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Each week we will feature some of the top performances across South Jersey softball diamonds in our seven-county coverage area.
Who had the best week? Vote in the poll at the end of the story. Voting will close on Friday afternoon.
Cherokee's Bianca DeCristofer was the top vote getter last week, garnering 49.4 percent of the 83.4 K votes recorded. Williamstown's Gracie Young and Pitman's Maura Quinn rounded out the top three vote getters.
Burlington County Scholastic League
Ellie Haskell, Delran. The junior did a little bit of everything during the Bears’ week, piling up four hits, four runs scored and four walks from her leadoff spot. In a 5-4 win over Delsea, Haskell went 3-for-3, walked and was hit by a pitch. For the season, Haskell is batting .452 and leads the team in runs scored (34) and walks (22).
Makayla Sheker, Cinnaminson. The junior continued her torrid hitting with a pair of three-hit games last week. She has an eight-game hitting streak, which also including seven multi-hit contests. The stretch has raised her batting average to .500 with 40 knocks.
Olivia Torres, Pennsauken. Powering the Indians to their second victory of the season, Torres singled, doubled, tripled and drove in four runs during a 17-1 win at Winslow. Torres leads Pennsauken in many categories including batting average (.542), hits (26) and runs scored (21).
Milestone: Delran’s Gemma DeJoseph is the newest member of the 100-career hit club. The sophomore accomplished the feat during a win over Delsea on May 15. She has 54 knocks this season, raising her career total to 101.
Colonial Conference
Camryn Allegretto, Haddonfield. The sophomore had at least one knock in each of the Haddons’ six games last week, extending her hitting streak to eight. She crossed home plate eight times,
Kylie Cannaday, Audubon. The senior spun a two-hitter as the Green Wave captured the Eastern Viking Invitational title with a 2-1 win over Delran on May 16. Cannaday had a pair of hits and an RBI in the championship game, finishing 4-for-7 in the final two games of the tourney.
Emma Dick, Gloucester. The senior spun three straight shutouts, including a no-hitter against Haddon Township on May 14. Dick hasn’t allowed a run in her last 33 innings of work and has yielded just one earned run over last six starts, lowering her ERA to 0.73. Dick struck out 36 batters last week, including 14 in the no-hit gem. She has 140 Ks in 114 1/3 innings.
Milestone: West Deptford’s Jordyn Ambrosius set a single-season strikeout record (221) during a game against Gloucester County Tech on May 15. She fanned 10 in that game, the 13th time she struck out double-digit batters in a game this season.
Olympic Conference
Cianna Anttell, Seneca. The sophomore went 7-for-11 with 11 RBIs as the Golden Eagles went 4-0 for the week, extending their winning streak to eight. Anttell has 23 hits for the season, including 14 during Seneca’s hot streak. Her batting average is up to .451.
Kristina Decker, Cherry Hill East. The senior closed out the week homering in wins against Shawnee and Bishop Eustace. She went 3-for-4 with a pair of walks, four runs scored and four RBIs in the two-game set. She’s hitting .365 on the season.
Jaida Rodriguez, Moorestown. In one of the Quakers’ biggest wins of the season, the junior had two hits, including a double, and two runs scored in a 4-2 triumph at Shawnee. She has five multi-hit games and a .370 batting average this season.
Milestone: Cherokee’s Kasey McNee and Luci Dandrea each collected their 100th career hits last week. McNee, a senior, accomplished the feat with a knock in a win over Cherry Hill East on May 11. Dandrea, a senior, reached the century mark for hits with a first-inning double against Rancocas Valley on May 13.
Tri-County Conference
Sam Houser, Williamstown. The freshman swatted three home runs, including two in a win over Highland on May 11. She went 7-for-11 with six runs scored and nine RBIs as the Braves reeled off three wins. Houser has seven round-trippers for the season.
Olivia Schreyer, Triton. The Mustangs extended their winning streak to seven with a 3-0 week and Schreyer played a key role during the run. The junior went 9-for-11 with seven runs scored and five RBIs. Her batting average is up to .462 with 30 hits.
Gianna Simon, Overbrook. The senior batted .500 (6-for-12) with 10 runs scored and five stolen bases as the Rams rattled off wins over Pitman, Haddonfield and Cumberland. Simon has been on a tear throughout the spring, batting .588 with 40 knocks, 39 runs scored, 29 RBIs and 19 stolen bases.
Cape-Atlantic League
Ella Marano, Cedar Creek. The senior went 4-for-4 with two homers and six RBIs in a win against Atlantic Tech on May 14 and delivered three more hits in a victory against Hammonton the next day. She went 7-for-9 with eight RBIs, raising her batting average to .440 and her ribbie total to 22.
Kailyn Marshall, St. Joseph Academy. The junior slugged a homer and drove in two runs as the Wildcats knocked off rival Vineland in the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament, 8-7, on May 13. Marshall also had three walks and two runs scored for St. Joseph. She has 30 RBIs is tied for first on the club with Kensie Giovinazzi.
Vivian Wilson, Hammonton. The junior was a productive table setter atop the Blue Devils’ lineup as she went 3-for-6 with three runs scored and two stolen bases, leading the club to a pair of wins over Buena and Ocean City to punch its ticket to the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament championship.
Tom McGurk is a regional sports editor for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and Burlington County Times, covering South Jersey sports for over 35 years. If you have a sports story that needs to be told, contact him by email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @McGurkSports. Help support local journalism with a digital subscription.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: South Jersey softball's top performers from the eighth week of the season.
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