GREENE COUNTY — There’s two clear batting leaders this week: Bellbrook’s Kaley Clark has a .074 average lead over her next closest Greene County area batter, Gracie Price of Yellow Springs, in softball. Meanwhile, Legacy Christian senior Josh Rutan is 100 points better than runner up Cody Hocker of Beavercreek on the baseball side of things.
There’s still some teams playing makeup games, even though the high school sectional tournaments have gotten under way in both softball and baseball this week, so we’ll hold off on crowning a champion until the final regular season statistics roll in.
Hopefully an area business will step forward and come up with a prize to award the county’s batting champions by then, too. (Area businesses, if you’d like to make a prize donation, please call sports editor John Bombatch at 937-372-4444, Ext. 2123. Thank you!)
AREA SOFTBALL TOP TEN
(As of Friday, May 4)
Rank/Name/School/Games Played/Hits/At Bats/Average
1) Kaley Clark, Bellbrook, 16 games, 39 hits, 57 AB, .684
2) Gracie Price, Yellow Springs, 14 games, 25 hits, 41 AB, .610
3) Elly Kumbusky, Yellow Springs, 14 games, 21 hits, 39 AB, .538
4) Kallyn Buckenmyer, Yellow Springs, 12 games, 16 hits, 30 AB, .533
5) Ashlyne Griffis, Yellow Springs, 10 games, 14 hits, 27 AB, .519
6) Kadie Lafferty, Yellow Springs, 12 games, 19 hits, 37 AB, .514
7) Kendall Winn, Fairborn, 23 games, 43 hits, 85 AB, .506
8) Randi Holder, Bellbrook, 16 games, 26 hits, 52 AB, .500
9) Brielle Willis, Yellow Springs, 12 games, 19 hits, 37 AB, .487
10) Chloe VanSant, Beavercreek, 17 games, 18 hits, 40 AB, .450
CONTENDERS
Caity Moody, Xenia, 22 games, 30 hits, 69 AB, .435
Kenzie Culbertson, Fairborn, 19 games, 25 hits, 58 AB, .431
Zoe Lafferty, Yellow Springs, 11 games, 9 hits, 21 AB, .429
Camryn Joseph, Carroll, 18 games, 21 hits, 51 AB, .412
Kelsie Lemons, Yellow Springs, 13 games, 15 hits, 40 AB, .375
Beca Spencer, Yellow Springs, 11 games, 7 hits, 19 AB, .368
No Report: Cedarville, Greeneview
AREA BASEBALL TOP TEN
(As of Friday, May 4)
Rank/Name/School/Games Played/Hits/At Bats/Average
1) Josh Rutan, Legacy Christian 10 games, 16 hits, 28 AB, .571
2) Cody Hocker, Beavercreek, 12 games, 8 hits, 17 AB, .471
3) Braden Norckauer, Bellbrook, 9 games, 5 hits, 11 AB, .455
4) Kahlil Lettice, Fairborn, 23 games, 28 hits, 63 AB, .444
5) Jake Maloney, Beavercreek, 16 games, 21 hits, 49 AB, .429
5) Corey Bennett, Beavercreek, 5 games, 3 hits, 7 AB, .429
7) Will Coleman, Fairborn, 24 games, 29 hits, 69 AB, .420
8) Adam Galle, Bellbrook, 24 games, 33 hits, 79 AB, .418
9) Brandon DeWitt, Beavercreek, 20 games, 27 hits, 66 AB, .409
10) Hunter Warner, Fairborn, 24 games, 26 hits, 65 AB, .400
CONTENDERS
Clay Cash, Beavercreek, 21 games, 26 hits, 66 AB, .394
Andrew Trickett, Fairborn, 17 games, 12 hits, 31 AB, .387
Drew Dillon, Beavercreek, 15 games, 15 hits, 39 AB, .385
Trent Randall, Carroll, 8 games, 9 hits, 24 AB, .375
Aydan Evans, Xenia, 27 games, 32 hits, 87 AB, .368
Ben Borszcz, Bellbrook, 24 games, 26 hits, 72 AB, .361
Deuce Brown, Legacy Christian, 9 games, 10 hits, 28 AB, .357
Jacob Schmidt, Bellbrook, 13 games, 16 hits, 45 AB, .356
Steven Chapman, Carroll, 7 games, 6 hits, 17 AB, .353
