Who are the Redding area baseball & softball stat leaders through March?

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From home runs to strikeouts, these Redding-area baseball and softball players have been lighting up the stat sheet in the early parts of the 2026 season. See the top statistical performers through the month of March.

Redding-area teams include: Foothill, West Valley, Enterprise, Redding Christian, Shasta, Anderson, University Prep, Red Bluff and Central Valley.

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Baseball​

Batting Average (min. 30 PA):

1. Degan Palos, West Valley: .500 (46 PA)
2. Blake Schwerdt, Foothill: .483 (42 PA)
3. Slader Johnson, Enterprise: .463 (50 PA)
4. Garrett Webb, Redding Christian: .462 (32 PA)
5. Eli Kennedy, Shasta: .457 (38 PA)

On Base Percentage (min. 30 PA):

1. Blake Schwerdt, Foothill: .619 (42 PA)
2. Degan Palos, West Valley: .600 (46 PA)
3. Sawyer Stone, West Valley: .583 (38 PA)
4. Kale Springer, West Valley: .564 (39 PA)
5. Garrett Webb, Redding Christian: .562 (32 PA)

Hits:

1. Slader Johnson, Enterprise: 19
2. Degan Palos, West Valley: 18
3. Jonathan Horst, Central Valley: 17
4. Eli Kennedy, Shasta: 16
5. Bryce Owens, Red Bluff: 16
6. Drason Recio, Central Valley: 16

RBIs:

1. Jonathan Horst, Central Valley: 20
2. Ty Jones, Shasta: 18
3. Blake Schwerdt, Foothill: 17
4. Conly Merritt, Central Valley: 16
5. Havok Martin, Central Valley: 15

Home Runs:

1. Colton Douglas, Foothill: 3
2. Ty Jones, Shasta: 2

Players with one home run: Degan Palos (West Valley), Cander Pursell (Foothill), Blake Schwerdt (Foothill), Bill Duchi (Foothill), Eli Kennedy (Shasta), Bryce Owens (Red Bluff), Conly Merritt (Central Valley), Ian Woolery (Central Valley), Jordyn Guaraldi (Anderson), Nate Melton (Anderson)

Stolen Bases:

1. Slader Johnson, Enterprise: 16
2. Jerrik Melton, Enterprise: 16
3. Erik Hartman, Anderson: 14
4. Aaron Aitken, Anderson: 11
5. Five players with 9 stolen bases

ERA (min. 14 innings pitched):

1. Blake Schwerdt, Foothill: 0.37 (19 IP)
2. Landon Kidd, Shasta: 0.41 (17 IP)
3. Aiden Sweet, West Valley: 0.95 (22 IP)
4. Colton Douglas, Foothill: 0.98 (21.1 IP)
5. Johnny Eirish, Shasta: 1.07 (19.2 IP)

Strikeouts:

1. Colton Douglas, Foothill: 29
2. Wayde Hutchings, Enterprise: 29
3. Brodie Ogden, Redding Christian: 28
4. Aiden Sweet, West Valley: 27
5. Luca Snell, University Prep: 27

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Softball​

Batting Average (min. 30 PA):

1. Joleen Short, Central Valley: .650 (48 PA)
2. Aubree Wertz, West Valley: .644 (54 PA)
3. Caydence Dial, Anderson: .528 (36 PA)
4. Cadynce Gippner, West Valley: .480 (56 PA)
5. Camryn Dyke, Red Bluff: .435 (30 PA)

On Base Percentage (min. 30 PA):

1. Joleen Short, Central Valley: .708 (48 PA)
2. Aubree Wertz, West Valley: .704 (54 PA)
3. Caydence Dial, Anderson: .630 (36 PA)
4. Isabel Sturges, Anderson: .569 (38 PA)
5. Luna Blankenship, Central Valley: .564 (55 PA)

Hits:

1. Aubree Wertz, West Valley: 29
2. Joleen Short, Central Valley: 26
3. Cadynce Gippner, West Valley: 24
4. Caydence Dial, Anderson: 19
5. Madison Pemberton, West Valley: 18
6. Kylee Jaramillo, West Valley: 18

RBIs:

1. Cadynce Gippner, West Valley: 21
2. Aubree Wertz, West Valley: 20
3. Madison Clendenen, Anderson: 18
4. Joleen Short, Central Valley: 16
5. Kolbee Wimmer, Anderson: 15

Home Runs:

1. Madison Pemberton, West Valley: 3
2. Haley Salkeld, Shasta: 2

Players with one home run: Adelinn Carter (West Valley), Cadynce Gippner (West Valley), Aubree Wertz (West Valley), Piper Tyler (Red Bluff), Soleil Waterman (Shasta), Bailyn Hollister (Central Valley), Caydence Dial (Anderson), Sophia Hartman (Anderson)

Stolen Bases:

1. Isabel Sturges, Anderson: 29
2. Caydence Dial, Anderson: 15
3. Addy Taylor, West Valley: 12
4. Addison Petty, University Prep: 8
5. Six players with 7 stolen bases

ERA (min. 20 IP):

1. Chloe Gurney, Anderson: 1.32 (47.2 IP)
2. Joleen Short, Central Valley: 1.48 (56.2 IP)
3. Aubree Wertz, West Valley: 1.49 (42.1 IP)
4. Kolbee Wimmer, Anderson: 1.91 (22 IP)
5. Lucy Harding, Foothill: 2.82 (39.2 IP)

Strikeouts:

1. Joleen Short, Central Valley: 94
2. Rylynn Davis, University Prep: 66
3. Lucy Harding, Foothill: 48
4. Chloe Gurney, Anderson: 40
5. Laurali Jones, Red Bluff: 26

Brett Abrams is a sports reporter for the Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. He covers high school and local sports in the Redding area. Reach out to Brett with any sports tips or news on X (formerly Twitter) @brabrams_ or by email at [email protected]. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. Thank you.

This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: Redding area baseball, softball stat leaders

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