Chugiak's Aubree Sims picked the best time to have her best game of the season at the plate. The infielder drove in five runs to complement the pitching of Abi Lanehart and lift the Mustangs to an 8-5 win over Sitka in the title game of the ASAA Division I state...
Whoever parked their vehicle behind the left-field fence at the South Davis Fields in Fairbanks may have come back to a broken windshield. Chugiak slugger Brooklyn McCormick sends her apologies. The catcher launched an absolute rocket to left field, a no-doubt dinger...
Just a freshman, Taylor Passard is just too good to ignore. The Colony softball superstar on Friday became the first freshman to win Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year. The day before, the shortstop belted two homers and led the Knights to two wins at the ASAA...
The legend of Taylor Passard began before she ever played a game for the Colony softball team as a Team USA tryout invitee. It grew this season and reached a new level Friday in the Railbelt Conference Tournament title game after she hit a tying home run in the...
On paper, West Valley pitcher Rochelle Phipps had a rough day in Saturday's 15-0 loss to top-ranked Colony. But in reality, Phipps kinda killed it, doing something no other Alaska high school hurler has accomplished this season: hold slugger Taylor Passard hitless for...
Wasilla's Emma Morrissey capped her junior season of college softball with the ultimate experience of winning a championship. The University of Northwestern defeated Southwestern Christian 4-1 in the title game of the National Christian College Athletic Association...
A cold, wet spring has wreaked havoc on this year's high school softball season, and Monday's weather was par for the course. But not even temperatures in the low 40s could cool off East's Sela Rodriguez. The senior Cook Inlet Conference all-star matched her career...
Just a freshman, Taylor Passard is already a big deal for the Colony Knights. Volleyball, basketball, softball - it doesn't matter, she's her team's best player. Her nickname should be La Franchise. The 5-7 playmaker from Palmer is great at spiking the ball and even...
Emily McCutcheon of Anchorage had the best GNAC series of her Western Washington University softball career over the weekend. The sophomore slugger started three of four games at Montana State Billings and went 3-for-8 at the plate and turned her first double play in...
Alaska's top softball player is headed to the top level in college after East senior Sela Rodriguez on Wednesday signed her National Letter of Intent with St. Bonaventure University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The two-way standout and two-time Gatorade Alaska...
Sometimes the best way to gauge a player's value on the softball field is to take them out of the lineup and see how the team does in their absence. In that case, East's Sela Rodriguez was undoubtedly the Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year because the T-birds were not...