Now that CMB (Maxwell) is done playing at the State Softball Tournament, all nine Heart of Iowa Activities Conference programs have completed their 2016 seasons and all-conference selections can be revealed. Greene County finished 8-8 in league play, good for fifth place, and Coach Tom Kennedy’s Rams were 16-14 overall.
Senior outfielder Sydney Koch was named unanimously to the all-conference first team with senior third baseball Carleigh Paup also being named to the first team. Freshman outfielder Megan Carey is on the second team while junior pitcher Hannah Promes and freshman shortstop Jenna Beyers were on the honorable mention list. Promes is a Greene County High School student while the other four are or were Paton-Churdan students.
Koch batted .353 for the season with five home runs, 11 doubles, and 35 runs batted in. Paup was a left handed slap hitter from the leadoff spot and had a .446 average at the plate with 12 doubles, four homers and 24 RBI. Carey hit .429 as a lefty slapper from the second spot in the order and she drove in 11 runs. Promes hit. .337 with a home run and 25 RBI, and she was 13-12 as a pitcher with a 4.08 earned run average. Beyers hit .289 with two homers and 21 driven in.
CMB won the conference title with Saydel (Des Moines) second, North Polk (Alleman) third, South Hamilton (Jewel) fourth, and the Rams fifth. Roland-Story (Story City), Gilbert, PCM (Monroe), and Nevada made up the lower division.
Heart of Iowa Activities Conference softball first all-conference team (senior unless noted):
Pitchers- Mikayla Houge, 8th, CMB. Sophie Swygmann, 9th, North Polk.
Catchers- Alyssa Hegland*, SH. Lyndsay Bianchi*, jr., Saydel.
Infield- Carleigh Paup, Greene County. Rebecca Rimathe, jr., NP. Jayci Vos, jr., PCM. Payge Jurgens, CMB.
Outfield- Sydney Koch*, Greene County. Audrey Ley, NP. Anneliese Barton, jr., Saydel.
Utility- Abby Kahler, jr. CMB. Hailey Louw, soph., R-S.
* denotes unanimous selection
Second team:
P- Taylor Tague, Saydel. Ady Wintermote, jr., SH.
C- Hannah Caple, 9th, CMB. Courtney Bridges, jr., PCM.
IF- Kelsey Polaski, R-S. Alexis Carney, soph., Saydel. Paige Sandberg, soph., NP. Mikayla Eslinger, jr., CMB.
OF- Megan Carey, 9th, Greene County. Jenna Clark, soph., R-S. Abby Waddell, jr., PCM.
Utility- Megan Ritter, jr., CMB. Jenna Jackson, Saydel.
Honorable Mention:
CMB- Katie Camp, soph., Holly Jessen, 8th.
Gilbert- Sydney Goruwinkel, soph., Riley Nelson, 9th.
Greene County- Hannah Promes, jr., Jenna Beyers, 9th.
Nevada- Megan Anderson, Mackenzie Garrett, soph.
NP- Rebecca Ley, soph., Bailey Hougham, 9th.
PCM- Jaiden Rogers, jr., Kayla Jennings, jr.
R-S- Brooke Huffaker, Sydney Mathis, soph.
Saydel- Jade Olsen, 9th, Carissa Boley, soph.
SH- Alissa Moss, soph., Taylor Volkmann, 9th.