South Stanly softball claims fifth straight YVC regular-season title
Published 3:17 pm Friday, April 15, 2022
- The South Stanly softball team won the school's fifth-straight regular season conference title. From left, front row: Skylar Mauldin, Mary-Ryan Hinson, Jacklyn Almond, Ali Glover, Alexis Harward and Alana Harward; back row: Kassie Swink, Cassidy Smith, Mattie Poulos, Riley Dennis, Emma Campbell and Kinsley Tyson. (Contributed)
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The South Stanly softball squad entered this season as the defending 1A Western Regional champions, but went 2-2 in the team’s first four games, both one-run non-conference losses.
South responded by winning the next 13 games, including all 10 Yadkin Valley Conference matchups, to win the team’s fifth straight regular-season title.
With the 10-0 mark in YVC play, South has now won 64 consecutive regular-season conference games.
The Bulls will have two weeks of non-conference games before hosting the YVC tournament in the first week of May.
Four players this season for South have batted over the .400 mark, led by junior Kassie Swink (.492). Senior Emma Campbell has hit .464, followed by juniors Skylar Mauldin (.457) and Mattie Poulos (.444). Poulos leads the team with 11 home runs and 38 RBIs. Swink has eight doubles this season, with Campbell adding seven,
As a team, South is hitting .480 with an on-base plus slugging (OPS) mark of 1.084 and has outscored opponents 160-32, including 110-17 in conference games.
About Charles Curcio
Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.
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