Central Bucks West Softball Preview | suburbanonesports.com

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CENTRAL BUCKS WEST SOFTBALL PREVIEW

Coach: Mike Daher, third year as the head coach.

Assistant coaches: Greg Glemser, Bryon McMackin, Faith Cherry (Head JV Coach), Dave Bokeko, and Nikki Hartshorn.

Last year’s record: 11 wins and 9 losses, qualified for the District 1 playoffs (Lost in the first round to Boyertown) for the second year in a row.

Notable losses: Ana Glemser (P/OF), attending Penn State University, Taylor Hooven (2B) Playing at the University of Albany, Laila Murray (3B) playing at Delaware Valley University, and Avery Rubenstein (LF) playing at DeSales University.

Key returners: Jill Boyle (C-12th), Marley Swain (1B-12^th), Kat James (SS-12^th), Hailey Worthington (P/2B-12^th), Kendall Kornuszko (P-11th), Sam Hooven (C/3B-10^th), Evi Cherry (C/3B-10^th), Taylor Sheplock (RF-10^th)

Others to watch: Sammie Ryan (LF/11^th), Kaitlyn Titus (1B-11^th), Grace Davis (LF-10^th), Emma Friedman (1B-10^th), Katie Kelly (RF-10^th), Kate Pisch (LF-10^th), Addie McMackin (2B/SS-10^th), Jill Schmidt (3B-10^th), Hailey Sigler (LF-10^th)

Strengths/Question Marks: “We have a solid core group of returning starters and several other players with significant game experience so we should be a strong hitting team with good team speed and a solid defense. We have four very capable pitchers in Kendall Kornuszko (11^th), Hailey Worthington (12^th), Brielle Jenner (9^th) and Molly Nisbet (9^th). We will need one or two of them to really step up this year for us to remain competitive with our very challenging schedule.”

Outlook: “We have five returning starters from last year’s team, which qualified for the District 1 Playoffs, along with several other players who saw significant playing time. We feel like we will be very strong defensively, especially up the middle with our returning starters in center fielder Jill Boyle, shortstop Kat James and our two returning sophomore catchers Sam Hooven and Evi Cherry. I think Sam and Evi will make it very difficult for teams to run on us this year. Likewise, we feel as though offensively we will be able to score runs with some very good hitters returning in Marley Swain, Jill Boyle, Taylor Sheplock, Kat James, and our sophomore catchers Sam and Evi who will also split some time at third base. I believe that we have some younger players in grades nine and ten who really have tremendous potential. Our goal this year is to play sound fundamental softball and to stay competitive in the very tough SOL Colonial Division.”