Emileigh Beals led the Baxter softball team in hits, runs, steals and total bases in conference play this past summer.
The Bolts eighth-grader just hopes to keep getting better the next few years, and she was recognized with a second team all-conference honor recently.
The Iowa Star Conference released its all-conference softball teams after Clarksville won the Class 1A state championship on Friday.
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All-conference recognition is based on statistics inside conference play only.
BCLUW won the ISC South Division with a 14-2 conference record and Collins-Maxwell sophomore Jayden Peters was the South’s player of the year.
Baxter sophomore Camden Moffit was limited to only five games in conference play due to an injury but was the Bolts’ honorable mention choice.
Beals started 14 of the team’s 15 games and batted .341 and had an on-base percentage of .357. Her 14 hits, eight runs, 16 total bases and 14 steals led the Bolts, and she added two doubles, three RBIs and one walk.
Beals had a fielding percentage of .980. She committed just one error in 51 chances.
Moffit batted .182 in her five conference games. Her OBP was .357, and she finished with two hits, three RBIs, three walks, three total bases and two steals.
Iowa Star Conference
South Division
Softball
Final Standings
Team Conference Overall
BCLUW 14-2 20-8
Collins-Maxwell 12-4 15-10
GMG 8-8 11-10
North Tama 3-12 5-14
Baxter 2-13 2-23
Colo-NESCO 1-15 4-22
Coach of the Year
Megan Yantis, BCLUW
Autumn Sash, GMG
Player of the Year
Jayden Peters, so., Collins-Maxwell
All-Conference
First Team
Pitcher: Jayden Peters, so., Collins-Maxwell.
Catcher: Skyler Murty, fr., GMG.
Infielders: Raegan Crawford, sr., BCLUW; Haylee Berryman, jr., Collins-Maxwell; Gabriella Seda, jr., North Tama; Jadyn Niemeyer, sr., Colo-NESCO.
Outfielders: Eden Ladehoff, fr., BCLUW; Cypress Erickson, jr., Collins-Maxwell; Cassie Nason, sr., BCLUW.
Utility: Klayre Gallentine, sr., BCLUW; Riah Boege, fr., GMG; Addison Hochstetler, jr., North Tama.
Second Team
Pitcher: Annabelle Heller, sr., Colo-NESCO.
Catchers: Emileigh Beals, eighth, Baxter; Cerra Muntz, sr., Colo-NESCO.
Infielders: Morgan Bergman, sr., BCLUW; Callahan Coffelt, eighth, Collins-Maxwell; Violet Seda, so., North Tama; Harper Rausch, so., North Tama.
Outfielders: Grace Farnsworth, jr., BCLUW; Faith Dvorak, sr., North Tama; Molly Angell, sr., Colo-NESCO.
Honorable Mention
Camden Moffit, so., Baxter; Allison Ward, sr., BCLUW; Adaline Kane, fr., Collins-Maxwell; Landrey Harris, eighth, Colo-NESCO; Taelyn Sash, eighth, GMG; Gabby Velasco, sr., North Tama.