stottlemyre and Erin Gilliland and named to the Honorable Mention team was Brooke Doss.
     Sarah and Samantha Baldwin were both named to the all district first team, while Turbyfill, Sturguess, Stottlemyre, Gilliland and Doss were 2nd team all district.
     Both Baldwins were named to the all Region team, and Sarah Baldwin was named first team all state pitcher, while Samantha Baldwin was named 2nd team all state infielder as a freshman.
     For Sarah Baldwin, it is her fourth year as an all-state honoree. According to KCHI records, she is the first Chillicothe athlete to be voted as a member of an all state team for all four years.